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| 2003m3 | Re: Why don't we want the diesel? | I think this is a classic case of Americans living in a bubble. Most do not travel abroad, very few read or listen to real news, so they have no clue what is going on in the rest of the world.
Whenever I am in Europe I drive a BMW 535d: 250 hp, 400 lb-ft torque, close to 30 mpg combined Autobahn/mountain driving. Try to duplicate this with a Detroit V8. It will give you 400 lb-ft but with 13 mpg fuel economy.
Most Americans also do not understand the difference between a turbodiesel engine that goes in a pickup truck, bulldozer or other farming machinery, and a modern sophisticated TDI engine. TDI stands for Turbodiesel Direct Injection. Direct injection, gasoline or diesel, does not exist in the United States. Fuel is injected directly into the cylinder, usually several times per each piston cycle, maximizing power output as well as economy. The result is this: a BMW TDI 3-liter inline-6 does not sound like a diesel, does not smoke, makes power like a big gasoline V8, yet gets the fuel economy of a 4-cylinder. Detroit missed the boat decades ago.
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