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My husband could answer this better than I (spent his internship with Cummins and has a love affair with diesels) but with the engineering done in some of the modern diesel engines, they are more fuel-efficient and burn better than the old ones do. In diesel vs. gas engines in the same models of automobiles, the diesels get better milage and have higher output (I think?)
Diesel fuel is much cheaper here, too, (Iowa) than regular gas. About $1.65/gallon vs. $1.98 for unleaded with ethanol (the cheapest gas here.)
Mr. ISUKappa and I want to get a diesel Jeep Liberty in 2006 or so, after they've been out a year or two. We take a lot of road trips and the milage sucks in his truck (2001 3/4 ton Chevy Silverado) and we won't be able to comfortably fit us and future kidlets in my car (2001 Grand Prix). Actually, we'd love to get a TDI Touareg, but we are poor so that won't be happening!
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It's gonna be a hootenanny.
Or maybe a jamboree.
Or possibly even a shindig or lollapalooza.
Perhaps it'll be a hootshinpaloozaree. I don't know.
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