Partially right I think.
The EPA rules are almost absurdly tight for diesel cars (an exception is of
course made for pickup trucks) and while some manufacturers have met the
requirements most consider it not worth it because as you've said the average
American sheeple doesn't see the benefit.
The one I'd like is the Subaru which supposedly makes better power than its
gasser cousin while consuming much less fuel. Supposedly gets 60mpg which I
presume is imperial gallons but still.
-Curt
Date: Mon, 27 Feb 2012 13:35:17 -0600
From: OK Don <okd...@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [MBZ] Volt vs. Gas
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Umm - wrong. It's not the EPA, we can buy Diesels here now. Just go to your
local MB dealer (or VW, etc,). It's the lack of an informed market here.
They're not going to bring cars over that they can't sell because the US
still thinks of the GM Diesels from the 80's.
On Sun, Feb 26, 2012 at 10:40 PM, Dieselhead <126die...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Last summer in Spain I rented a Peugeot diesel wagon, 5spd, it was brand
>> new when I picked it up at the airport. I was pleasantly surprised at what
>> a nice car it was -- hauled 4 of us and all our stuff for 9 days on
>> high-speed roads and back roads and in town, A/C running (blowing ice
>> cold!) and I figured (with all the conversions of liters and kms) that it
>> was getting over 40mpg. I really wonder why we cannot buy cars like that
>> here,
>>
>
> That is easy: EPA
>
> (Otherwise known as gummit)
>
>
> Or is it Gummit, otherwise known as EPA?)
>
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