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Originally Posted by JSH
The only market in the USA for NG vehicles is Medium and Heavy Duty.
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It used to be much more common on light-duty vehicles in Brazil, mostly due to Diesel engines being forbidden on some categories due to payload or passenger capacity, with an exception granted for some 4WD models. A recent prevalence of direct injection as the downsizing becomes more relevant in Brazil makes it harder to convert most cars to CNG nowadays.
On a sidenote, the local importer of Kia recently announced the Sorento will come back to Brazil, where the 1st generation had been the only one to feature an optional turbodiesel engine, while the 2nd and 3rd were brought as gassers only. The facelifted 4th generation however is coming as a turbodiesel only.