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Originally Posted by henk4
it is an 1.8 liter actually, and sounds pretty much like a diesel....(from the outside)
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But it runs on GAS....
That is the key, the way our infrastructure works Diesel as long as it comes from oil products will cost more. If our government gets behind a program to bring more bio-diesel to the market, more diesel models will be sold here, but that's not a given.
GAS is available everywhere and if you can get diesel MPG out of a GAS engine, it will cost less overall to develop and work because you won't need any after-treatments to the exhaust gases.
But anyway, its the future and GM has shown a motor just like that, but it wasn't turbocharged.
Back on Topic... Sorry