[Glamorous]

A GLA Bluetec would be extremely desirable to me...but Mercedes says no.

Mercedes to Skip Diesel Offerings in American-Market CLA; Diesel GLA Unlikely

 

[carbonfiber]

"hits the big red button"

BAAAAHHHHHHHHH!!!!

Mistake from Mercedes.

Its proven the diesel SUVs sell well in North America.

They should reconsider.

 

[Adolini]

Yeah I just don't understand why they are throwing the diesels under the bus. They last forever!!! ...maybe thats the problem.

 

[A.T.L.]

We shouldn't be all that surprised since diesels aren't usually offered in america. from mercedes it was much older models. all i can remember was models from the 80's...maybe 90's too?

 

[alcatraz]

No diesel because it would cost Benz too much money to make the engine meet US regulations. That cost would raise the price of the GLA and the last thing that Benz wants to do is make the price of the GLA higher.

And that is about the long and short of it.

 

[Bplayer]

Interesting that in Canada the diesel GLK costs $2,000 less than the gas version, but it is the reverse in the US by about $1,000.

How hard would it be to put the 2,143 cc diesel from the GLK in the GLA (not that I would buy the diesel version)?

 

[A.T.L.]

Interesting that in Canada the diesel GLK costs $2,000 less than the gas version, but it is the reverse in the US by about $1,000.

How hard would it be to put the 2,143 cc diesel from the GLK in the GLA (not that I would buy the diesel version)?

it really depends on the specs and what their intentions are with the GLA. Im sure things like engine mounts, power, torque, etc will have to be reworked to make it work for the GLA to make it more suitable

 

[carbonfiber]

No diesel because it would cost Benz too much money to make the engine meet US regulations. That cost would raise the price of the GLA and the last thing that Benz wants to do is make the price of the GLA higher.

And that is about the long and short of it.

really? darn regulations.

what sort of regulations wouldn't it pass? aren't emission laws in europe more strict anyways?

 

[Adolini]

wow that blows...

What exactly do they have to do to make it meet regulation?

 

[alcatraz]

So it would be illegal (not to mention extremely expensive) to import a diesel CLA from Europe because the engine is not up to code in the US? It is kind of a sad reason to not be able to buy the diesel CLA. I wonder why the regulations are so much different between the two countries. I thought that Europe usually had stricter regulations not looser ones.

 

[Frayzer]

It's not making any sense right now, we all know that in Europe they have strict air quality control how would it not be good enough for the U.S.

 

[Cocles]

Keep in mind, it's a state to state issue. New York and California could easily be stricter than EU standards.

 

[AkaCarioca]

I drive a Jetta TDI SportWagon and I am very happy with the performance/mileage.

 

[Adolini]

I drive a Jetta TDI SportWagon and I am very happy with the performance/mileage.

Hows the reliability on your Jetta TDI and how much mileage do you get per tank?

And what bike is that in your avatar? Monster?