Diesel Focus

[rjundi]

Originally Posted By: zzyzzx
Marketing department won't allow them to sell anything with a 0-60 in less than 10 seconds. That's one of the reasons why we don't get the high MPG cars that other people enjoy (and we had in the 80's).


Consumers drive the market not marketing.

NONE of the slower and inexpensive cars sell well in great #'s in the USA and little profit to be had. That being said the entry level exists for folks seeking that niche. Wait a few years and China will import their cars once they figure out crash testing on those tin cans.

 

[zzyzzx]

Originally Posted By: rjundi
Originally Posted By: zzyzzx
Marketing department won't allow them to sell anything with a 0-60 in less than 10 seconds. That's one of the reasons why we don't get the high MPG cars that other people enjoy (and we had in the 80's).


Consumers drive the market not marketing.

NONE of the slower and inexpensive cars sell well in great #'s in the USA and little profit to be had. That being said the entry level exists for folks seeking that niche. Wait a few years and China will import their cars once they figure out crash testing on those tin cans.


No slower cars are even offered for sale any more and haven't been for decades. Of course they don't sell when they aren't even offered for sale!

 

[KrisZ]

Originally Posted By: zzyzzx
Originally Posted By: rjundi
Originally Posted By: zzyzzx
Marketing department won't allow them to sell anything with a 0-60 in less than 10 seconds. That's one of the reasons why we don't get the high MPG cars that other people enjoy (and we had in the 80's).


Consumers drive the market not marketing.

NONE of the slower and inexpensive cars sell well in great #'s in the USA and little profit to be had. That being said the entry level exists for folks seeking that niche. Wait a few years and China will import their cars once they figure out crash testing on those tin cans.


No slower cars are even offered for sale any more and haven't been for decades. Of course they don't sell when they aren't even offered for sale!


What are you talking about? We have quite a few entry level, slow (by NA standards) cars such as Toyota Yaris, Hyundai Accent, Honda Fit, Chevy Spark, Ford Fiesta, Mazda 2 and they all sell very poorly when compared to bigger models such as Civic or Corolla. This is what the market favors and it shows in sells numbers.
What makes you think that even smaller and slower offerings would sell any better?

 

[artificialist]

Originally Posted By: rjundi
Originally Posted By: zzyzzx
Marketing department won't allow them to sell anything with a 0-60 in less than 10 seconds. That's one of the reasons why we don't get the high MPG cars that other people enjoy (and we had in the 80's).


Consumers drive the market not marketing.

NONE of the slower and inexpensive cars sell well in great #'s in the USA and little profit to be had. That being said the entry level exists for folks seeking that niche. Wait a few years and China will import their cars once they figure out crash testing on those tin cans.

China might be able to engineer cars that pass crash tests, but I have got to wonder how long it will take, when in there own country, Buick and VW are the most popular cars.

 

[Tornado Red]

Originally Posted By: pandus13
Originally Posted By: DrDusty86
Lack of interest I don't buy it. Look at the VW TDI, it sells and sells alot for VW. It also has a cultish following.There is a guy on this forum with a Jetta???? diesel PD motor and a 5spd mt. he is claiming over 55mpg IIRC and has about 300k miles on her. DARN good if you ask me.

i'm guessing member tornadored: golf tdi with some performance mods....
they are some members that drove the focus diesel in europe. search is your friend....


Not me, must be someone else. I am happy with an average around 41 mpg.