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With new European emissions standards on the horizon, BMW and Honda are looking to the U.S. as a market for diesel-powered vehicles. The German company plans to begin selling diesel-powered vehicles here in 2007. The first BMW diesel entrant is likely to be an SUV. BMW claims to be able to meet 2007 emission standards in the U.S. and will market its vehicles as high torque and low fuel consumption alternatives to the gasoline engine.
BMW offers diesel engines in all but two of its models sold in Europe, where nearly half of all BMWs sold are powered by diesels.
In the United States, federal clean air regulations that will phase in over the next four model years require low-sulfur diesel fuel and low-emission engines. The dirty fuel now sold in the U.S. is what is giving diesels a bad name and making it hard for them to meet emission standards.
With new European emissions standards on the horizon, BMW and Honda are looking to the U.S. as a market for diesel-powered vehicles. The German company plans to begin selling diesel-powered vehicles here in 2007. The first BMW diesel entrant is likely to be an SUV. BMW claims to be able to meet 2007 emission standards in the U.S. and will market its vehicles as high torque and low fuel consumption alternatives to the gasoline engine.
BMW offers diesel engines in all but two of its models sold in Europe, where nearly half of all BMWs sold are powered by diesels.
In the United States, federal clean air regulations that will phase in over the next four model years require low-sulfur diesel fuel and low-emission engines. The dirty fuel now sold in the U.S. is what is giving diesels a bad name and making it hard for them to meet emission standards.
