El Kabong

That's not that funny really

It looks like a Vette that eats Miuras http://www.cheersandgears.com/topic/85451-the-vette-that-ate-miuras-c3-stingray-l88-for-sale/

It is also instructive to note the tone of GM's ads, which was, how you say?... tongue-in-cheek. Not something you normally find in truck ads, because it is a pretty competitive segment. But after putting the Ford on the scales, doubtless GM execs were feeling unusually chipper. Besides, after years of listening to Dennis Leary's smarm hocking the competition, they probably thought that the buying public would cheer giving them a nice wedgie.

And yet they can't build a frame for the thing. Pity

The diesel in the current Cruze is a global engine, as is the new one (even as a GM guy I wind "whisper-diesel" to be a bit too cutesy).

The infrastructure is still sketchy, no doubt about it. And that's another expense for Tesla, because Elon is largely footing the bill for that also.

Yup. He's not very good at this, is he?

I have every confidence that GM's execution of this program will be superior to that of the competition.

Leading the way with one diesel car that the take rate is 3%..? Their other diesel is outsourced to Duramax. They have one more diesel than Ford and the same number that Ram offers. I'm missing the "leading" part. Please explain.As whutsizface remarked, 3% is 3%. This is an advance over that toe in he marketplace. And GM is about to build on a REAL segment-buster by offering a diesel in the Canyonado. It's the kind of thing that happens when you're dedicated to OFFERING mileage as opposed to marketing it.

*awaits objective response with much interest*

Alrighty then. I don't really have a beef with the car or the guy. I DO wonder about a cash burn when there doesn't appear to be anything else in the company to help ease the financial pain.

It's a growth market. Props to GM for continuing to lead the way in trying to ferret out sales.

Good.

So. The article's title reads "GM Eyed US From Inception of Whisper Diesel," then concludes that it won't succeed in the US, which leads you to call it a positive piece. There's an Advil moment, right there

Guy tries to sell his pet python. Gets a phone call from a guy. "Big snake, is it?" "Yup." "How many feet?" "None, it's a snake." HEY-oo

Still trying to see how "deal killer" is a phrase you'd have in a positive article on turbodiesel engines. Yup yup yup

Ok. ...so you just cherry-picked the negative stuff for your OE. Well, THAT makes it better, doesn't it? :D

Nah. Looks legit to me.

"Europeans over the years have become accustomed to diesel clatter, mostly a result of the engine’s high-pressure fuel injectors, because that’s the region’s dominant, and cheapest, fuel. However, U.S. drivers, long bred on quiet, smooth-running gasoline V-6s and V-8s, are generally much less tolerant of diesel NVH. It’s a big reason the first diesel experiment in the U.S. in the early 1980s failed. "And while the technology has grown more civilized on both sides of the Atlantic over the years, diesel feedback remains unmistakable and coupled with a price premium of some $2,000 over a comparably equipped car with a gasoline engine, it kills the deal for most Americans." Yup, dissing Euro tastes in NVH and ignoring the retained value over initial price premium. You sure know how to pick 'em

Your a mod at MT as well?

...and yet you posted an article that was dismissive of the technology. Stuff like this is why we can't have nice things around here anymore

Personally, I'm saying "something." I get that Elon Musk is rich, but this gotta get fixed soon, doesn't it? http://m.winnipegsun.com/2015/08/10/tesla-loses-more-than-us4000-on-every-car-sold

Not sure how you can brush off any sales gain and dismiss sales drops in high-profit segments elsewhere... "Ah wunted thet thar 'ARN block vee six becuz thuh salezmin sed it wuz the BIST way fer me to git mahlige from ma ALOOMINUM truck"

Look, I'm sorry that Ford is missing out on sales of almost anything profitable diesel powered vehicles. But that doesn't mean anyone else has to

Good. ...so I hear this whisper diesel is really awesome. Actually I didn't hear it 'cause, hey, WHISPER diesel. HEY-oh