Volvo Presents New 2.4-Liter Twin-Turbo Diesel with 205HP 38 MPG in S80

Well, if/when this car makes it to the US, I'm sure the EPA will give it a 25mpg rating.

Boost that!!

Screw the EPA, their mileage figures are BS, especially for diesel.

You tell me how they rate the highway mileage for the E320 bluetec --- they post 32mpg. A relative who owns one routinely gets closer to 40mpg and he drives like an ass (probably the exact opposite of a "hypermiler")

Mercedes E320 CDI Bluetec EPA combined MPG: 26, Edmunds InsideLine full test observed combined MPG: 24,4 ------- Mercedes ML 320 CDI Bluetec EPA combined MPG: 20, Edmunds InsideLine full test observed combined MPG: 21,2 ------- 2009 VW Jetta TDI EPA combined MPG: 34, Edmunds InsideLine full test observed combined MPG: 35,3

I feel I live in a diesel desert here in the USA. So few choices here and so many choices in the rest of the world.

All thanks to the EPA. Unbelievable.

The Oil Companies and State Regulators keep blocking Diesel. This recent test in July of 2008 was a tool to slow the economy which knocked the economy off its axis and will be wobbling for some time.

The States are cracking down on inspections as well. Now if a Service Garage fails your inspection the car is impounded on site. You need to get a flatbed to move it. Just a way to extort more money from people. No way I'll buy an electric car with these new state inspection rules. It gives them a License to hold your car ransom.

If Ford has any sense what so ever they will keep tech rights for this engine before they get rid of Volvo.

Your greenhouse gas emissions go down with better fuel economy. Other things, namely Particulate Matter (PM) and Nitrous Oxides (NOx) are the other emissions that diesels emit "lots" of. I use quotations because a diesel in 2006 had extremely clean non-GHG emissions, then the idiots in California decide they need to impose ultra-clean emissions for 2007 and super-ultra-clean emissions for 2010. This adds particulate filters and Urea systems, which add thousands of dollars to the vehicles, rob fuel economy, and cause tons of warranty problems (so look out Big3, you're going to get tons of whiny tree huggers using this as ammunition against your reliability claims). Blame CARB and whiny eco-terrorists everywhere..... once again, the vocal minority is able to convince the apathetic and ignorant masses.

BSBB, such thing as a clean burning diesel engine does not exist. You need to add (beside the obvious catalyst converter) the particulate filter and the NOx reduction catalyst to make exhaust fumes acceptable. Both these substances are well known cancerous agents and lung cancer 5-year observed survival is about 5%. If diesels were clean by nature, no manufacturer would fit additional exhaust treatment systems, also in Europe.

the 50 state diesels match most gasoline powered car in "EPA cleanliness" and better some. Diesel fuel itself is much cleaner if you consider evaporative emissions that come with gasoline.

Diesel -- wave of the future.

If diesel prices come down it is very likely we will see a paradigm shift.

I would take off all the emissions and blast a cloud of smoke in the way of any hybrid. Who cares about emissions when you are getting 60-80mpg.

lack of diesel popularity in the US, diesel often costing more than regular, and lack of technology to get 50 state certification.

Bring the "R" cars back. That'll show them tree huggers!!