"touareg V10 tdi biggest pollutor"

tmuenster

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This info is from a .pdf of an article which appears in the July issue of the Robb Report:

Hoping to re-create this success, the Audi SportTeam last
year introduced the diesel-powered RI0TDI prototype car,
which used a 12-cylinder, turbocharged, direct-injection
engine to dominate Le Mans. At the Detroit Auto Show
in January, the R8 V12 TDI Le Mans concept car made
its debut, hinting that Le Mans is Audi's official showcase for
consumer technology, if not its proving ground.
German engineers rarely rest on their laurels, however, so
if my recent test drive is any indicator of future product
plans, the R8 will soon bequeath its halo to a faster, more
environmentally friendly diesel-powered scion.
The red paint job belies the green car's arsenal of exhaustgas
filters and catalysts, which help the engine meet stringent
European emissions standards set to take effect in 2014. Better
yet, Audi estimates the car will get up to 25 mpg. And unlike
most concepts, the Le Mans can handle more than a turntable,
as I discovered on the roads surrounding Sebring, Fla.
"It's the only one of its kind in the world," an Audi official
pointed out, as if to justifY the prototype's relatively
short leash. I was honor-bound not to exceed a 50-mph top
speed during the car's maiden test-drive down an airfield
runway. The ride was enjoyable, but I experienced only a
fraction of the diesel-powered R8's performance potential.
Audi claims that the car will reach 60 mph in 4.2 seconds
and press onward past 186 mph. A twin-turbo, 6-liter, diesel
V-12 puts 500 hp and 738 ft lbs of torque to all four wheels.
Flanked by carbon-fIber-composite ducts that guide fresh
air through a roof-mounted inlet, the engine looms large
under glass behind the cockpit, supplanting the standard
car's gas-powered V-8. To shoehorn the extra four cylinders
into the engine bay, Audi co-opted space from the passenger
compartment; where the standard R8 has cargo room
behind its seats, the concept has none.​
What the interior lacks in accommodation
 

Fezzak

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I didn't realize the V10 TDI had so poor emission control, but it does make sense. I think it's crazy that auto makers are reluctant to bring the diesel to the U.S. because of poor acceptance, but still a vehicle like the V10 TDI Touareg makes it in when we don't get the amazing 1.3L Lupo.
Ah, I digress. Who cares about emissions when you can pull a 747 eh? :rolleyes:
 

Bob_Fout

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Fezzak said:
I didn't realize the V10 TDI had so poor emission control, but it does make sense. I think it's crazy that auto makers are reluctant to bring the diesel to the U.S. because of poor acceptance, but still a vehicle like the V10 TDI Touareg makes it in when we don't get the amazing 1.3L Lupo.
Ah, I digress. Who cares about emissions when you can pull a 747 eh? :rolleyes:
VW is not the guilty party, the EPA and NHTSA are. The Lupo does not meet our emissions or crash standards.
 

bhtooefr

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First off, the Touareg V10 has the worst emissions if you measure emissions the way we measure them in the US.

If you measure them the way they're measured in Europe, it doesn't even come CLOSE.

Anyway, the reason why we don't get the Lupo now is because nobody gets the Lupo now, the markets that got the Lupo before now get the Fox, a Brazilian-designed replacement for it. ;)

But, we didn't get the Lupo in the past because... when the Lupo came out, 1999, it was a size class smaller than the Geo Metro. Think of how the Geo Metro is perceived - as the ultimate in penalty boxes, as a car that you WILL die in if you get in a minor fender bender, etc., etc. Just think how a car that's one size smaller would be perceived - even if it got 78 MPG combined (for the 3L TDI, which had an aluminum block 1.2L and an automated 5-spd manual trans.)

They would've sold a few to us crazies, and then they would've lost their shirts. Keep in mind, the Lupo was made in Germany.
 
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