Well that's very interesting.  Maybe I should have said "US regulations?"

Edward

At 01:27 AM 3/19/2012, Jeff wrote:
>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."