Nice car, but at $5,000 to 10,000 more cost than an equivalent Jetta diesel, is it worth it?
The $35,000 price noted at the link puts the car in the same range as an Audi A3 tdi, and well above several hybrids, as well.
Just sayin...but it would be great for Ford to introduce diesel to their passenger vehicle line.
Hmmm. A Ford Escape TDI would be nice!
There are plenty of decommissioned former CNG Ford Rangers around here, the gas utility uses them. In the past they were converted back to gasoline for resale. Now, I don’t know but suspect there would be a market for them as is. A place to refuel them would be a challenge for most, setting one up in a home garage is fairly expensive.
A pro-American government would incent the opening of public fueling stations and go light on the taxation of it to establish a domestic alternative to Mideast oil. Heck, it’d go light on the taxation of gasoline produced from domestic crude for the same reason. Fungible my a**, loer transport cost, far less potential supply disruption, much more consistent price. Decouple that.
VW makes virtually the same engine right here in the US [that can't be sold here]
The Ford engine get slightly better mileage. As I understand, gas taxes are the only source of funding for the highways.[least in Texas] Double the fuel economy, the amount collected gets cut in half. Thus, no highpro diesel engines in the US.