[mikeyouse]

Lol, did you miss the whole "Dieselgate" thing? Something like 30% of car sales in the EU are diesel with options in ~every brand.

https://www.carwow.co.uk/economical-cars/diesel

[dataflow]

I didn't miss the overall scandal, but wasn't aware these were ordinary cars running on diesel (or of the nickname for that matter).

Edit: Actually it's more likely that I just forgot the nickname, but yeah.

[mikeyouse]

Yeah, 11 million diesel vehicles were recalled by VW -- nearly all were ordinary cars (they don't even make a heavy truck). Mercedes, BMW, Audi, VW all sell (or used to sell) diesel cars in the USA. They all certainly do in Europe, where they're joined by all the European brands like Renault and Seat.

Post-scandal, fewer manufacturers are selling them in the US, but there are millions sold every year worldwide in plain old passenger cars.