Hi Ken and all,
From: Ken Norton <ken@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>Oh, now that is something that absolutely fries my goat. I want a Jeep
with
>the diesel engine in it. The CRD works great everywhere else in the world,
>but the one and only time they brought it into the USA it resulted in 100%
>transmission failures.
>
>Why did it work on Euro version but not the USA version? Automatic
>transmissions. Here in the USA you can't buy a Jeep with a manual
>transmission and the automatics couldn't handle the torque.
Funny... wasn't the opposite way? I always thought that it's way easier to
make an automatic transmission able to handle much torque -- or at least,
that's what Mercedes always said.
>Meanwhile GM is screwing around with that loser "Volt" when they could
>achieve similar efficiencies with a decent little diesel.
An electric car is a mechanic alternative, NOT an energetic alternative...
Cheers,
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Carlos J. Santisteban Salinas
IES Turaniana (Roquetas de Mar, Almeria)
<http://cjss.sytes.net/>
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