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Diesels becoming more popular in US article
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diesel in the US, doesn't sound like BMW is until they can get a car certified in all 50 states. Interesting article about diesels coming to US.
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I don't think the problem is certification, as much as it the high sulfur diesel fuel we have in the US. Until we get the lower sulfur fuel it won't happen, however I think , in 2007 we will have it available. Most of the Euro models all have diesel engines available and they have a lot more torque than their gasoline engined peers.
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Quote: | I don't think the problem is certification, as much as it the high sulfur diesel fuel we have in the US. Until we get the lower sulfur fuel it won't happen, however I think , in 2007 we will have it available. Most of the Euro models all have diesel engines available and they have a lot more torque than their gasoline engined peers. | Hi all, this is my second post after my introduction to the forum. I'm glad to be a part of this community.  
That's exactly the truth. Furthermore, diesels represent as much as a 60% of sales in E-60 series in countries like the UK, France or Spain. The new Euro-4 emissions regulation is pressing hard on manufacturers to control emissions, and nowadays we can state that a modern diesel engine is actually cleaner that its petrol-powered counterpart. They are catalyzed, have EGR valves and are far more fuel efficient With common-rail injection, VNT (variable nozzle turbo) turbochargers... massive torque almost lagless response is guaranteed. It matches pretty well with automatic transmissions, by the way. Just give it a try if you haven't ever driven one.
The problem with high-sulfur diesels fuels happens in the US as well as in Australia. Diesels aren't too popular over there, too, but this tendence is slowly changing there, as well.
I think it's a question of changing people's habits and mentality, in some way. During a lot of time diesels were associated with trucks and heavy machinery. They stunk, made a lot of noise and were sluggishly slow. Now they are quiet, they don't smell, and are amazingly quick. You'd just miss the high-end revving up ability of a good petrol engine, but instead you have massive mid-end torque and the turbo's kick.
You can't have everything in life, can you?.
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