What do you mean by sensical or satisfying? Your friend's diesel is turbo charged, unlike any gasoline powered light truck in the US. And their displacements a

What do you mean by sensical or satisfying? Your friend's diesel is turbo charged, unlike any gasoline powered light truck in the US. And their displacements are, for the most part, larger. Tuned for low end power, and you get the sensation of "easy" power because you don't have to rev the engine. My old grand marquis had a "measly" 200 hp from a 4.6 l gasoline, less than my sister's 1.8 T VW. My 200 were always available, my sister's golf had to scream. So what? Don't get queasy about downshifting and making your engine scream, in moderation. On a modern car, with our roads the way they are, the engine will outlast the car. Don't get me wrong. On a large pickup, and given the appropriate task, diesels make sense in the USA. But not for most people.