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<blockquote data-quote="Shadowrider" data-source="post: 2109671" data-attributes="member: 3099"><p>I think we can thank GM for ruining America&#039;s trust in light duty diesels.&nbsp; The 5.7 converted Oldsmobile V-8 in the &#039;80&#039;s was an epic failure, the 6.2L was just gutless and didn&#039;t get that great of mileage, and the 6.5 was also completely gutless and unreliable as hell.&nbsp; So nobody wanted to buy them.&nbsp; Add in uncle sugar&#039;s antics and one can see why they don&#039;t want to build one for the U.S.&nbsp; They have all built them for sale in other countries for years because 1) they sell there and 2) they don&#039;t have the asinine regs on emissions until somewhat recently and frankly I doubt that the other countries would have passed them if diesel technology didn&#039;t exist to comply with them in the first place.&nbsp; Kind of the other way around from the way we do things.&nbsp; I&#039;m waiting in anticipation of the Obama CAFE mandates of 39mpg.&nbsp; He deemed it so, so they have the capability to comply right?&nbsp; He was claiming that while campaigning anyway.&nbsp; Where&#039;s my popcorn?</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="Shadowrider, post: 2109671, member: 3099"] I think we can thank GM for ruining America's trust in light duty diesels. The 5.7 converted Oldsmobile V-8 in the '80's was an epic failure, the 6.2L was just gutless and didn't get that great of mileage, and the 6.5 was also completely gutless and unreliable as hell. So nobody wanted to buy them. Add in uncle sugar's antics and one can see why they don't want to build one for the U.S. They have all built them for sale in other countries for years because 1) they sell there and 2) they don't have the asinine regs on emissions until somewhat recently and frankly I doubt that the other countries would have passed them if diesel technology didn't exist to comply with them in the first place. Kind of the other way around from the way we do things. I'm waiting in anticipation of the Obama CAFE mandates of 39mpg. He deemed it so, so they have the capability to comply right? He was claiming that while campaigning anyway. Where's my popcorn? [/QUOTE]

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