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Yes? Millions and millions of them..

You're talking cars? Like sedans? Not, like, pickup trucks? Which cars run on diesel?

Lol, did you miss the whole "Dieselgate" thing? Something like 30% of car sales in the EU are diesel with options in ~every brand.

https://www.carwow.co.uk/economical-cars/diesel

I didn't miss the overall scandal, but wasn't aware these were ordinary cars running on diesel (or of the nickname for that matter).

Edit: Actually it's more likely that I just forgot the nickname, but yeah.

Yeah, 11 million diesel vehicles were recalled by VW -- nearly all were ordinary cars (they don't even make a heavy truck). Mercedes, BMW, Audi, VW all sell (or used to sell) diesel cars in the USA. They all certainly do in Europe, where they're joined by all the European brands like Renault and Seat.

Post-scandal, fewer manufacturers are selling them in the US, but there are millions sold every year worldwide in plain old passenger cars.

My car is a BMW 640d from 2016, a sports saloon. Diesel cars are quite popular in Europe.

Why should the type of car matter? It's just an engine, you make it a bit more compact and it will fit in a sedan. Voila, you have a diesel sedan. Sales of diesel sedans have been slowly decreasing in most European countries Inn recent years, but it wasn't that long ago that more than half of all passenger cars (in some countries) were diesel. Of the 4 cars I've owned, 2 were diesel.

Anything. Even the smart (the small two-seater) was available with a Diesel engine (when those still had combustion engines).

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