On Sat, 31 Jan 2004 12:51:27 -0600, dave weil
wrote:

Then she thought and realized that Mercedes probably makes them.
Funny thing is, Mercedes doesn't anymore. Lol.

Actually, as of the 2004 model year, this is incorrect.

http://www.imakenews.com/autospies/e...e000216140.cfm

There *was* a hiatus of 2000 - 2003 while they developed their new
diesel motor. The last diesel that they made was in 1999.

And I should note that as far as I know, diesels are available in
Europe already.