That's a V6 diesel that was designed as a diesel from scratch, and not a bad little engine. Besides the Ciera, GM put them in Buick Centuries, and even a few '85 Olds 98's when the 98 went front wheel drive. I'd grab it.
Actually, the 350 Olds diesel wasn't a bad engine once they put a roller cam in it and beefed up the bottom end. We had several. The problem was, the industry came out with EFI about the same time and got gasoline engines to getting the same mileage as a diesel, or close enough. EFI pretty much killed the diesels.
A nephew of ours had a '79 400 ci full sized Bronco, and he and my wife squared off at a stop light with my wife driving an '83 Olds 88 diesel. She smoked him so bad it wasn't even a contest. The poor kid had two indignities heaped on him. His own aunt beat him in a drag race, and she did it with a diesel.
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