Car shoppers could get the 4.3 diesel in everything from a Chevrolet Celebrity to a Cadillac Fleetwood. It was rated at a miserable 85 horsepower and a pretty decent 165 lb-ft of torque.
In the 1980s, automobile manufacturers were coming to grips with increasingly stringent fuel efficiency and emissions regulations. Mercedes, for example, turned to turbocharged diesels for better ...