[Gurkha]

The bio diesel that MB India ran their cars on were extracted from Jathropa plant, this plant grows with little maintenance and in abundance over barren land. Andhra Pradesh government is extracting it and the sale price for now is set to Rs.15 a liter, this should go down once mass production starts.

For engines, the most bio diesel friendly are the old IDI engines, OM 616/617/603 and also the Toyota engines as in their Qualis, old Land Cruisers etc. The OM616/617 are among the most popular vehicles for bio experiment and as such, they are quite popular with the bio crowd in US, very little mods if any are needed to run bio in them and actually they run better and longer with bio due to its inherent higher Cetane rating and better lubricity.