Baby pickup with a three cylinder diesel and a variable ratio transmission. This leaves the engine at it's optimal RPM and what is normally the gas pedal is used to vary the ratio of the transmission.
Viable? not viable? any one doing this now? thoughts?
Do a Google search of what is the most popular diesel truck in Australia.
A far and different world from what you commonly see in America, and what we should see.
What I am implying is that in America we are hobbled from buying very powerful efficient small diesels in light trucks and 4x4’s. Diesel won’t get any cheaper.
Unless you have access to some bio diesel of used cooking oil the cost of diesel I say may double within a year.
Look into a Gear Vendor under/overdrive unit.