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Originally Posted by svxistentialist
For another thing, and I accept your less efficient cars in the States probably would give only 25 mpg, but here in Europe anybody buying economical cars in schemes like you are discussing, none of these cars will do less than 40 mpg, most doing closer to 50 mpg. The gallons are Imperial and bigger than the US gallons, so 40 mpg here would be 33 mpg over there.
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The main reason we don't have many diesels over here, at least not diesel cars, is thanks to GM in the early 80s, most Amercans associate diesel cars with noisy, smoky, stinky, gutless rattle traps.
Although the fact that aside from the VWs, the other diesel cars sold here are BMWs and Mercedes-Benzes and Audis, which are mucho $$$, doesn't help either. I know I'd buy a turbo diesel Passat or Jetta over a Prius, similar mileage, cheaper fuel, way lower price, and in a pinch you can get fuel behind McDonald's.
