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Not having grown up in the U.S. I can say that diesel left this same impression for a very long time in the international markets. Only in the past 15 years or
by tertius 12y ago
Not having grown up in the U.S. I can say that diesel left this same impression for a very long time in the international markets. Only in the past 15 years or so has diesel been tamed for the consumer to not be as noisy and smelly.
- masklinn 12y agoThat started much earlier in continental Europe, during the 80s for the biggest sedans and 90s for smaller cars, with the concurrent mainstreaming of catalytic converters (smell and soot), turbos and better diesel (lower knocking and thus less noise). 15 years ago was the mainstreaming of common rail direct injection and particulate filters (on passenger cars) which cemented that