PercyLT
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- July 15, 2008
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- City, State
- Guatemala
- Year, Model & Trim Level
- Explorer 2000 XLT
It is true, many diesels lacking a turbocharger, specially old diesels are sluggish, or low revving industrial application diesels.
The explorer is a mid size SUV, outside the US there are plenty of diesel SUVs larger than the explorer or more or less the same being carried by 2.5, 2.8, 3.0 diesel engines, with a mileage per gallon better than 28. Almost all American SUV models offer a diesel engine outside the US, eg. Jeep Wrangler CDRI, Jeep Cherokee, or at least have different models of mid size SUVS offering diesel engines and competing in the same markets, eg. Ford Everest, and of course, there you have all the diesel Land Rover options; Tdi Defender, Tdi Discovery, Tdi Range Rover...
We mentioned the word market, that is the key, there is no real market yet for small diesels in the US, even after or during the crisis (we are still going through it), when spare money for the green light tire burnout is no longer available. Price also, fuel price, diesel is cheaper than gas in some countries, but not in the US (although both fuels are cheaper in the US when compared to many other countries)
The explorer is a mid size SUV, outside the US there are plenty of diesel SUVs larger than the explorer or more or less the same being carried by 2.5, 2.8, 3.0 diesel engines, with a mileage per gallon better than 28. Almost all American SUV models offer a diesel engine outside the US, eg. Jeep Wrangler CDRI, Jeep Cherokee, or at least have different models of mid size SUVS offering diesel engines and competing in the same markets, eg. Ford Everest, and of course, there you have all the diesel Land Rover options; Tdi Defender, Tdi Discovery, Tdi Range Rover...
We mentioned the word market, that is the key, there is no real market yet for small diesels in the US, even after or during the crisis (we are still going through it), when spare money for the green light tire burnout is no longer available. Price also, fuel price, diesel is cheaper than gas in some countries, but not in the US (although both fuels are cheaper in the US when compared to many other countries)