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Originally Posted by KingOfJericho
Same reason I don't understand why people lust after American muscle when they have diesel manual AWD wagons available. The grass is always greener... although I guess neither of these options are very green.
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Manual diesel awd wagons are usually a compromise for economy, practicality and reliability. (I drive a manual, diesel volvo xc70 as a daily....)
Thats a choice from the head, not from the heart.
With cars like this demon, nothing originated in the head, it all came out of someones heart.
BTW a diesel car only is less green regarding NOx emissions although that changes fast because fuel efficient petrol cars also have worse NOx emissions (as high NOx emissions are a byproduct of efficient combustion), but the CO2 emissions are way less than especially US V8 petrol blocks.
Also the more modern diesel cars (for instance the current 5 series) now even come with NOx emission reduction systems like adblue (like some trucks have), so technology advances rapidly in that field.
NOx emissions are usually only a problem in cities as NOx gets converted really fast into nitrogen and oxygen (its an unstable molecule) within a few hundred feet of the road. Fine particle matter emissions are becoming less of a problem since dpf filters have been standard for 10 years or so.