As the year winds down, many bigger market players have moved to the sidelines until the new year arrives.

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Believe it or not, automakers may have a tough time selling those attributes to consumers later this year, when a new generation of diesel-powered vehicles arrives in dealerships.

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Imagine: a one-year-old boy arrives at an emergency room in New York at 3 a.m. with an asthma attack.

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