Date: Sun, 13 Apr 2003 20:12:17 -0700 From: B&D <NO_SPAMnopsamCOM> Subject: Re: GM to increase SAAB lineup
On 4/13/03 3:09 PM, in article ncnj9v860cc2a5im5p5ghoaivu0g3uh3oqnopsamcom, "Nel Frikandel" <nelfrikandelnopsamail.com> wrote: > I dunno if Dieselin¥ petrol cars are popular at all in the US. However > I guess the CEO of Cadillac from say 1979 still has screaming > wake-up¥s at night about their little diesel adventure :-))) > (And things even got worse, with the V8-6-4) Here in California, the VW TDI was dropped, not because people didn't like it (they did and still do), the air quality regulations make it nearly impossible to produce a diesel auto clean enough. Hemce the popularity of gas-electric hybrids. Not sure wht some truly excellent turbo-diesel engines for other marques don't make it over though. Probably that the American public has been shielded from the vast improvements since the early 1980's...
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