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Old 01-27-2008, 06:54 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Okay... gotta ask...

Has anyone heard anything about getting a Diesel into the states... I just got back from a trip to Surrey in the UK. My friends over there have a Focus Diesel that will EASILY spank a V6 mustang, but turns close to 45 MPG (US) on the highway!

I know we have emissions rules here, but come on Ford! bring that here! give me some diesel lovin'!
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Old 01-28-2008, 07:30 PM   #2 (permalink)
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Ford announced a while ago that it is not looking at diesels for cars. Their view was that advances in gas engine design for direct injection and stratified air charge (compression ignition using gas) would result in economies comparable to diesels without the problem of the diesel exhaust. Some more exacting definitions here:
Stratified charge engine - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Ford appears to be supporting the rumor that the new F150 for 2009 will come with a diesel.
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Lots of cars are faster in the UK, they dont have the choking emissions as bad as we do here.


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Okay... gotta ask...

Has anyone heard anything about getting a Diesel into the states... I just got back from a trip to Surrey in the UK. My friends over there have a Focus Diesel that will EASILY spank a V6 mustang, but turns close to 45 MPG (US) on the highway!

I know we have emissions rules here, but come on Ford! bring that here! give me some diesel lovin'!
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