GM To Sell A Diesel Car In The US – B&B: Which One Will It Be?

by Paul Niedermeyer

Published: September 27th, 2010

gm to sell a diesel car in the us b b which one will it be

Thanks to a tweet from Ward’s Auto, we now know that GM Vice Chairman Tom Stevens has spilled the beans at the Directions in Engine-Efficiency and Emissions Research conference that a GM diesel passenger car is coming to the US. What was notably missing is a nameplate. Your mission is to come up with which car it will be.

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John Horner on Sep 27, 2010

If GM is serious, it will be a Chevrolet. Otherwise, who cares?

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Cheezeweggie on Sep 28, 2010

Another GM diesel car would only be a good idea if the dealership placed a "Diesel for Dummies" book in the glove box.

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Sundowner on Sep 28, 2010

the logical choice would be the Regal, probably in wagon format, since that's a very popular style with the VW TDI cultists. The interesting thing will be to see in GM picks up on VW's miss and makes sure a euro import diesel will live on US spec fuel. The US wear scar spec is more abrasive than the the Euro one. I want to say it's on the order of about 25% more abrasive, so major fuel system revisions may be needed. In any event, diesel is kinda dead. The technology is good, but the EPA has effectively killed it. Take some time and look at what VW had to do to get the TDI motors to pass the current emissions requirements. It's like Rube Goldberg had an apoplectic fit from radiator to tail pipe under the car. Not interested in having a $2000 revese flow canooter valve replaced 6 months out of warranty, thankyouverymuch.

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- Lorenzo on Sep 28, 2010
  
  I'm still having a hard time associating GM with logical choices. It'll be a halo car at first, and GM already knows what happens to the pricing of those, after the Volt. They may as well make it a Caddy. I vote for Cadillac STD.
  
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- Love2drive on Sep 28, 2010
  
  If GM is aiming to court VW TDI fans, they're kidding themselves. That's at best phase II of this, if not III.... My guess is this is all about hitting the new CAFE standards recently passed, no? I don't see enough traction around Buick to make it the Regal - that's a struggling brand no matter how well they make cars (and they're nicer of late - but other than on car sites like this and magazines, who is talking about Buick?). My money is on the Cruze, which is getting buzz, and when they put the aforementioned turbo diesel in it, it could further their competitiveness and help on their CAFE obligations. After that, I'd probably be more inclined to think they'll put them in the trucks and SUV's, again, to help their CAFE rankings.
  
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BklynPete on Sep 29, 2010

@JoeAverage: Very true - I can't waste my time with that -- "Had me one o 'dem Chivee Maliblues, a '76 I think. Doggone thing never did run right. Switched to Hondas after that POS blew up on a family fishin' trip. Neighbor had an Olds 88 diesel, even worse. Now they're gonna put a diesel in a Maliblue? No sir, u'll never git me buyin' a car from Guvmint Motors."

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