Bill...Wow your dating yourself! Yes I remember GM's big Oldsmobile sedans of the early 70's. They did more to harm the publics opinion of diesels....because of poor design, poor dependability, and lack of qualified service. We would be years ahead in the US if we did not have that huge GM setback! What an abortion!

Just opened my August 06 issue of "Diesel Car" from the UK.... and on the page I happened to open to (page 12) is a feature article of the Peugot 307 Hybride/HDI DIESEL. A beautiful convertible diesel/electric hybrid which they had shown at the Geneva Motor Show in February....and plan on having available for the 2010 season.....That depects the differences in the markets of Europe and the USA. We will never see that car here...and people in Europe will be enjoying that diesel tehnology driving hybrids powered by BioDiesel for 10 years before it hits the US shores.

I guess for now we will have to be satified with running our aging MBs' on BioDiesel when we can find it........

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FRED

Daily Driver: 98 E300TD 199K
Hobby Car: 69 Austin Mini
Past Diesels: 84 300SD, 312K
87 300SDL, 251K
94 Chev. K-1500 6.5Ltr.TD, 373K