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Originally Posted by StealthRabbit Diesel is 1/2 the petrol price in some countries (as it was in USA 30 yrs ago)
There is going to be many reasons for lower prices in other countries. Firstly Europe taxes diesel at a lower rate than gas. We have a truck centric freight delivery system over much farther distances consuming a lot of diesel and even for local trucks many that would of been gas in the past are now diesel. Lastly oil is still widely used in Northeast for home heating.
Diesels will be banned in cities soon enough, so you can bet they will be even less popular.
Small diesels are already effectively banned because their higher emissions drive down profits. As I explained previously this is the primary reason they are not widely available in the US. Diesels in large commercial vehicles aren't going anywhere for the foreseeable future because there is no adequate replacement.
Love my tuned 335D which is a beast with over 500HP and 550lbft torque!
Extremely reliable and super fun to drive, over 150k and no major issues.
No street sedans can compete with it on torque alone.
On the 4 stages on the link you provided, the highest stage HP was 400, did you get upgrades not listed in the link? I'm impressed with those numbers but 500HP from a 3 litre diesel sounds a bit much. Anyway about no sedan can compete with the 550 ft/lb of torque, my sedan has 650 ft/lb of torque plus 707 HP.
I'm very happy w/ my diesel. Gobs of torque, cheap fuel as he likes the dyed farm fuel.
His name is Deere, John Deere.
Industrial diesels are exempt from highway emission standards. They are also where the increased efficiency of the diesel engine really shows, because they often run at or near steady maximum HP output for hours. When you are shoving 40 gallons of fuel an hour through a silage chopper/blower, the high compression ratio and higher fuel energy are very welcome. 40 gallons/hour, btw, is what a dairy farmer once told me it took to chop silage with his rig powered by twin 400 hp Volvo diesels.
Recently I checked out a few articles on gas vs diesel because of a random brain thought. Diesel engines mostly come in trucks, but I'm not that big into them due to the loss in mpg for obvious reasons. Plus I don't tow anything. A sedan is what I like, but Volkswagen seems to be the only manufacturer to produce a diesel sedan in the states (that I know of). What gives? I wish there was a larger market for them. I drive a Honda 4 cylinder, gas mileage is good but not great. No complaints, but I think I would like to try something different in the future. I'm really in it for the MPG. I'm always driving around. Is it the emissions that's a big issue? Or the repairs?
The folks you need to ask about diesel cars and Volkswagen TDIs in particular are the folks over at TDI Club.
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and NOT be allowed to PUMP their own fuel!
