VW Setting US Diesel Strategy (link to article)

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article hereLook for Volkswagen to bring its stump-pulling V-10 turbo-diesel to the U.S. inside the new Touareg SUV – but not until the second quarter of 2004, according to Matthias Kroll, the sport-ute project’s director.

[ October 04, 2002, 08:43: Message edited by: Oberkanone ]
 

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The Touareg/V-10 package is receiving early raves from the media, but Kroll cautions VW doesn’t want to bring that diesel powerplant in immediately. Instead, the German automaker believes it needs a “really clean” diesel system that will use new trap technology to filter out particulates in order to meet increasingly stringent emissions standards. VW’s current diesels cannot be sold in California, and could be pushed out of the U.S. entirely by mid-decade without the new pollution hardware, which Kroll hints is now in the active testing stage.

ULSD in the US would help too.
 

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Originally posted by ProjektZwoTDI:
VW’s current diesels cannot be sold in California,
<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">I wouldn't put too much credibility in the article if it contains falsehoods like this.
 
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