| Mercedes-Benz has long been an expert builder of | | | | Starting this fall Mercedes will be introducing its all new |
| diesel engines, producing hundreds of thousands of the | | | | E320 Bluetec diesel powered car that meets EPA |
| alternate-fuel driven power plants every year. Indeed, | | | | standards; unfortunately, five states will not permit the |
| in Europe alone, a significant portion of the vehicles | | | | sale of these models leaving parent DaimlerChrysler |
| destined for continental homes are diesel aspirated | | | | feeling a little bit blue.You have to hand it to Mercedes |
| models. In the U.S., however, Mercedes is having a bit | | | | and to other automakers that are trying to produce |
| of a problem with its line of diesel engines as more | | | | fuel efficient cars but are facing increasingly more |
| stringent emission control standards makes the | | | | difficult emissions restrictions in the U.S. |
| marketing of diesel powered cars more difficult. | | | | |