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Joined: Jul 2002
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Hard-core CEG\'er
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Hard-core CEG\'er
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Originally posted by Christian:
Ford Diesel's are ace !!
They are shooting themselves in the foot not introducing them here. At the moment VW has that section of the market covered, and I would say probably 1 out 3 VW's I see is a TD.
If Ford stuffed a Duratorq into a Focus they would sell, I'm sure of that. Plenty of people, especially now, are looking at cutting gas costs.
As for the quiet, no smoke/smell, from it. I've heard some rattley diesels back in the UK in my time, but never experienced one which was a 'smog-machine' like how people seem to depict them here. A 1.8l or 2.0l diesel is nothing like the beasts you have on the aging construction dump trucks you see pushing out plumes of smoke.
Diesel mainly got killed because of the emissions, and Ford's confusion of what customers want. The CARB emission standars pretty much killed any potential market in California. Since Ford concentrated so much on SUVs/trucks, they kinda pigeoned holed themselves. That being said, the President of Ford, Nick Scheele, apparently is set to quit. That's probably a better sign because he was the one who later backtracked and said the diesel Focus wouldn't make it to North America.
Damn...I know for me, that diesel would save me some $$$$
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