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I've been driving diesels since 2009...all German. They were all excellent...particularly on the Interstate (where I do most of my driving).IMO modern diesels...at least the German ones...are far better suited to 70mph than to stop and go city,and suburban,driving. Although I have no personal experience with them it's easy to imagine the Japanese also building good diesels.

OTOH,I've read a lot about GM's diesels in the 80's...the ones they put into sedans. A real horror show is what I've read...so much so that they played a roll in the development of the hatred for diesels here in the US.

But,alas,diesels are dying here *and* in Europe....thanks to scumbags like Obama and algore,both of whom have multi million dollar beachfront mansion.

Chevy had a diesel that was something of a success though it wasn't a Chevy. Knew a gal that had an 80's model Chevette with the 1.8L Isuzu diesel and 5 speed stick trans. She had a job that kept her driving on the highway and could get 50 mpg out of that thing on average. That was when the speed limit was still double nickel and the gutless 50 horsepower wasn't much of a detriment to keeping up with traffic. Hit the interstate and let it roll. Put a lot of miles on that thing. Have heard some of those are still on the road.

I've been driving diesels since 2009...all German. They were all excellent

The last diesel vehicle we purchased was a school bus, actually a school van. I got it at a state auction for $1300. It was in really good shape and had low miles because it was used for a head start program for special events. It was a 1993 E350 Ford 1 ton van with a school bus chassis. It had the pre-Power Stroke normally aspirated 7.3L diesel engine that was manufactured by International Harvester. It didn't have as much power, but was arguably a better engine than some of the "Power Stokes that came along afterwards.

It was an amazing vehicle. It got exceptional fuel economy on the highway and had plenty of torque. The transmission was a heavy duty beast with auxiliary cooling. I have a CDL with a passenger endorsement and with the seats in it... it was legal to drive it in the HOV lane. I commuted to work in it for quite a while. I eventually took the seating for 24 kids out and used it for a work truck. I could open the rear doors and stack long lengths of lumber in it... I left one seat behind the drivers seat so that my wife or a friend could ride around with me. Actually the seats didn't weigh much so it was not difficult to bolt them back in place.

Despite the long length between the rear axle and the back of the bus, I put a class 3 hitch on it and towed a full size car hauling trailer with full size vehicles on it. I was afraid that it might be a little bit of a challenge for it, or have some stability problems but never had any problems.

I was very tempted to convert it into some type of motor home. Instead, after a few years I polished it all up and sold it for a lot more than I paid for it... I have regretted it a lot over the years. It was super useful.