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Originally Posted by Redbaron1973
Yes that seems a common perception in the developing world (USA included).
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Also here car diesels have mostly been around for decades in small little cars or slow off road vehicles. many of them, especially VW ones are well known for bad turbo reliability on the diesel engines. Even BMW had huge turbo problems on the E46 320d.
So its difficult to change the perception of them being smelly and for slow vehicles.
The fact that most of them are not nearly as fun to drive on twisty roads as gas engines are doesnt help either. Diesel engines tend to feel soulless on fun roads.
We also dont have legislation requiring diesel particle filters, so most diesels blow out black smoke, especially older models, and thats not something you want to see on your luxury vehicle.