US emissions rollback -- possible to get diesel grenadier in US now?

[alcaniz]

So yesterday in the news I saw that the administration is rolling back the CAFE standards for cars in the US:

Trump announces roll back of Biden-era vehicle fuel efficiency rules: 'Expensive restrictions'

Trump is set to announce a loosening of vehicle fuel efficiency standards that were put in place during Biden's administration, a White House official confirmed.

abcnews.go.com

I wonder if this means it would be possible for Ineos to import Grenadiers with the diesel B57 engine now. I've been eyeing a Grenadier purchase for the past year or so -- being able to get a diesel would make it a lot more tempting to pull the trigger on a purchase.

 

[Krabby]

I see you're new here so first off, welcome to the club. I don't think it was CAFE standards directly that denied us the B57, but rather BMW pulling that engine completely from the NA market. Diesel cars have always been marginal here but the nail in the coffin was the diesel-gate cluster from VW et al.

That said, we have a no politics thing around here so we can't let this very appropriate, relevant topic slide down that slippery slope. I will say, however, in a neutral way that the problem with government regulation at the moment is two fold - first, they can't decide what they want (they don't care what "we" want regardless) and second, the next person in the door can easily make a change. It doesn't matter what side of the aisle you're on because the reality is when parties swap places it's a game of "how quickly can I undo what the last guy did."

 

[Tom109]

And BMW would have to $ubsidize (e.g. pay with a capital $) all the relevant EPA testing if previous tests were no longer applicable to the current motor.