Red, white and Cruze

Doug Guthrie Comments Indianapolis — Apple pie, the Fourth of July and the 2014 Chevrolet Cruze Clean Turbo Diesel. Wait a minute. There’s something definitely un-American about that list. Burgers, beans, corn on the cob, and a little Chevy by the levee. But a diesel engine? That’s so foreign. Not any more. Chevrolet, noticing how Volkswagen is gaining traction with its diesel-powered passenger cars, is now trying its hand at changing the car-buying habits of gasoline-faithful Americans. VW sold nearly 120,000 turbocharged diesel vehicles in the United States last year. All U.S. diesel sales, including the offerings of other carmakers and the big diesel pickups from Ford, Ram, GMC and...