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Originally Posted by thomasj223
I was recently in France and the peugeot 206 I drove around was a small turbo-diesel that had some decent pep and provided me with well over 60 us mpg... This is a pretty typical car in France and would fit 5 people, i would say it is about the size of a yaris or mazda3. I wonder why the us market is so diesel-averse when they are capable of such economy?
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back in the dim distant past,the french government decided on diesel as the fuel for its people..
They own shares in pugeot, citroen and renault, so had direct contro( over development-to the extent that the ONLY french car worth buying is a diesel one. Ford europe use rebranded peugeot HDI lumps in several of their cars.
Rural folks in france also have access to small 2 seater cars subsidised by the government-diesel and 80+mpg.
As for the USA-do the laws on emissions vary in every state? Are diesels more acceptable in some states than others?