How do you guys think the TDI scandal will affect Cruze diesel sales?

Kinja'd!!! "dogisbadob" (dogisbadob)
09/21/2015 at 18:09 • Filed to: None

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and other non-VW diesels?

It’d be nice if GM finally sold the Curze wagon and hatchback over here, along with manual tranmsission and lower-trim level diesel.


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Kinja'd!!! lone_liberal > dogisbadob
09/21/2015 at 18:12

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I doubt that it does as long as more manufacturers aren’t caught up in it. It’s not so much a diesel scandal as a VW scandal.


Kinja'd!!! G_Body_Man: Sponsored by the number 3 > dogisbadob
09/21/2015 at 18:15

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It shouldn’t, but it probably will. A big scandal like this will taint diesel as a whole.


Kinja'd!!! Denver Is Stuck In The 90s > dogisbadob
09/21/2015 at 18:17

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Heres a real question: what if Honda came out with a diesel right now?


Kinja'd!!! dogisbadob > Denver Is Stuck In The 90s
09/21/2015 at 18:23

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That’d be awesome! I’d love to see Honda and Toyota diesels sold over here! Honda could probably do the best job at it, and might almost if not quite remove most of the bad reputation it has now.


Kinja'd!!! Patrick Nichols > dogisbadob
09/21/2015 at 18:50

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Wait people in the US buy non-VAG diesel cars (not trucks)


Kinja'd!!! desertdog5051 > dogisbadob
09/21/2015 at 18:53

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Most Americans reply: Cruze comes with a diesel?


Kinja'd!!! Marcus > dogisbadob
09/21/2015 at 18:53

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Damn the scandal. People are seeing exceptional real world MPGs with those VW diesels


Kinja'd!!! ADabOfOppo; Gone Plaid (Instructables Can Be Confusable) > dogisbadob
09/21/2015 at 19:08

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Yes. J.Q. Public is not smart, nor do they care about important distinctions. Since VW and diesel are bad, ALL diesels are bad.

J.Q.P. hates driving. Ignoring that driving does not always equal commuting, why should JQP have to know anything about their vehicle other than how to start it and nearly avoid other vehicles while they text and email and dress on their way to and from work?

Having to care about their car is too much effort. JQP just wants a box that takes them to their dismal job and to the dismal store and back to their dismal home. Knowing that a VW is not a Chevy does not excite JQP.
That would require learning something. JQP just wants the nice talking-head on the TV to tell them how to think.


Kinja'd!!! Leon711 > dogisbadob
09/21/2015 at 19:25

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they have diesels in europe, they are ok but like, what european buys a Honda?


Kinja'd!!! dogisbadob > Leon711
09/21/2015 at 19:30

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ones that understand how awesome Honda is, much better than any domestic brand car. Easily the best British cars ever made. Shit, they got Lucas electric shit to actually work!


Kinja'd!!! FromCanadaWithLove > Marcus
09/21/2015 at 19:30

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Last winter was also way too cold, so we could use the extra heat blanket.


Kinja'd!!! Leon711 > dogisbadob
09/21/2015 at 19:46

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Nah Lucas have been gone near 20 years now. the nearest dealer t my house is a honda dealer, I don’t see new Honda’s anywhere, at all. plenty of Renault, VW, Skoda, Dacia, Ford, Mazda etc.


Kinja'd!!! Under_Score > dogisbadob
09/21/2015 at 20:03

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Never forget.

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