Thread: Pent-up Demand for Diesels in US?
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Old 09-20-2007, 03:21 PM
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The demand would be there if they sold a cost conscious vehicle imho. Mercedes offering only cars for $50k seems ludicrous to me. Try and buy a vw diesel right now. They are about impossible to buy used, almost the same price as new.

My 03 dodge truck with the cummins with 75k on it is worth about 24k now. I paid 30K for it new.

There is diesel demand when the price is right.

Tom W
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