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I blame the wannabee greenies.


And rightly so too. The entire diesel industry has taken huge hits over the last couple of years. The greenies wont be happy until everyone is walking, riding bicycles or taking public transportaion. It's not really about emissions, it's about money, power and control.

A few years ago, Cummins was planning on making a smaller diesel motor for Chrysler for the Dakota and Durango. But, Mercedes decided they would do it themselves, and it ended up with only the Liberty having a diesel.

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So easy to blame everything on some group or other.

The fact is that the American public has been hesitant to embrace diesel powered vehicles. This probably come from years of conditioning by smoking, smelly, noisy trucks, and those old Mercedes that wouldn't get out of their own way. Not to mention the Oldsmobile abomination of the late '70s.

Modern diesel technology has quieter, cleaner and more powerful engines than ever, while getting phenomenal mileage.

The Liberties engine is a VM Motori made in Italy. The Grand Cherokee has a Mercedes diesel option. I don't know how their sales are.

Ford offered a diesel engine in the Ranger pickup in the early/mid '80s that ran forever and sipped fuel, but sales were weak.

It may take a while, but eventually we will see more availability of diesel engines, including in motorcycles.

If you want to look for the opposition to widespread diesel use, look no further than the industry that stands to lose profits if people burn less fuel.

Contra todo mal, mezcal; contra todo bien, también