Diesel XJs

I am currently in Iraq by way of Germany. I can't get the new Rubicon I wanted and eropeans sure are proed of their wranglers as far as price goes. I was wondering if anybody had any info on the diesel XJs? Not new to 4 wheeln' but I am new to jeepn'. I wondered about reliability of the diesel powerplant. Difrences in the trans, t-case, steering components, suspension, chasis. I wasn't even aware there were diesel XJs until I searched for used vehicles in germany. Therfore I know nothing about them. Any insight would be greatly appreciated.  

What year? I think what you are referring to as a Diesel XJ might be what we have here as a Diesel Liberty...  
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As soon as they offer a Ranger with a Diesel in America, I'll be the idiot camping out in front of the Ford Dealer!

No, the vehicles I was looking at were on the German economy as I am going to be there for a couple of years when I get back. Ranging in year from about 95-01. 2.5l I believe possibly Aisin AX-5 as most of them are 5 speeds. Not a big liberty fan to be honest, I know what those are. I have just never seen the diesel XJs before. Any info on chassis, drivetrain, reliability would be awesome! Thanks!  

See, I don't think there ever was a diesel XJ in the states, that's what is confusing us.

You have a picture of this thing?  
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As soon as they offer a Ranger with a Diesel in America, I'll be the idiot camping out in front of the Ford Dealer!

They aren't in the states. These are on the german economy. I didn't even know they existed, until I was looking for an XJ to drive when I get back to Germany from Iraq. Gas XJs are actually the minority in Germany. Here  is just an example, theses things are all over the place in germany.    



http://eng.autoscout24.com/home/index/detail.asp?ts=3881543&id=bzwhiauqnowr&sc=&make=38&eurofrom=0&euroto=0&zip=  

YES they did make a diesel xj in the states but are very rare. only ever say one on ebay. i would love to have one myself. don't know how dependable they are. most diesel's are dependable. check the milage on the ones over there and if they are mostly high milage you know they are good, just like the 4.0l. thanks for all your doing over there !!!!  
94 grand cherokee

did some more research on diesel xj's. they were mostly sold in canada and europe. they came with a renalt diesel in it. hope this helps some more.  
94 grand cherokee

Link doesn't work overseasjeepn...

Makes sense RT, there were a ton of models of light duty diesels sold in the US in the 80's and 90's, but they are very rare today since so few of each model was sold. (IE Diesel XJ, Ranger, Toyota Pickup, ect). And then there are the gray market ones that trickled in from Canada. So since they are sooo rare, I just as well consider that they don't exist.  
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As soon as they offer a Ranger with a Diesel in America, I'll be the idiot camping out in front of the Ford Dealer!

My bad on the link. I do cars and trucks not computers. You can go to autoscout24.de and there will be a spot at the bottom that says english and see these things are all over. I do believe they come with a 2.1 or after about 91 or 92 they came with a 2.5 up until about 03-04 now they are equiped with a 2.8 (libertys) They do however have the unlimited with a 2.8 diesel and a 6 speed  I recently found out. Which shifted my interest a tad, except for the price.  

The XJ's you see in Europe are built in Austria. They use an a small Italian or German diesel for the local market demand.

Unfortunately, The Jeeps in Europe are produced by a entirely independent division of Chrysler, and the tie back to the USA is almost non-existent except at the board level.