3.0 D-max reviews?

[6DoF]

Originally Posted by xj_man_646

The problem is that it is such a pain in the a$$ to bring to market, that it is almost not worth it in a lot of cases. I'll be curious to see how the mini-max sales do in the long-ish term; the diesel Cruze was killed off in 5 short model years.

Large displacement NA V8s are returning to the truck segment because diesel is so costly in ownership.

Hyundai and Mazda were both slated to bring small diesel SUVs to the but the effort to certify meant they eventually killed them off shortly after I left Bosch.

I do not have high hopes (long term) for diesel in the light duty segment.

under the current mafia.gov direction, agreed, they have no chance. i feel like they'll be re-evaluated when it becomes politically convenient.

[xj_man_646]

Originally Posted by 6DoF

under the current mafia.gov direction, agreed, they have no chance. i feel like they'll be re-evaluated when it becomes politically convenient.

Its not even the .gov that is the issue, it's largely driven by CARB since certifying for two markets in the same country doesn't make sense. What will happen when the CARB market is no longer allowed to buy new ICE-powered vehicles, but the rest of the states are? No idea...my guess is we will default to the EPA regulations, which are pretty similar to CARB, CARB just goes a bit above and beyond.

EPA is more involved with the enforcement of those doing the dirty deletes.