I REALLY would like a new Jetta Diesel-— but the problem with buying a diesel now - the new fuel standards and engines require the newer ultra-low sulfur fuel - which I have yet to see a station carry yet. So buy a diesel today - and cannot fuel it up tomorrow... not a good proposition.
That being said - I saw a 2007 Jeep Liberty 4X4 Diesel the other day that I was seriously tempted to buy.
Get the fuel supply issue taken care of (without further skinning the consumer with crazy prices) and Diesel looks promising.
Where do you live that you don’t see ULSD yet? Even here in the middle of Nevada, you’re very hard pressed to find a source of anything other than ULSD at the pump now.
ULSD was mandated to be out to the pump by October 2006.
Huh?!?
At least 80% of diesel produced for on-road use for the past year is Ultra Low Sulfur Diesel. If you look at a diesel pump, you will see a little sticker on it somewhere that looks like this:
I haven't seen the old diesel fuel anywhere on the West Coast since summer of 2006.