Of course this only matters for Europe, but the new Dodge Nitro won’t be getting Bluetec technology from parent company DaimlerChrysler. Surprisingly the Nitro will have a Detroit Diesel turbo four-cylinder supplied powerplant that will be manufactured by VM Motori. This new engine will still be cleaner and greener than previous ones and Dodge expects to sell 80% of their Nitros with diesel in Europe.
I thought this was the best article I’ve read to explain the current revolution in diesel.
Diesel - the pairing of cheap fuel and reliable engines that belched black pollutants skyward over a century’s growth in the transportation industry - is turning greener.
A cleaner fuel, mandated to be in wide use by Sunday, has paved the way for the 2007 debut of new engines with vastly better emission controls.
Scientists project that over the next quarter-century, the amount of particulates, nitrogen oxides and other pollutants spewed into the atmosphere by trucks and buses will be reduced by more than 90 percent.
And while prices are rising at the pump and on dealers’ lots, the marketing of a cleaner diesel has prompted an unlikely love-fest among regulators, industry and environmental advocates.