Rufas

Are these "studies" made of US drivers, or European drivers? If they studied US drivers, then other "things" might influence the results - inexperience with sticks, higher percent of sticks are on high-performance (low miles/gal) cars, etc.

Who did the study - US automakers?????

Agree that diesel makes the air noxious - when we drive on freeways in Europe, I frequently start caughing & we have to get off the road for awhile. Doesn't happen to me in the US (we live in the SF Bay Area).

Stu Dudley

We just rented as car (late week) from Hertz in Florence. We had no problem. We returned it to Hertz in Orvetio.

We also rented from Hertz in Italy. Usually I don't use them in the US because they are more expensive. We rented here for Italy, there was a special pre-pay deal that not only covered ALL insurance but also gave us more assurance that we would get the car we wanted.