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I've pointed this out before goto www.jeep.co.uk and you will see more diesels than gas cars, those hurdles mentioned in the article are artificial barriers created by carefully written legislation designed to curtail the sale of diesels, theres an auto industry term for it?, basically the same idea they did with electric vehicles, the less there are in circulation the less demand there is, thats why they crush EV's, the product would sell itself if people had access to it, so they restrict access. In Europe diesel is kept cheaper than gas to help farmers, truckers etc, the real engines of the economy, unlike in US where gas is artificially promoted.

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"...the less there are in circulation the less demand there is,..." And here we have the law of supply and demand re-written.

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I also do find that a tad disrespectful and in some ways it juts shows the arrogance of the manufacturers. "diesels have not sold well in the past so we will never sell them in America" No that is not how it should be , Times change due to economy and other factors , and so due the perspective of people . They don;t have to produce 80,000 a year in America but at least give us the option and produce some.

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I wish Diggs could re edit his info to be correct. There isn't a VM2.8L crd that out of the factory that is offered with 339lb-ft. I checked out the uk web sights and the 174hp is right for the wrangler sport & nitro but the torque is 302lb-ft. Plus the grand voyager only offers a 2.8L crd 161hp 265lb-ft and the 3.8L is available in the UK. Voyager is offered with a 2.5Lcrd 141hp 251lb-ft & the 2.4L plus top model 2.8Lcrd 150hp 265lb-ft.

All the other info seems to look right.

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Of course, its perfectly acceptable to grab a 6+L 3/4 truck with a diesel engine that puts out far more pollutants than any of the passenger ones do and use it for personal transportation. As long as we have that big-ass hole in the law, its a real shame not to give people the option to drive something far smaller, more fuel-efficient, and less-polluting...

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We're not so much biased against diesel in North America as we're biased towards cleaner tailpipe emissions and less crude-intensive fuel. Also:
* Diesel takes more crude to make--especially modern ULSD fuel.
* Diesel engines weigh more, cost more and are more complex.
* North American refinery and supply chains aren't set up for mass production or distribution of diesel
* North American powertrain regulations are stricter; you cannot have six or seven different engine choices without it being cost-prohibitive. (this is a good thing; North American and NADM Asian cars are much more reliable than European models, and parts availability and pricing is much gentler here than in Europe).
* Diesel fuel is taxed far less in France, Germany or Italy. Diesel isn't nearly as prevalent in the UK or Switzerland, where the tax breaks don't exist. Consequently, the big diesel car makes are all located in France, Germany or Italy.

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if they just adjusted the diesel engines to run on straight veggie oil, emissions would drop huge amount.. and change laws to allow growing of hemp, to avoid food shortages and increase ease of growing oil

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"they are all built right here in America"

Are they? Aren't some of them made in Austria?

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