VW has a hard enough time staying price competitive with US- and Asian-built vehicles at a time when US $1.50 will get you a 1-euro cup of coffee.

Considering that the price of diesel fuel in the USA is relatively higher than gasoline on average, and the price of a diesel powertrain costs more than the equivalent horsepower gasoline powertrain, and the majority of the North American public has no experience nor interest whatsoever in something that they have no former experience (as shown by 20+ years of dismal diesel car sales), there has actually been very little incentive for ANY european manufacturer to exert themselves to import diesels to North America. They can sell every diesel they make in Europe for a vastly greater profit margin.

Jeep is apparently inept at everything they do these days, so what did you expect?

Thank goodness Honda found the courage to introduce a diesel. Because diesel powertrains cost more, Honda is correctly putting this in their higher-end Acura line. This is good marketing for them, because it will preserve their eco-goodness image while simulating a market for diesels in the USA.

Meanwhile, Stupid Useless Vehicle drivers should be petitioning VW to get that 40+ mpg diesel sportwagen [www.hybridcars.com/news2/volkswagen-unveils-clean-diesel-jetta-sp....html] to North America as soon as they can, and offer to pay the exchange rate premium. My guess is that it will be a wise investment for the next decade.

Honda, remember the Accord wagon and the Civic hatchback? We'd like them back. Once you get your clean diesels into distribution, you might toss a few diesels into in these long-missed car configurations too.

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Jeep seemed to crack the code by offering their CRD in the more entry level Libery (it sold well), but then shot itself in the foot by dumping the option when the new regs kicked in and then failing to offer the compliant 3.0 CRD mill in the Liberty once it became available.

Jeep compounded the error by putting the 3.0 into the most expensive trim of the Grand Cherokee, pricing it out of the budgets of diesel enthusiasts (a situation they have since remedied).

Honda looks poised to pull a "Jeep" by installing their diesel in an expensive vehicle, rather than putting it into their Accord. The "right" buyers won't have the access and sales numbers will be lower than they could be.

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