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Originally Posted by racprops
Originally Posted by minispeed
If you're trying to say my point is invalid because Chev now sells a diesel and the article mentoined they said they wouldn't then you are missing the point. It doesn't change the fact that in the mid part of the last decade the auto makers had to meet much higher standards to sell deisel in the US.
And if they wanted to they could...
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And if the american public was willing to pay the premium on the car to re coup the cost of the development then maybe the auto makers would want to, but the public constantly shows that things like quiet, style, size and high reving power matter more to them and that's where they spend their money.
The only reason the europeans spend that kind of cost building and refining diesel is because the deep tax cuts have given the public the incentive to buy diesel. If there had not been that incentive then the diesel would have never been developed to the point where people in the EU now choose to buy diesel even on sporty luxury sedans.
And some of the tax cuts may come to an end...
French Minister Backs Diesel Tax Gain to Cut Dangerous Pollution - Bloomberg
And their cities are complaining about the pollution
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