On Apr 5, 2007, at 17:38, James Johnson wrote:
> You may be right with that, but I work in the heavy diesel industry
> and the hoops the diesel truck manufacturers are having to jump
> through right now to meet the new emission standards may not make
> diesel engines as attractive for the next little while. I haven't
> looked to see if the 2007 standards apply to cars, but I *have*
> heard that VW has done away with small car diesel engines here in
> Canada, but I haven't heard why. I'd wager it has something to do
> with not being able to meet the new 2007 diesel emission standards.
> The next step in the tightening of the diesel emission standards
> will be even tougher to meet. It will be interesting to see how
> diesel fairs because of it.
no North American market VW oilburners aside from the Toureg V10.
The 2.0L unit injected motor was very short lived and is replaced by
a 2.0L common rail for 2008. No mileage numbers out for the common
rail yet.
I'm also looking forward to lean burn direct injected gassers. I
expect those to be stronger sellers in the US (Thanks 1980s GM), and
that has lots of potential.
personally, I want no gassers. I'm a torque junky. I want a 5cyl
Mercades or VW diesel under the Dakota's hood. Perhaps I should
return it's ability to reverse first...
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