Mercedes Blue: New Diesels Miss the Mark

Mercedes-Benz has long been an expert builder ofStarting this fall Mercedes will be introducing its all new
diesel engines, producing hundreds of thousands of theE320 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 vehiclessale of these models leaving parent DaimlerChrysler
destined for continental homes are diesel aspiratedfeeling a little bit blue.You have to hand it to Mercedes
models. In the U.S., however, Mercedes is having a bitand to other automakers that are trying to produce
of a problem with its line of diesel engines as morefuel efficient cars but are facing increasingly more
stringent emission control standards makes thedifficult emissions restrictions in the U.S.
marketing of diesel powered cars more difficult.