In message , at
11:22:37 on Tue, 27 May 2008, Toby Douglass
remarked:
What they probably mean is that by introducing cleaner diesels (in the
particulate/smog sense) they have persuaded new buyers to pick a diesel
50% of the time, but that market is now saturated and if they want to
further reduce their *carbon* emissions they must look elsewhere than
sell people the better-mpg diesels which have been achieving that goal
so far.

Hasn't diesel caused a huge soot problem? they emit a lot more
particulate matter?

Isn't that what "cleaner diesels" largely avoid?

I rarely see diesel cars emitting clouds of smoke, that seems to be
reserved for buses and trains.
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Roland Perry