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Originally Posted by bbeardb
That sucks. I forgot about the new emissions rules coming out. I read something somewhere that they are really trying to get it to work without the catalytic converter. Something about it needing to be replaced and there is some 80,000 mile rule... Maybe it was some form or scrubber. I'll see if I can find the article, as it was a really good one.
You know, it might make diesels real cheap. Perceptions, that might have been getting better, will probably go back down the tubes if no one can sell them here anymore.
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I took some notes but what I can remember off the top of my head was that the accountants said that it would cost ~$5000 more per car to develop the catalyst or the urea injection system in the car and still make money. Even then the EPA has issues with that....
Therefore the marketing research says that people won't way 5k more on a $20k car for the diesel to offset the fuel cost which is more than premium at least right now. MB can do urea injection and still make money because the CDI will sell at $60k and so 5k per car of development would be recouped quicker.