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From: bzs@bu-cs.UUCP (Barry Shein)
Newsgroups: net.auto.tech,net.auto
Subject: Re: Diesel-powered Cars - a question
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Date: Thu, 16-Jan-86 18:10:30 EST
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Just reading all these diesel comments (mostly negative) and
wondered, does anyone remember *why* the started coming out?
My memory says that it was in response to the gas crisis and
the promise was that diesel would be less per/g then gas while
delivering better mileage (also I guess that all meant better
cruising range.) I also seem to remember criticism of the
auto industry at that time for not having already started
exploiting diesel while european manufacturers had been doing
so for years (?).

So, the question is: Were the technical reason(s) fuel/$$ conservation
and (why) did they blow it, apparently badly from the gab on this
list? Are the european (japanese et al) diesels better?

	-Barry Shein, Boston University