Chrysler is starting to bring in some passenger diesels particularly the Jeep Grand Cherokee and the Dodge Ram 1500 ecodiesel. Diesels are more expensive thoug

Chrysler is starting to bring in some passenger diesels particularly the Jeep Grand Cherokee and the Dodge Ram 1500 ecodiesel. Diesels are more expensive though, perhaps inherently so. The cost of the high-pressure injector system and turbocharger required raise the engine and maintenance costs considerably. Modern pollution controls (a good thing) have reduced the MPG advantage enough that the fuel cost differential with gasoline is no longer an advantage. It may be that will improve as the industry gains a decade more experience in diesel pollution controls.