High gas prices make people think what kind of vehicle they’d better get, what kind of fuel it should have. Many deny diesel at once, because its price is so much higher. Don’t rush and think for a minute. Nowadays diesel vehicles are different than the diesels of the 70s.

Car makers’ mind flies high and they invent so many interesting things which might be considered by those who think on buying a new auto. In 2008 diesel vehicles don’t pollute air, they run cleaner, some of the diesels are made out of vegetables, which is even more interesting than gasoline alternative, ethanol. Also diesel engines sip the fuel slowly and it helps to save fuel.

Green diesel engines are popular and widely used in Europe for several years, but it is something new. When they were presented in U.S. before, diesel engines failed. American people simply reject a vehicle as soon as they hear a word “diesel”. They remember 70’s experience and don’t want to try it again even though diesel has changed so much.

Due to California law about diesel engines being main smog makers and air polluters, many diesel vehicles were taken away from there. Several states followed the law and did the same. But in 2008 several car manufacturers made diesel trucks which pass even California standards.

Mercedes engines use urea, a liquid that must be poured into the engine together with oil change. It is an organic thing which can even be used as a fertilizer and it reduces the remission of oxides in nitrogen. Volkswagen designed the trap which captures harmful particles before they come out of the exhaust.

Auto makers plan to put diesel into their luxury cars and launch the diesel engine production like this. The engines will be turbocharged and this gives the diesel car the same driving feeling as a gasoline car.