What was the first "SUV" sold in the USA with a diesel engine?

 

In the usa i "think" JEEP would be the first to offer a midsized diesel in a SUV
please correct me if im wrong

 

Liberty, you mean? No, I am thinking of a vehicle several decades ago.

 

It was American-made.....

 

pre 1974 landrover had a diesel but would u consider a landrover a suv??

 

the International Scout

 

You got it, Man !




IIRC, it was a Nissan TD engine. You still see 'em on Fleabay every now and then.

OK, how 'bout the 4th quiz question?

 

that was a good one uberwgn, it gave me a challenge and i learned something thank you :-)

 

It was indeed a Chrysler - Nissan diesel motor.
Chrysler had the exculsive rights in the U S to sell these.

This motor was known as a 6-33. Also available as a four-banger.

I knew a man who was in business in Torrance CA that made a good living
installing these fine motors in just about any vehicle you could think of!

I drove one of his "hot-rods," a tudor Valiant with a stick, and it would
really fly, especially when compared to my then new 4-speed 240 D.

Chysler also had another not so well know 2-stroke engine available, the 75 series, a direct
copy of the Jimmy (Detroit) 71 series. They even worded their brochure word for
word right out of the GM brochure when discribing their fine clone.

Boy, am I dating myself!

 

Didn't the Jeep CJ5 have the perkins diesel motor in the 60's?

 

what a challenging question. and i thought the answer was a 300 GD !!

 

Officially imported to the USA???

 

guess not!