"Jens Krueger" wrote in message
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Dylan Smith wrote:

Americans just don't like diesels. They're better than the junk that
came
out 20-25 years ago, but they still sell abysmally other than in the
bigger
pickup trucks.

I know that - but that doesn't mean that diesels AREN'T good now and
AREN'T up to the job because they most certianly are. A modern turbo
diesel car is as comfortable as a gasoline driven one, just as fast and
often has way better endurance and often has an engine which will last
much longer on less maintenance.

If BMW would actually introduce the 745d in the US, well that would be a
car for "out-west". Silent, fast, pulls like a freight train (700nm
torque!) and about 35 mpg highway... I wonder why they haven't done it
yet...

The diesels GM brought out were such pieces of junk it turned off a couple
of generations of drivers in the US. Until that legacy is lost to memory
diesels will be a tough sell.