[W126 Coupe] Brake Rotors for the W126

[Axel Wulff]

Yes, emission standards in the US have not favored diesels. California was always the stubling block for making a "50 state legal" diesel and then came the 2007 and 2010 enhanced standards requiring urea injection and extra fine particulate filters with self-cleaning features.

 

Also, with sky-high gasoline taxes in most countries in Europe, diesel get more favorable tax rates in some countries and is therefore much less expensive.

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From: robin at petdragonmusic.com
To: mbcoupes at mbcoupes.com
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 2010 14:36:04 -0500
Subject: Re: [W126 Coupe] Brake Rotors for the W126





There emissions standards that differ from Europe and seem stacked against diesel tech. Plus, some stigma may linger from the 1980s when many of the diesels that were sold here performed very badly.
 
Robin
 

 
 


From: mbcoupes-bounces at mbcoupes.com [mailto:mbcoupes-bounces at mbcoupes.com] On Behalf Of Ernie Stephens
Sent: Friday, January 22, 2010 2:24 PM
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I was actually thinking that they might have offered the option in Europe if the performance of a diesel had matched the form of the Cpe.  I don't understand the reluctance of offering diesels here in the states but I suspect that it must be a political kind of thing.  I drove a diesel Renault (I believe that's what it was) back in Spain 11 years ago and it was amazingly quiet, powerful and economical to drive; I never saw that car offered here in the states.

Ernie


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From: alal30319 at gmail.com 

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Sent: Friday, January 22, 2010 12:01 PM

Subject: Re: [W126 Coupe] Brake Rotors for the W126

 
Not likely. Even today, we do not see many of the diesel models that we see in Europe. 
My brother owns an 04 CLK 270CDI which is a 140mph car that gives him 40+mpg. We don't see it here and this was the first 2 door model to be offered in Europe with a diesel. Up until then, even in Europe, a 2 door sports car in Diesel was rare.





On Fri, Jan 22, 2010 at 12:54 PM, Ernie Stephens <stevetsg at msn.com> wrote:



I'm sure that you are right, MB would have probably at the very least offered the option had the performance of the diesel been there.

Ernie
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