“The real point here is that two of the world’s best automobile engineers could not design and build a diesel-powered car that could meet this country’s ridiculous emissions standards, “
Well said, exactly my thoughts. I’m an engineer, love working on my old cars. It is damn hard to improve emissions to the levels Obama has dictated, so get used to riding bikes.
After treatment is the only way to get there. The VW Taureg has it, but they thought it was too expensive for the small engine. So they cheated but you’ll never convince me that in the highly deciplined German company that the top management didn’t know. The Germans cheat on these technical details all the time. I worked in competition to them and they pulled this crap all the time.
It is damn hard to improve emissions to the levels Obama has dictated, so get used to riding bikes.
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But hold your breath, and no flatulence allowed!