There's a certain photochemical quality of the diesel fumes that, combined with Australia's light/UV levels, would lead to us having incredibly bad air quality if diesels were ever to become popular here - so I for one am glad we don't have many of them. Especially as so few owners seem to keep them tuned properly...
Having said that, I drove a Seat Arosa TDI in Italy a few years back and it was very, very good - the Arosa is a Barina-size car and it suited it very well for city driving.
Currently: no Opels
Formerly: 2001 Astra CD sedan, 2003 Vectra CDX
You forget that until two years ago, Australia had the worst diesel in the world, full of sulphur. Now there are mandatory quality restrictions in place which has led to many new diesel models being launched.
I remember BMW held back the X5 3.0 Diesel because the standards hadn't been introduced yet.
hmmm interesting facts here
Really enlightened my day
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