My Civic hatch wants to participate too

Yeah I thought TDIs typically get MPGs in the 30s around town..

Already enjoying diesel-like highway fuel economy in my ‘17 Civic LX 1.5T CVT hatch. Couldn’t be more satisifed for a daily honestly, besides maybe the rarer manual. From 75-78 mph, I can maintain 40 mpg in warm weather road trips. Slower than that, even more.

My Civic LX 1.5T hatch would like a word (country highway)

My Eastern European neghbor’s 80s manual diesel Jetta that gets driven daily 24/7 all year round. It really seems to hold up in the land of road salt.

This is the golden age of poseur 4x4 and pickup truck culture. This is what happens when gas is cheap.

Don’t encourage them!

Not to mention the sedan’s shorter wheelbase and (I think) smaller wheels and tires. I know which body style I would rather have on the Interstate.

Didn’t Americans buy Fiestas mostly as a response to high gas prices several years ago? Now gas is relatively cheaper, so it makes sense they aren’t buying as much.

THIS is why I still read Jalopnik.

Small, cheap, no frills cars are an interesting phenomenon in Quebec. Please write an article, Jalop staff!

Plus the average american commute, which consists of suburban or highway type of driving, would have been perfect for turbocharged diesels.

Great read. I still think VW was on to something with the Jetta TDI Value Edition that came standard with a manual transmission, cloth seats, and hubcaps :(

You also have the X5 35d or Q5 3.0 TDI to choose from. Alternatively, some of the latest midsize (they’re still called compact, aren’t they?) DI gasoline crossovers like the CR-V get around 30 mpg highway.

Impractical EPA standards that require diesels in light passenger cars to emit the same NOx as petrol, which is not very possible without the use of expensive high maintenance emissions equipment. Let’s also not forget that diesel in the US is higher in sulfur content and has a lower cetane rating than diesel in…

I forgot about LA’s topograhpy there for a sec. Having traveled to polluted Asia, I get where you’re coming from and North America (or at least US, CAN) arguably has the cleanest air of any developed place in the world and we should keep it that way.

Yup, it’s because the EPA standards have the same NOx limits for diesel and gasoline (or petrol). It’s stupid. Just make the NOx limit slightly higher for the diesel. North America in general is way less densely populated and built than Europe, so some extra NOx would not affect us as much in general.

Wow, just wow. I think that was in Jubilee Hills. That warrants a separate post! Haha.

Cool, both my parents were from the old school Charminar area. Interesting, I’ve always wondered how those Mahindras moved with 63 BHP.. They make more than that in torque, because diesel obviously, but still.

I wrote this up after my last visit there: http://oppositelock.kinja.com/your-guide-to-utilitarian-indian-body-on-frame-manual-d-1752150764