The new Ford ECOnetic ,that gets a whopping 65 MPG, will not be sold in the US. It is a subcompact that seats 5 but it runs on diesel. With diesel being 30 cents to a dollar higher they just don’t see the sales being there. Also the engine is made in England so they have the weak dollar to contend with which would make the price $25,700 compared to $24,000 for the Prius. There has been rumors of building a diesel engine plant in Mexico but with the money flowing out the door at a Billion dollars a month to keep the company afloat I doubt they have the funds to build a 350 million dollar plant also it would not cash flow as the demand for diesel in the US is not that great.On the average a diesel gets about %25 to %30 better economy but Americans still view it a smelly trucker fuel. I think that diesel is one of the answers to the fuel crisis but time will tell if it is accepted or not. I just don’t see how the Taxpayers can bail out the auto industry we have to draw the line somewhere.