These figures look similar to the UK about 20 years ago when diesel powered car use really began to climb. In certain categories, such as SUV's, diesel engines make up more than 75% of sales with diesel cars now outselling petrol across the board because of the 20% efficiency savings.

My first diesel (1985) car was a 1.9litre Peugeot with 80bhp and power has steadily increased over the years with the other 5 cars. My new E71 (X6) xDrive 40d will produce in excess of 300bhp and yet will still produce more than 35mpg. In 5 years since I bought my E53 3.0d, power has jumped almost 30% and yet efficiency and emissions have improved considerably.

It's a great shame that all the inter-State arguments about adopting Ultra Low Sulphur Diesel fuel - which we have had for more than 10 years - has lead to such delays in diesel engines becoming more widely adopted in the US. I don't know the fuel situation in Canada. I think more and more people will convert to it with time once the loce affair with the big, thirsty V8 finally dies, and more drivers start to love the diesel's kick in the butt shove off the line.

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