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<blockquote data-quote="soberups" data-source="post: 1027861" data-attributes="member: 14668">American emission regulations are heavily biased against diesels. A huge percentage of the cost difference of diesel cars vs gasoline is in the emissions components. VW sells their diesel cars to VW enthusiasts in a niche market for a premium price (about $10K more than a comparably equipped model with a gas engine. Mazda, Toyota and Honda all sell small diesel cars overseas, but they just dont want to jump thru all the hoops to try and sell them here.If we wanted to really save fuel in this country, we would relax the emissions standards on small diesel cars as long as they got an EPA-measured average of, say, 55 or 60 MPG. For whatever reason we seem to overlook the simple fact that the amount of pollution a car emits is a function of how much fuel that car burns to travel a given distance. If we did away with the requirement for DPF&#039;s on any car that got 60MPG or better, not only would we save fuel but we would also boost our economy by creating a market for domestically produced biodiesel.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="soberups, post: 1027861, member: 14668"] American emission regulations are heavily biased against diesels. A[I] huge[/I] percentage of the cost difference of diesel cars vs gasoline is in the emissions components. VW sells their diesel cars to VW enthusiasts in a niche market for a [I]premium[/I] price (about $10K more than a comparably equipped model with a gas engine. Mazda, Toyota and Honda all sell small diesel cars overseas, but they just dont want to jump thru all the hoops to try and sell them here. If we wanted to [I]really[/I] save fuel in this country, we would [I]relax [/I]the emissions standards on small diesel cars as long as they got an EPA-measured average of, say, 55 or 60 MPG. For whatever reason we seem to overlook the simple fact that the [I]amount[/I] of pollution a car emits is a function of [I]how much fuel[/I] that car burns to travel a given distance. If we did away with the requirement for DPF's on any car that got 60MPG or better, not only would we save fuel but we would also boost our economy by creating a market for domestically produced biodiesel. [/QUOTE]

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