[BizarroLand]

What vehicle has good power and fuel economy but bad emissions?

[rrr_oh_man]

Any 20 year old Volkswagen with a 1.9 TDI Diesel.

Excellent engine, but no green emissions sticker in Europe.

Lifetime of 500,000km (300k miles) and more if treated right, fuel economy 6.5l/100km (36mpg), and can pull a small trailer with a bit of tuning.

You can find it in almost all Volkswagens of the 1995-2005 era, as well as in a bunch of Audis, Seats, etc.

[hulitu]

> Excellent engine

If you drive it, yes. But for the driver behind you, blinded by the black smoke, no.

[rrr_oh_man]

There’s no black smoke. You only get black smoke if there’s unburnt fuel, i.e. not enough air in the mixture

[philipkglass]

I think they mean economy as in cost (money). You can make a powerful inexpensive engine but it will have a worse emissions profile, or a powerful expensive engine that has a better emissions profile. But you don't get a powerful, inexpensive engine that also has a good emissions profile.