My responses to Jeff Fisher posted yesterday did not show up, so here I'm trying again with a new subject line.
I guess there are certain production cost consideration in making a very inexpensive economy car, and a diesel engine cost more than a petrol engine. Also, a diesel engine with its low end torque yields more benefits in a larger, heavier car in pulling power from a cost/benefit point of view; although, a diesel engine in a car like the VW "UP"! would add benefits over a petrol engine even in a light weight economy car. Also, one drawback of the diesel engine is it weights more than the gasoline engine and would proprotionally add greater weight to a light economy car than to a heavier mid-sized car, but I think the botton line not to use a diesel engine in the VW "UP!" is based on cost. Here are a few more links to information about the VW UP!, which would sell in the US for around $8,275: http://www.greencarcongress.com/2007/09/volkswagen-intr.html http://www.tmcnet.com/usubmit/-volkswagen-debuts-up-would-be-competitor-smarts-fortwo-/2007/09/10/2925950.htm or http://tinyurl.com/2t7s3p Regards, LelandJ _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
