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European Carmakers Bet That the U.S. Is Ready for Diesel

FRANKFURT, Germany — Two decades after diesel cars all but vanished from American roads in a cloud of sooty smoke, are Americans ready to give them another try?

That is a big question at the Frankfurt Motor Show this week, as European carmakers roll out “clean diesel” vehicles — their answer to the call for more efficient, climate-friendly cars, according to the New York Times.

Betting that diesel power will become an alternative to the hybrids popularized by Toyota and other Japanese carmakers, Mercedes-Benz, BMW and Volkswagen all plan to sell new diesel automobiles in the United States in the coming year, and many of them are on show here

Posted by Peter C. T. Elsworth  at 11:12 AM to Alternative fuels , BMW , Design , Environment , Mercedes-Benz , VW | Permalink

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