Originally Posted by MtViewGuy88
The fact that today's diesel engines no longer have the performance deficits compared to equivalent gasoline engines, not to mention the lack of diesel clatter and the elimination of visible exhaust smoke are good reasons why not only Mercedes-Benz is pushing forward selling turbodiesel cars here in the USA, but also Honda is building its V-6 turbodiesel and (very likely) BMW will bring their turbodiesels to the USA market.
i agree that diesel engines are much better than their lower technology ancestors but they still don't make the power and performance a gasoline engine does
reason being is standard equipment on diesels today are turbochargers giving them a huge advantage of forced induction when compared to n/a gasoline engines