I attend Jeep's Camp Jeep and I spoke with a rep. from Bosch (who had the Fuel Injection contract). He indicated that it was a market test from DC. That they were selling the diesels below value to see how it was received. No matter how good it sold it was going away after the two years. He said the emissions excuse is an easy one to temper the consumer.
Bosch has the FI on the new Grand Cherokee diesel and he seemed that it was a market test as well. That there would be a few years of limited quantity.
If what he has said above is true then that is sad, because I believe actual, legitimate, I will definitely drop the coin on a new vehicle if you make this (which I would) consumer does exist in sufficient quantities to make such vehicles (notice the plural) feasible. The diesel would help there CAFÉ numbers as well. Win-win.
-Marc-
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-dakota-truck@bent.twistedbits.net [mailto:owner-dakota-truck@bent.twistedbits.net] On Behalf Of Terrible Tom
Sent: Tuesday, January 16, 2007 7:57 PM
To: dakota-truck-moderator@bent.twistedbits.net
Subject: Re: DML: RE: Jeep Liberty
Gabriel A. Couriel wrote:
> i've heard nothing but good things about them. the diesel is no longer
> available, so you are going to have to settle for a gas unit (unless you get
> one used).
They dumped the diesel? Damn... thats not cool. The Big Three have
been fighting to get over the stigma that diesels have, ever since the
dark, sooty, loud clattering days of the 80s diesels. The fact the
diesel fuel sells for more than gasoline doesn't help matters either.
Regardless of the fact that diesels get better fuel economy, helping to
offset the current higher price.
This just after I read recently that there (I think it was ford and GM)
is a big push coming up to get people intrested in diesels again.
I guess us americans just love our rumbling V8 gas guzzlers more than we
want economy and efficency (shrugs)
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