We’ve had the opportunity to drive a whole quiver of cars that are unavailable to us in the USA.  Some blame it on California, others the evil oil companies and still others those pesky (republicans/democrats).  I just call it  frustrating that we do not have a wide range of diesel powered cars on the market at home.  Our favorite is the —Ford Fiesta!—.  Ford is supposedly building their cars to fit comfortably all but the top and bottom 2.5 percentile worldwide and evidently, even I am average when it comes to riding comfortably in a pocket car.  The Europe spec cars look good, drive around all nice and zippy like and the 59 mpg diesel consumption is a big bonus.  Go Ford!