Diamond got the DA42 NG engines certified in pretty quick time though?
Most of them are Audi / Merc blocks and to be honest, sometimes I'd feel happier flying with an Audi engine up front with FADEC to protect it, liquid cooled than with a lycoming. The DA42 dipstick is the same as I have in my Audi A4.
The Avgas DA42 is a travesty, all that modern technology thrown out of the window with a dodgey throttle quadrant stuck in.....such a shame.
Still the NG should be a real go places plane. I was chatting with a DA42 owner who took his from the USA to Brazil and back, something that logistically would be pretty tough with an avgas powered aeroplane.