Just an FYI... no such thing as "accepted by US regulators".  Manufacturers
self certify their vehicles as meeting safety and emissions standards.  The
do not have to submit squat to "US regulators" unless they get randomly
selected, which doesn't happen too often.

Most safety issues come to light via one of two paths:  independent reports
to NHTSA; and testing by the insurance institute.

EPA issues usually come to light via customer complaints.

Cheers,

Jeff

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
Edward Maglott
Sent: Sunday, March 18, 2012 7:29 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: Catalytic Converter???? Anyone go without it???

"That's why they have incentivized diesels and
it's hard to get many of their very nice diesel engine cars to be
accepted by US regulators."