Why no Diesel in US?

07dodge said:

they are? do i go to dodge.com? to find them

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If you go to our International section there is a Dodge World thread that lists all the territories Calibers were sold in.

http://caliberforumz.com/showpost.php?p=138138&postcount=1

Many of the sites have now been taken down by CHRYSLER.

We still do not really know why Daimler built the global Dodge network or why Fiat is cutting so much of the Dodge range.

Assume The 2.0 VW Diesel Caliber is in all territories except the Americas.

Easiest for you will be EUROPE. There are auto brokers who will source and import your vehicle for you.

If you have any family in the forces they can buy and ship tax free.

The MY10 is a 2,2 Mercedes Diesel Caliber and in LHD they would be in Europe.

Why no Diesel in US? Americans remember tales of when there were



1979 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme Diesel
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As bad as the 5.7-liter Olds diesel V8 was, the 4.3-liter version was worse. Sold only in the '79 Cutlass, the 4.3 diesel made 90 hp.

Chrysler “EcoClean” Clean Diesel Range Headed to America

The chosen brand name for the new line of diesel models on their way to the United States is “EcoDiesel” and the artwork shown was registered with the U.S. Patents and Trademark office in June. Notice the “3.0L” nomenclature which is a huge hint that gives away the displacement of what the first rendition we can expect to see.

Chrysler/Fiat report that the engine will offer an impressive 241 horsepower and 406 pound feet of torque. The first vehicle this engine should make its starring appearance in is the Jeep Grand Cherokee, along with a five speed automatic gearbox. Rumor has it that the expected EPA fuel economy should be at about 23 city miles per gallon and 33 highway miles per gallon. This is a significant improvement over the current Cherokee that uses regular gas and gets 17 city and 23 highway miles per gallon. This will have to wait however until a new ZF sourced eight speed automatic is developed as the automaker wants to offer a gearbox that will improve fuel economy and acceleration. We should expect to see something for the 2014 models.

From March 2012 ...

Fiat is buying GM’s share of VM Motori, the advanced diesel engine maker which is Chrysler’s main diesel supplier in Europe. Fiat already owns half of the company, which has changed hands numerous times in recent years. VM’s new RA630 V6 engine is designed to meet both American and European emissions requirements, and is to be used in the American version of the Jeep Grand Cherokee as well as, it appears, unnamed other Jeeps or Rams. An older version of the 3-liter V6 is used in the European-specification Jeep Grand Cherokee and the Lancia Thema (Chrysler 300)

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As recently as 2008, auto manufacturers sold barely 250,000 diesel vehicles in the U.S. This year, the number is expected to top 400,000. A forecast by AutoPacific anticipates the numbers will reach 900,000 by 2017.

Allen Schaeffer, executive director of the Diesel Technology Forum. "With more than 15 new clean diesel models designated for the U.S. in the next two years, I fully expect diesel sales to increase even more extensively in the near future.”

VW has seen demand for the technology rapidly outpace expectations, said Jonathan Browning, CEO of the Volkswagen Group of America — which includes Audi, another brand scoring gains with the technology. Demand for the diesel version of the new VW Passat has already stretched the limits of capacity, in part because the automaker is struggling to get enough diesel engine components shipped from Europe to its new VW plant in Tennessee. In a recent interview, Browning said it is possible the diesel model could go from 15 percent of the total U.S. Passat mix to 30 percent.

Gas-electric powertrain technology is generally more fuel-efficient in urban, stop-and-go settings where hybrids are able to recapture and reuse energy normally lost during braking and coasting. But on the highway, diesels are likely to deliver better numbers.

Vincentric analyzed 23 diesels on sale in the United States—11 of them classified as commercial vehicles and 12 as consumer vehicles. It looked at overall cost of ownership for five years, with 15,000 miles driven annually. Based on this analysis, nine diesels had five-year ownership costs that are lower than equivalent models with gas engines,

http://www.forbes.com/sites/matthew...sel-cars-and-trucks-that-will-save-you-money/

Vincentric, a research firm in Bingham Farms, Mich., specializes in calculating cost of ownership for vehicles and tracks more than 2,000 models. Eight factors go into its cost of ownership calculations: depreciation, financing, fees and taxes, fuel, insurance, maintenance, repairs and opportunity cost.

“Clean-diesel” technology, emissions are now cleaner than what comes from many gasoline vehicles—which is a major role reversal.

“An additional noteworthy point is that on a percentage basis, diesels have lower depreciation, but because they cost more to purchase, their total dollars of depreciation are higher,”

Diesel sales jumped 27.5 percent in the first half of the year, compared with a 14.9 percent increase in total new car sales, according to data compiled by Hybridcars.com and Baum & Associates, a research firm in West Bloomfield, Mich.

“The range of these vehicles is really quite phenomenal,” says Schaeffer, who drives a Mercedes E350 Bluetec. “Some have a range of over 700 miles on a single tank of fuel. They might cost $75 or so to fill up, but then you might not be filling up again for a couple weeks.”

But diesel buyers are attracted by more than just extra miles per gallon, he says. They appreciate that clean-diesel technology is proven and robust, and they like the way the vehicles drive, with their torquey engines that provide good acceleration.

Allen Schaeffer, executive director of the Diesel Technology Forum, sees diesel sales “easily doubling” in the next three to five years as automakers introduce new models. Audi, BMW, Chrysler, General Motors, Mazda and Mercedes have all announced plans to launch new diesel vehicles.

The details remain in flux, but new entries from Chrysler, GM and Mazda in particular have the potential to really move diesel from the fringes to the masses by offering the technology in popular affordable models—such as the Chevrolet Cruze, in GM’s case—Schaeffer says.