Diesel fuel has enjoyed a wave of positive U.S. enthusiast publicity, though with its torquetastic nature and noise, vibration and harshness improvements. The turbodiesel station wagons and hatchbacks may seem popular theoretically but they may not really reflect in the sales figures.

 

Thus such vehicles have been only a few here and there cases so far. However, in these days, this has not affected the prospects of diesel vehicles or deterred the people from buying them. There are still some precious few diesel cars and trucks available in the market despite the automakers’ threatening to pull back from future product commitments already announced. Acura is believed to have been delaying or killing the plans for a derv TSX, and the General Motors put its promising 4.5-liter V8 on ice earlier this month. Now, Nissan is likely to delay or scrap its Maxima diesel model announced previously, according to a report in the Edmunds AutoObserver.

 

Interestingly, the Volkswagen Jetta TDI selling is well, the thoroughly wonderful BMW 335d coming on stream and future offerings like an Audi A3 TDI not too far away. Thankfully, the European automakers are moving ahead with their diesel vehicles.