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Re:Diesel cars can be banned from German cities, court rules by foobarian on Tuesday February 27, 2018 @09:49AM (#16473749)
That reminds me of the Wartburg [1]. Our neighbor had one where I grew up, and us kids used to call it the "Atom bomb" due to the mushroom cloud of blue smoke it generated when it started up or pulled in.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wartburg_353

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Re:Diesel cars can be banned from German cities, court rules by jacquesm on Tuesday February 27, 2018 @09:50AM (#16473757)
Between those, the Trabants and the Serenas a morning in the former Eastblock would always look like fog. Heavy, worn out diesel engines of trucks and buses didn't help either.

The situation is now much better than when I lived there but even so Poland still has a huge smog problem.

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