http://www.detroitnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061215/AUTO02/612150441/1148/AUTO01
Anyone is interested in getting a diesel in future? It's so popular in
europe but always got blocked by US emission requirement (though there are
so many ford, GMC, or Chevy trucks running on big diesel engines that send
out much more pollution than passenger diesel cars). It's also said diesel
engine is much more efficient than gas engine, 50% thermal efficiency on TDI
VS 30% thermal efficiency on typica