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Originally Posted by dd74
Which is partly the reason for there being few if no new small diesel engines for consumer vehicles from the Big Three. I believe many of the diesel engines for American cars are produced outside the U.S.
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Sometime during the 80's GM came out with a diesel V8 based on a gasoline V8 block which gave diesel powered US made cars a really bad name. This really bad reputation probably carried over to all diesel powered cars.