Comments on: VW diesel dry spell looms http://www.leftlanenews.com/vw-diesel-dry-spell-looms.html Car news, reviews, and specs for the auto-industry Sun, 22 Nov 2009 23:27:50 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: A4 http://www.leftlanenews.com/vw-diesel-dry-spell-looms.html/comment-page-1#comment-289031 A4 Wed, 27 Dec 2006 21:11:30 +0000 http://www.leftlanenews.com/2006/12/26/vw-diesel-dry-spell-looms/#comment-289031 diesel rules i cant wait til 08 when bundles of new models flow in, 07 is a small price to pay for the future diesel rules i cant wait til 08 when bundles of new models flow in, 07 is a small price to pay for the future

]]> By: mike http://www.leftlanenews.com/vw-diesel-dry-spell-looms.html/comment-page-1#comment-288967 mike Wed, 27 Dec 2006 13:13:34 +0000 http://www.leftlanenews.com/2006/12/26/vw-diesel-dry-spell-looms/#comment-288967 "Vdub has needed a reason to scrap that POS yesterdecade-technology diesel they offer now for a lonnnnng time. Maybe they finally bring a modern one over from krautland. Can't be worse than the shitty Ottomotors they sell here now." Are you familiar with pumpe-duse technology? That's the "POS" technology they are using now. It uses one individual injector per cylinder, producing 27,000 psi and capable of injecting 7 times per injection stroke. Do some research before you assume it is still the early 80's system. It's funny - VW meets the 50 ppm for European standards, but the US decided to subvert and drop their emissions even lower than Europe for 2007. Do you know what diesel standards were for last year in the us? Somethinking like 500 ppm. VW has been emitting 50 ppm while the standards were 500 ppm. That does not sound like POS technology to me. “Vdub has needed a reason to scrap that POS yesterdecade-technology diesel they offer now for a lonnnnng time. Maybe they finally bring a modern one over from krautland. Can’t be worse than the ****ty Ottomotors they sell here now.”

Are you familiar with pumpe-duse technology? That’s the “POS” technology they are using now. It uses one individual injector per cylinder, producing 27,000 psi and capable of injecting 7 times per injection stroke.

Do some research before you assume it is still the early 80’s system. It’s funny – VW meets the 50 ppm for European standards, but the US decided to subvert and drop their emissions even lower than Europe for 2007. Do you know what diesel standards were for last year in the us? Somethinking like 500 ppm. VW has been emitting 50 ppm while the standards were 500 ppm. That does not sound like POS technology to me.

]]> By: Ricardo Head http://www.leftlanenews.com/vw-diesel-dry-spell-looms.html/comment-page-1#comment-288935 Ricardo Head Wed, 27 Dec 2006 01:15:16 +0000 http://www.leftlanenews.com/2006/12/26/vw-diesel-dry-spell-looms/#comment-288935 Vdub has needed a reason to scrap that POS yesterdecade-technology diesel they offer now for a lonnnnng time. Maybe they finally bring a modern one over from krautland. Can't be worse than the shitty Ottomotors they sell here now. . Is Audi going to get a diesel too, or are we just stuck with Vdub's boring-even-for-grandma designs. Vdub has needed a reason to scrap that POS yesterdecade-technology diesel they offer now for a lonnnnng time. Maybe they finally bring a modern one over from krautland. Can’t be worse than the ****ty Ottomotors they sell here now.
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Is Audi going to get a diesel too, or are we just stuck with Vdub’s boring-even-for-grandma designs.

]]> By: Xymox http://www.leftlanenews.com/vw-diesel-dry-spell-looms.html/comment-page-1#comment-288895 Xymox Tue, 26 Dec 2006 17:18:10 +0000 http://www.leftlanenews.com/2006/12/26/vw-diesel-dry-spell-looms/#comment-288895 After a one-year hiatus, diesel power will return to the VW lineup. Powering the concept is VW's 50-state compliant 2.0-liter turbo-diesel four-cylinder engine. This "clean" diesel will be optional on the 2008 Jetta and Rabbit. In the concept, this squeaky-clean diesel produces 140 horses and an impressive 240 pound-feet of torque. -- Car and Driver After a one-year hiatus, diesel power will return to the VW lineup. Powering the concept is VW’s 50-state compliant 2.0-liter turbo-diesel four-cylinder engine. This “clean” diesel will be optional on the 2008 Jetta and Rabbit. In the concept, this squeaky-clean diesel produces 140 horses and an impressive 240 pound-feet of torque. — Car and Driver

]]> By: Brendino http://www.leftlanenews.com/vw-diesel-dry-spell-looms.html/comment-page-1#comment-288891 Brendino Tue, 26 Dec 2006 16:45:18 +0000 http://www.leftlanenews.com/2006/12/26/vw-diesel-dry-spell-looms/#comment-288891 Wow, 30 percent? That seems much higher than I would have expected. It's a shame to see, but it's also nice to see that people are warming up to diesel. Wow, 30 percent? That seems much higher than I would have expected.

It’s a shame to see, but it’s also nice to see that people are warming up to diesel.

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