lol, no not an alternate universe...just designed by the jerries at Daimler Benz. It was Daimler-Chrysler for a few years remember? The germans redesigned everything.
I’ll give them credit due for high performance diesels such as in the Mercs and Jags. But you won’t see those as options here in the good ole Yoo Ess of Ehh.
Nope the big 3 and the unions won;t let America experiance those super duper 150mph performance diesels, nor the 50 plus mpg gallon ones in the small cars.
Boiler plate and rivets ia all we have in the dealerships, and poor fuel mileage, I dare say the car lots will stay full this year.
Me as I said earler will look into the natural gas option. That I believe is the way to go, esoecially when you can bypass road fuel taxation by re-filling at home.
No wonder the Feds want tattletell black boxes, they know what will happen in a few years, electrics will fizzle (pun intended)and gas engines will downsize. Diesels will be around but require expensive pump fuel. Unless you have other resources, that leaves us with another option and the Feds may stall it because it in itself will reduce taxes if a lot of people fill up at home.
So they will tax per mile.
Sorry to take a rant about the topic.