In article <c7rrmt$u2$2@blue.rahul.net>, dold@hondaXacco.usenet.us.com
wrote:

> Lynn McGuire <NOSPAM.winsim@nospam.winsim.com> wrote:
> > Is Honda going to import their awesome new Accord turbo diesel
> > sedan into the USA ? It got 52 mpg on the UK emissions test !
>
> Regulations have been proposed by the EPA to cut diesel emissions by
> 90% by 2012. This is the same percentage reduction required by the 1970
> Clean Air Act for gasoline engines in the US.
>
> I would not expect a new manufacturer to enter the US diesel market now.

Cleaner fuel is mandated too. Once that happens it's just a matter of
sticking on a catalytic converter. Diesels normally run lean so there's
no delicate air/fuel ratio to maintain.

Here's a good link on industrial diesel catalytic converters:
http://www.nett.ca/faq_diesel.html