1.6 liter Ope Astral Diesel 2014

swampratt · Feb 15, 2016

Why do we not have these here..?
So many cars that run diesel and LPG in other countries that get awesome MPG.. why not here.
http://gmauthority.com/blog/2013/11/new-1-6l-diesel-added-to-2014-opel-astra-lineup/

60 MPG.... maybe our fuel here will not run those vehicles?
Kind of bothers me.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chevrolet_Orlando

Okie4570 · Feb 15, 2016

Epa........ There's a ton of diesel offerings in the very same vehicles we drive here over seas. We can't have them though.

HiredHand · Feb 15, 2016

Probably, the EPA and the general consumer attitude towards Diesel engines and diesel fuel.

Old Timer · Feb 15, 2016

The way the EPA measures the pollutants from a car is so much per gallon of gas,
not so much per mile. That makes car makers run vehicles so rich to make the catalytic converters
clean up the exhaust.
If you compared the pollutants per mile, or per life time, I am sure a lot of these engine emissions
would be better off then the engines we have.

This is how it was explained to me by an engineering professor

GUN DOG · Feb 15, 2016

Had a toyota hilex deisel when I was over in the middle east it would run forever miss that truck

120 Acres · Feb 15, 2016

cowadle · Feb 15, 2016

I had a couple of VW diesels back in the late 70 early 80. 1.8 liter 50 mpg and ran forever. also had a BMW diesel that ran like a striped ass ape and got 40 something,again in the 80's. good ol EPA

swampratt · Feb 15, 2016

there were a lot of cars in the 80's that got 40-50+ mpg

NikatKimber · Feb 15, 2016

Big part of the reason? They were SMALL!

Curb weight 1986 Jetta: 1973 lbs
Curb weight 2016 Jetta: 3296 lbs

That's an over 50% weight gain.

HiredHand · Feb 15, 2016

Small engines, too.

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