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According to VW documents they were really optimistic, but as development costs rose and rose they were unable to meet expectations. Deisel is not currently at
by hwillis 9y ago
According to VW documents they were really optimistic, but as development costs rose and rose they were unable to meet expectations.
Deisel is not currently attractive as you need to either hobble the engine or spend more on urea. Of course, hobbling the engines in all cars would be a good idea- you only need like 40 horsepower to do 80 mph. Base model cars have 200 horsepower just because it's more fun.
- cmrdporcupine 9y agoWell it's torque that is attractive to consumers not top speed, though that does sell car. And there is _some_ advantage to good torque like what diesel (or even better, electric) gets you -- helps on the freeway with merging or passing, or some emergency maneuvers. But yeah, you're right. From a strictly technical POV consumers don't need all the power they have now. Cars are stupid anyways. The sheer amount of land paved over in asphalt in order to feed the beast of driving is just insane. At the macro level it does not seem like an effective use of resources.