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RWD fan @ Dec 16th 2007 10:34PM
Karma sux for the Brits, huh?
I'd love to see an Indian company start building a Land Rover Defender with a basic bullet proof diesel and sell it in the US.
pheer6224 @ Dec 17th 2007 12:58AM
wishful thinking. I'd kill for that too.
Mr. Oak @ Dec 17th 2007 10:30AM
You people and your diesels. You continue to ignore the difficulty associated with getting these diesels certified in all 50 states. Since the federal government is slow to act, more states are going to adopt California's tough as hell laws. Good luck with your quest for more diesels.
Diesels are fine as work vehicles. Most large cities don't want or need them.
Tater @ Dec 17th 2007 10:40AM
"Diesels are fine as work vehicles. Most large cities don't want or need them."
Are you stuck in a 1970's time warp or something? Visit Europe and rent a few modern diesels. Notice just how many are plying the major cities. Then post something you know about...like the future of VCR's :)
Mr. Oak @ Dec 17th 2007 3:21PM
@ Tater: Clean Diesels, yes they are cleaner than they used to be. The laws are also now tougher than they used to be.
http://ag.ca.gov/globalwarming/cleanairact.php
http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/la-ed-epa24oct24,0,2095994.story?coll=la-opinion-leftrail
Now that California has sued the EPA and won, other states are going to be adopting their standards. Vermont has already done so, and Massacheuttes may soon follow.
Europe has always embraced diesels, clean or dirty. The US has stricter federal standards than most of Europe, and California has stricter standards than the Federal government.
The autombile market in the US is at least 10 fold the market in Europe. Most major cities in Europe stink to high hell of diesel fumes. Multiply that by 10 for NYC, Chicago, LA.
No, I am not stuck in the 70s. What's good for Europe, is not necessarily good for the US.