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Mercedes tries diesels again in USA.

Automotive News Europe, March, 2002 by Ostle, Dorothee

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Mercedes-Benz will reintroduce diesel engines into its US model lineup with the September launch of the new E class.

"We had 400,000 very happy American customers [for our diesels] in the late 1980s and early '90s," said Jurgen Hubbert, DaimlerChrysler board member for Mercedes-Benz passenger cars, Maybach and Smart. "They want us to come back with a diesel. And we will do so."

A limited number of the E270 CDi will be offered in 45 of 50 American states as Mercedes-Benz gauges consumer reaction.

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Automotive Industry

Mercedes tries diesels again in USA.

Automotive News Europe, March, 2002 by Ostle, Dorothee

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