Originally Posted by airbus

This whole thing with diesels in the US is some government BS. Ever since GM ruined the diesel market in the US in the mid 80s by trying to convert a gasser into a diesel, the government is trying everything to keep diesels off the streets. Why? Because the american autoindustry is still unable to build diesel engines for passenger cars (after 20years!). Mercedes diesels are sold in any class (A. B. C, E, S, etc.) in a range from 1.6litre to 3.2litre everywhere around the world except the US. In NY state they're going one step further: it is illegal (impossible) here to register a brandnew diesel powered passenger car. All the foreign automakers have the technology to build reliable, silent, fuel-economic diesel engines at reasonable prices, but the US government won't let them bring them over here, they rather destroy the environment with their gasoline eating cars just to keep the GM and Ford and Mobil manager's pockets filled. I swear I will never buy an american car and probably never again a gasser of any brand.