charlieaarons
Explorer
Plans to introduce a passenger car diesel have been abandoned by most car companies.
At this point, 2.0L to 3.0L diesel engines are offered by German manufacturers VW, BMW and Mercedes. BMW, Mercedes and Jeep offer diesel engines in SUVs. Audi has announced that they will offer a diesel option in several of their models later in 2009.
We just purchased a BMW X5 35d. It's fantastic. 0-60 in 6.8 sec. 21mpg in cold weather city driving. It has as much power as the 4.8L gas V8 which is rated at 14mpg city. No problem in -15 F. cold starts. 3.0L 6cyl, twin sequential turbos. $4K cheaper than the V8 X5.
My only wish is that I'd rather have my wife in a 530xd, which gets ~6mpg more. Not sold in the US.
Charlie