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Old 03-17-2002, 12:38 PM   #3
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Originally posted by shorthand
Diesel engines are almost mandatory for europe. Fuel costs about four times as much as it does here in the US. European makes tend to have a large variety of engines to deal with all of the different laws there, though I think the EU is simplifying much of that.
Yep, you are correct. Fuel costs a lot more over here then in the US, so 7 out of 10 cars you see over here are Diesels. Personnaly I wouldn't buy a diesel powered car from Honda because that's totally out of their ballpark (I know the 6th gen diesel Civic sedans had a lot of problems).
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