"The good news this software based active information makes a new car mandatory"

Says who?  One of my vehicles is a 2003 Escape, I still love it, it is reliable and practical, hope to get at least a few more years out of it.

" Diesel is the way to go but in NA it is impossible."

We are just ahead of the Europeans, many European governments are in favour of phasing out diesel cars due to terrible pollution.