Who Will Purchase Diesels?

www.dieselforum.org ^ | 11/11/2006 | Staff

[Red Badger]

The Diesel Technology Forum and Mercedes-Benz USA co-sponsored a diesel survey, which was conducted by Opinion Research Corp. of Princeton, New Jersey. The survey found that 50 percent of Generation Y (18-29 years of age) and 46 percent of Generation X (30-41 years of age) would consider buying or leasing a new clean-diesel vehicle.

The survey, which involved more than 1,000 respondents, also found that 70 percent of respondents think that Americans are not doing enough to reduce fuel consumption, although 69 percent of the drivers surveyed reportedly took steps to change their driving practices during the past year.

[Red Badger]

Diesels are now kwell!.....

[Red Badger]

Rest In Peace, old friend, your work is finished.......

If you want on or off the DIESEL "KNOCK" LIST just FReepmail me........

This is a fairly HIGH VOLUME ping list on some days......

[toomanygrasshoppers]

Ping

[100-Fold_Return]

"Diesels are now kwell!....."

Not until CNN tells us they are...

[AngloSaxonChristian]

I run a diesel GM estate car (station wagon) as my everyday run around car and for taking my dog to the beach. It's mid-sized and has a fiat/AlfaRomeo 1.9 16V diesel mated to a six speed box and produces 150hp and 235lb-ft at 1750 rpm. Does 0-60 in 9 seconds and 135mph. No road burner, but it return between 45 and 55mpg and keeps the miles low on my proper cars! It's at least as refined as the equivalent petrol engine.

[Red Badger]

I take it this is in Europe or the UK..............

[GeorgefromGeorgia]

I WOULD BUY A DIESEL. I owned a Mercedes-Benz 190D for 18 years, and loved the car. It didn't have a lot of pickup in the high gears, especially going uphill. However, the 40 MPG and reliability of the engine was great.

[Fierce Allegiance]

Kwell, man!M

[Fierce Allegiance]

I'd buy a diesel. The newer tech is really cool. I think the turbo-diesel hybrids will be the big thing in a decade. I have zero desire to buy a gas hybrid though, as he perfrmance is not much better than a comparable gas engined car. Besides, i like power.

[BluH2o]

I WOULD BUY A DIESEL. I owned a Mercedes-Benz 190D for 18 years, and loved the car.

I have a 1985 MB 300D that I've owned since 1991. Had 50 thousand miles when I purchased it from a Lexus dealer ... it now has 210 thousand miles ... looks great and gets 27 miles to the gallon. In fact this past week I drove it to Washington, DC and back ... over one thousand miles ... it loves long car trips.

[AngloSaxonChristian]

'I take it this is in Europe or the UK..............'

You take it correctly - England, though I purposfully drove the car in the picture on the wrong side of the road to fool you! :D

[stevio]

I vote for diesel.

[Red Badger]

Did you put the steering wheel on the wrong side as well?.......

[BobinIL]

I would love to see a Ford Expedition or F150 with about a 3.0 liter inline 6 turbo diesel. If It could get 20+ mpg while towing a 22ft boat I would be all over that!!!!

[NaughtiusMaximus]

Once the Baby Boomers begin to collect their Social Security, a tidal event which is just two years off, and begin to inevitably demand increases in benefits and entitlements, which every politician regardless of party will rush to promise them in every election for the next twenty years, Gens X and Y will be lucky to afford a Walmart bicycle.

[cinives]

I had an Audi 4000 diesel (250,00 miles), a VW Rabbit diesel (199,000 miles before becoming roadkill) and a Peugeot Turbo Diesel(140,000 mi before the ex drove it thru a ford and cracked the turbocharger and bent the pistons) for many years.

I'd run a diesel again in a heartbeat - maybe next time I need a new car...

[Neidermeyer]

The Mercedes E class diesel is a rocketship... If anyone remembers the "Cannonball Run" (the real races not the crappy movies , official name "Cannonball Baker Sea to Shining Sea Memorial Trophy Dash") one of the top finishers was a MBZ 300d turbodiesel carrying over 100 gallons of fuel, it only had a top speed of around 115 but it required only one fuel stop and you can fill a diesel tank quick at a truckstop as you typically have 2 large diameter hoses (L&R). In comparison a Pantera required 17 fuel stops for the trip.

[A. Patriot]

I will buy (another) diesel. But not a $50 - $60 K Mercedes. Way too expensive.

I have owned a 1971 220D, a 1980 Datsun King Cab diesel, and 2 each 1981 Mercedes 240Ds. I sold my last 240D about a year and a half ago.

I now drive a turbo 5 cyl gasoline Volvo station waggon V70, T5. I really like it. (but I am not a liberal)

[AngloSaxonChristian]

'Did you put the steering wheel on the wrong side as well?.......'

Nah, I left it on the right side. When I drive left-hand drive cars i can understand why Americans usually buy automatics - changing gear with your right hand and steering with your left when you're right-handed is just plain wrong! Shame you followed the frogs when it came to driving on the wrong of the road.

[Disambiguator]

What year was your 190D? We had one of those, too. It served 3 generations of our family.