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TRANSMISSION CHOICES

A NEW turbo-diesel engine op-
tion, fuel injection for all of
Chrysler’s North American-built

light-duty trucks and new engine
and transmission choices highlight
the Dodge trucks story for 1989,

Again, there’s a Dodge truck for
every job and purpose. Chrysler's
1989 Dodge truck model lineup
ranges all the way from front-
wheel-drive mini-vans on two sep-
arate wheelbases, to the mid-size
Dodge Dakota pickup through the
burly Ramcharger sports/utility
vehicle to hard-working, full-sized
Dodge Ram pickups. vans and
wagons.

Among the engineering refine-
ments incorporated in) Dodge’s
1989 light-duty trucks are @ stand-
ard reas wheel anu-locking brake
system on all full-sized Dodge Ram
and mid-sized Dodge Dakota
pickups and electronic fuel injec-
tion on both the light and heavy-
duty versions of the §.9-litre engine
available in Dodge full-size
pickups, vans and the Rameharger
sports; utility vehicle.

Chrysler aggressively enters the
diesel truck market with the in-

troduction of a new Cummins tur-
bo-charged diesel engine on
selected 1989 Dodge Ram full-size
pickup trucks.

The Cummins turbo diesel is op-
tionally available in 1989 Dodge
Ram 250 and 350 three-quarter
and one-ton pickups, in both two-
and four-wheel-drive configura-
tions, and 250 and 350 Ram and
Power Ram chassis-cabs. [t will
also be available on a dual rear
wheel Ram D-350 to be introduced
in mid-1989.

These Dodge Ram models com-
prise the heavy end of the Cana-
dian light truck market.

The engine was developed by the
Cummins Engine Co., the industry
leader in quality, durability, power
and sales of heavy-duty, over-the-
road diese! truck engines. The
engine is designed specifically for
truck applications and is one of the
newest on the market.

Dodge’s new Cummins turbo
diesel is a §.9-fitre (360 cubic inch)
in-line, six-cylinder powerplant.
The Cummins turbo diesel devel-
ops 160 horsepower at 2500 RPM.
The Dodge diesel’s pulling power,

or torque, is rated at 400 pounds/
feet at a low 1700 RPM — far bet-
ter than any full-size diesel pickup
on the market.

The powerplant includes state-
of-the-art truck engine features
such as an open combustion
chamber design with direct fuel in-

jection for excellent fuel economy
and turbocharging for top perfor-
mance. Acceleration and towing
power are better than competitive
diesels. Turbocharging also keeps
the engine working efficiently at
high altitudes.

The Cummins turbo diesel

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A STANDARD rear wheel antitockiog brake system is included on ail mid-sized Dodge Dakota pickups.

comes with a new standard five-
speed manual transmission built by
Getrag, the first five-speed
transmission available in a heavy-
duty Dodge truck. A beefed-up
version of Chrysler's torqueflite
See Refinements
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