Mini considering U.S.-market diesel by 2011

10.0: <a href="http://www.germancarmagazine.com/features/motorsports-rare-bmws-m5-6-series-and-8-series/">Motorsport's rare BMW's; M5, 6-Series and 8-Series (1 vote)
10.0: <a href="http://www.germancarmagazine.com/news/new-audi-as5-r-to-head-abt-sportsline-range-in-geneva/">New Audi AS5-R to head ABT Sportsline range in Geneva (1 vote)
10.0: Mk5 Golf GTi Buying Guide (1 vote)
10.0: <a href="http://www.germancarmagazine.com/news/techart-bringing-pair-of-tuned-cayennes-to-geneva-including-680hp-magnum/">Techart bringing pair of tuned Cayennes to Geneva including 680hp Magnum (1 vote)
9.0: Twin-clutch better than manual? (2 votes)
3.0: <a href="http://www.germancarmagazine.com/news/mercedes-unveils-special-edition-g-class-suvs-for-30th-anniversary/">Mercedes unveils special-edition G-Class SUVs for 30th anniversary (1 vote)

February 10, 2009 by German Car Magazine
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Diesel engines are still failing to gain much traction in the U.S., in part because of a national memory of the diesels of three decades ago, and in part because diesel fuel and engines are still too expensive to make good business sense. But Mini is thinking a small, sporty and efficient diesel may be just the thing to make Americans switch.

Slipping a torquey and efficient diesel into the small and sporty platform of the Mini could be just want U.S. drivers are looking for, at least in larger cities: something nimble, easy to park, yet highly efficient and not terribly expensive.

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