Never thought about the CETANE ratings of the diesel fuel back then versus what you buy now?
The Snopes explanation is basically BS also.
You can thank the environazis (especially in CA) for making sure diesel doesn’t get a bigger toehold in the US. It all comes down to supposed evil emissions and particulates and how any amount of either is bad for everyone.
Mercedes sells their version of the BlueMotion here already called BlueTec. I saw two Sprinter vans just today with Blluetec on the back.
Chrysler EXPORTS diesel cars from the US to overseas.
The diesel Jeep Wrangler gets 32mpg. Fat chance we’ll ever get that here.