The new ones in europe do. The trucking industry in the US has lobbied hard
to keep European-standard diesel from being required in the US. It's more
expensive to make, but it doesn't poison calatytic converters.

>From: Chris Mills <scmills@TNTECH.EDU>
>Reply-To: Chris Mills <scmills@TNTECH.EDU>
>To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>Subject: Diesels have a catalytic converter?
>Date: Mon, 1 Apr 2002 12:56:08 -0600
>
>Really?
>Chris M. <Busbodger - "TEAM SLOWPOKE">
>Cookeville, Tennessee
>
>ICQ# 5944649
>scm9985@tntech.edu
>
>'78 VW Westfalia (67 HP -> that is...67 Hamster Power)
>'65 Beetle - Type IV powered
>'99 CR-V AWD station wagon
>'81 CB900 Custom moto-chickle
>2.5 Corvair engines for my Trans-vair Conversion

Daniel Snow

'82 Vanagon Diesel
'78 Puch Maxi Luxe Moped
'01 Xootr Scooter
http://faculty.haas.berkeley.edu/snow/vanagon/vanagon.html

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