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VW boss doesn't help Germany.(Opinion)

Automotive News Europe,  June, 2004  by Rother, Franz W.

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Byline: Franz W. Rother

In Germany about 90 percent of private customers now order their new Mercedes-Benz E-class models with a soot particulate filter. Nearly all of Ford's diesel-equipped C-Max minivans also are fitted with a filter.

The situation will be fairly similar with Opel's Astra and Vectra models. And PSA/Peugeot-Citroen fits filters on most of its diesels - even on small cars.

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