Please register to participate in our discussions with 2 million other members - it's free and quick! Some forums can only be seen by registered members. After you create your account, you'll be able to customize options and access all our 15,000 new posts/day with fewer ads.
In the market for a fuel-efficient, environmentally friendly, and performance-oriented car? Chances are your first impulse isn't to run out and buy a diesel. The common perception for decades has been that diesel engines are dirty, noisy, and inconvenient; foreign diesel manufacturers have struggled to meet relatively strict U.S. emissions standards.
Well since many can't pass our emiisons laws :i say I'll beleiev it when I se it. I have seen some newer disels on luxury car and they still stink;ehaust wise IMO.
The emissions laws, at least how they are written now, favor gas that actually causes more "environmental harm" than diesel. It's about time they look at the big picture and get diesels on the lots here. Folks will buy them.
Several years ago I did some reading about the Volkswagen Polo & Lupo - both TDIs. The people that road tested them claimed they (over several thousand miles) got 77 mpg out of the Polo & 93 mpg for the Lupo.
Apparently they didn't meet requirements to import them to the US. But I'd love to see it happen.
I've driven lots of diesels over the years. I'd drive another one, but the miles I put on aren't good miles for a diesel.
American people won't buy diesels. They have failed so many times to make the diesel popular in cars.
You thank (primarily) General Motors for that. The idiots with that 350 Oldsmobile V8 with different heads & an injector pump... Basically, they screwed it for Diesel-powered cars in the United States.
Please register to post and access all features of our very popular forum. It is free and quick. Over $68,000 in prizes has already been given out to active posters on our forum. Additional giveaways are planned.
Detailed information about all U.S. cities, counties, and zip codes on our site: City-data.com.
Please register to participate in our discussions with 2 million other members - it's free and quick! Some forums can only be seen by registered members. After you create your account, you'll be able to customize options and access all our 15,000 new posts/day with fewer ads.
