I am rev happy. Not good with a diesel. I am more of a sports car enthusiast
than a truck enthusiast.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael Maskalans" <dml@tepidcola.com>
To: <dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net>
Sent: Thursday, April 05, 2007 9:23 PM
Subject: Re: DML: Daimler confims talks to dump Chrysler
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> On Apr 5, 2007, at 17:38, James Johnson wrote:
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>> 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.
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> 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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> | '98 Dakota CC, SAS on 40s '84 RamCharger 4x4, plow truck |
> | '02 Jetta TDI 5sp, daily '97 Intrepid, not on the road |
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