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Originally Posted by peragro
The high mileage diesels aren't selling here because California won't let them sell here. Car manufacturers tried the whole Federal model and Ca model once upon a time. It was confusing and lost them money.
California basically dislikes diesels because they are icky. Same reason they ban guns that look scary. There is no intelligent reason why they would do either. Ufortunatly for the rest of the country, Ca.'s stupid decisionmaking means you can't buy a high mileage diesel either.
Yet another lesson in environmentalism gone stupid.
Stay tuned, the next lesson will be out soon - probably too soon.
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Well, pre-2007 diesels produce too much NOx and particulates to meet CA's latest and increasingly tougher emission standards for cars and that's why diesel cars could no longer be sold there. However they're coming back now that we have ULSD and new diesel technologies. What's stupid is they had a different standard for pickups and SUV's and diesel pickups for example were no problem when fuel-efficient VW diesels were already banned. I've heard that's going to change as well and all vehicles will soon be held to the same standard if not already.
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