European Diesel CRV

Dale.Traveling wrote:
Wish Honda would market the car on our side of the pond. 6 speed manual gear box might even be four down towable.

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Well Sir,
Honda, Jeep, and a few others DO MANUFACTURE DIESEL versions of the popular toads many of us use as toads. You can get Diesel CRVs in Canada. Jeep has had diesel Wranglers also, in other countries for quite a while.

The Jeep Liberty, when originally manufactured with a Diesel, was known as a "45 State Car" because there were at the time, 5 states that would not approve the use of that version, in their states.

"Smart for Two" or, otherwise known as the SMART CAR, is also manufactured in Diesel versions. There's a couple on here with the user names: John & Angela, who have TWO DIESEL Smart cars that they tow, one at a time of course. Both hover in the 75 MPG range.

But, those, like the CRV and Jeep Diesel versions, are not sold here. However, you CAN purchase one, if it's brought into this country and registered as a used car, in many cases.

The Jeep Grand Cherokee, when it had the first version Diesel, was not sold in CA. But, if one was brought into CA after it had 7501 miles on it, it was classified as a used Car and could be sold in CA.

But now, Jeeps Diesel Grand is a 50 state car and that version is sold in all 50 states.

Volkswagen has had what it calls the TDI (Turbo Direct Injection)Diesel for years, as in around '97 or '98 plus or minus but, it was able to be sold in CA and any other state, right off the bat. Talk about great mileage and power. We've owned 2 of them and, neither one ever went below 42 mpg. And those cars didn't care how many people were in them or, what kind of grade they faced. They got that mileage regardless.

If you dig around on the net and look for Honda CRV forums, you'll find one or two and, if you go to those websites, you'll read much discussion about Diesel CRVs, mostly in Canada.
Scott