Vehicle for Change?

摘要

As dieter zetsche sees it, daimlerchrysler's diesel Jeep Liberty sport utility, due next month, should be an easy sell. Drivers in the U.S. need a powerful set of wheels that can travel 500 miles between fuel-ups. "This country should be the El Dorado for diesels," says the man who runs DaimlerChrysler's Chrysler Group. El Dorado? Try Dodge City. The diesel faces a lot of enemies. Clean-air regulations in five states, including California and New York, prevent the sale of diesel passenger vehicles. Even where they are allowed, diesel pumps at filling stations are often in distant, dirty corners. Worse still, many drivers recall the loud, sooty clunkers rushed to market during the last oil crisis, in the 1970s.