From Detroit News

WASHINGTON — Audi of America is mounting an effort to reshape its image away from world-class German engineering to be “more American,” its top U.S. executive said Wednesday.

Johan de Nysschen, executive vice president in charge of Audi of America — the Auburn Hills subsidiary of German-based Volkswagen, said the company wants to reposition its brand as it targets two key growth areas: North America and Asia, especially China, India and Japan.

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The last sentence sounds funny to me but otherwise another article praising diesel.

From United Press International:

KALAMAZOO, Mich., Nov. 16 (UPI) — For decades, diesel engines were associated with plumes of thick black smoke and loud noise created from the heavy machinery and trucks they powered.

Carmakers are hoping that image is about to change, however.

With the advent of a new, ultra-low sulfur diesel fuel that burns 97 percent cleaner than previous low-sulfur diesels, they are looking to significantly increase the number of passenger vehicles that run on diesel fuel.

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The people of South Carolina want to know why diesel is so expensive now when it used to be cheaper.

From: thestate.com

Why are diesel fuel prices so much higher than gasoline prices? The price for diesel was lower at one time.

One of the best explanations we found comes from the Energy Information Administration Web site, a government sanctioned site that provides the official energy statistics for the United States government.

The site explains it this way:

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