[quote=jimmyle]Why the diesel version of any car costs so much more than the gasoline. The diesel premium is even more than the hybrid premium. You can understand the hybrid premium with the massive battery and additional electric motor.

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I wonder if the out of the door differnce is much smaller than the MSRPs suggest. [/quote]I don’t know the answer to that. Maybe it’s because they’re trying to milk the MPG advantage. In term of technology and parts, I don’t think it’s anymore complicated than turbo gasoline engines.