05/09/2008 10:26. Daimler AG owns the only other diesel car available in Japan â the Mercedes-Benz E320 CDI sedan.

Other carmakers, including Volkswagen Honda Motor Co, Mitsubishi Motors Corp and Fuji Heavy Industries Ltd have projects underway to create their own cleaner diesel cars.

Toyota Motor Corp has announced no future plans to enter the clean diesel engine market. Toyota has 45 percent of the local car market, offers a range of diesel cars to compete in Europe but has preferred to promote hybrid technology, pulling the plug on the last remaining diesel car in Japan, the Land Cruiser Prado, in July 2007.

With the stricter... // RedOrbit