You might be interested in this great New York Times aricle (PR piece) for the VW/Audi "TDI" engine that they were marketing heavily a few years ago, long befor

You might be interested in this great New York Times aricle (PR piece) for the VW/Audi "TDI" engine that they were marketing heavily a few years ago, long before the current mileage/emissions scandal: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/21/automobiles/efficiency-imported-from-europe.html?pagewanted=all http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/21/automobiles/efficiency-imp... It goes into the public's views on diesel over time. The article actually was discussed on HN too: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6079973 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6079973