I'm just a week back from being in the UK, and having spent some time behind the wheel of two rental cars (Fiat Punta:gas powered) and Ford Mondeo (Deisel)aka a Contour in NA. I wonder out loud if the big boys ESSO, Exxon, etc would even want the big three automakers to push deisel engines over here. I'm mean the Mondeo ran sweet, nice quiet, smooth. I wouldn't have even known it was a deisel. On the other hand the Punta was joke, it was small and peppy but designed by a wacko, the power window controls are mounted on the dash, the cd player has to be turned off or it'll keep playing and drains the battery. I know of at least one refinery that ships deisel from NA to the UK and in return the UK ships unleaded here. It really makes you wonder just how bad we are being scammed over here.