“Shame though that so many Americans are prejudiced against diesel thanks to the horrific engines GM foisted on them a generation ago.”
For me it was the Mercedes Diesel engines. They spewed black smoke and were noisy.
I drive one of those every day. It doesn't smoke as bad now, because of the new diesel fuel.
The thing is: I'm still driving it today. How many other cars of that era are still running?
I have a Dodge Sprinter 2500 hightop van made by Mercedes. It has a 5 cylinder turvo diesel that has no emission odors at all. It cruises easily at 70 mph and gets 23 mpg.