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Originally Posted by striperman36
Fuel mileage on US cars suck. I and don't like the ergonomics.
I got 188K out of the Dakota.
I am don't like the fact that I cant get a small diesel engine like the Volvos in the US that gets 60 mpg. better than the Prius.
Toyotas are great vehicles and if I could have gotten the diesel version I would have gotten one. As of now, you know I have the Jeep diesel from the only year they really worked, 2006.
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I completely agree with you. This is why the US auto companies are failing and why I was against throwing good money at a bad business plan.
I believe the US market refuses to accept that diesels are a better alternative to gasoline. According to a colleague of mine from London, diesel has become somewhat of the fuel standard in the UK as more and more customers are seeing the benefit.
I think a large issue with making diesels mainstream in the US is the stigma from 30 years ago about how nasty diesel is with the soot and other byproducts from combustion. People don't realize that the same size diesel engine is typically more efficient than the gasoline alternative.
The Mach trucks going down the high way spewing black smoke from their pipes doesn't help this much though.