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Old 09-02-2009, 03:01 PM   #14 (permalink)
jamesqf
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Originally Posted by MetroMPG View Post
VW likely won't even put a diesel in the Polo they're considering bringing to North America - what does that say about their seriousness regarding efficiency?
Maybe it says that they're interested in shipping cars that sell, and how many Americans would want to buy a diesel, given all the examples on the roads that noise & stink are inseparable from diesel? And yes, I know the arguments about Europeans being able to build clean, quiet diesels, but that doesn't cut much ice when I pull up next to a contrary example of a brand-new American diesel pickup idling at a light.
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