Diesel engine swaps

I know this subject has been brought up before but it usually centered around the Cummins 6BT which in my mind is a giant heavy truck engine that doesn't belong in a car (and the 4BT just isn't ballsy enough). I have a few local car buddies who own old-school Mercedes diesels and those things are pretty neat but a tad too small; I have an idea to diesel swap a C-body so I can go on road trips and drive it when I feel like it but not get eaten alive by big-block gas mileage. Anybody familiar with other automotive diesel engines which might be good swap candidates?
the 4BT isn't ballsy enough? Yeah, the 4BT can cheaply and easily make 600+ hp. factory, they have more torque the a Gen II hemi, at nearly 500 ft lbs. it'll move any car just fine.