Talking to an Audi rep, and Diesels in the US

[Geraint Lloyd]

the current generation merc / dodge sprinters,
available over here. were 
a joint development between Merc and VAG
the sprinter is thus availiable in europe as a VW LT,
but with vw 
engines instead.
I did the 1997 Vauxhall Rally of Wales (1st round of
the British rally 
championship)in the back of a rented(!) and asthmatic
merc sprinter 
non-turbo D (Course Clearance Van) along with a stack
of signs and 
several hundred wooden stakes. Who said motor sport
was not safe?

the works VW and Seat works teams had hightop LWB VW
LT TDI service 
barges, that used to fly past us at every available
opportunity.
VW were a little bit ahead with TDIs at the time as
far as I'm concerned.

geraint




Taka Mizutani wrote:
> The Duramax is an Isuzu engine, regardless of where
it is built.
>
> The Mercedes transmission in the V-8 Chrysler
300/Magnum/Charger is
> a Mercedes transmission, even though it's built in
Indiana.
>
> The Jeep Liberty diesel has a VM Motori engine,
Italian, not Mercedes.
>
> The only new light-duty trucks running Mercedes
diesels in the US are the
> Dodge/Freightliner Sprinters.
>
> Taka
>
>
> On 5/26/06, cobram at juno.com <cobram at juno.com> wrote:
>   
>> "Eric Sanborn" <eric.s.lists at gmail.com> writes:
>>
>>     
>>> Yeah, GM ditched the Stanadyne because they don't
even make the
>>> Duramax engine.  Izusu does.  As far as I know
Ford is the only one
>>>       
>> Kind of, Duramax's are made in Moraine, Ohio under
an equity partnership
>> of Isuzu and GM.  They've been doing projects and
selling each others
>> products for decades (Cheby "Luv" anyone?).  If
it's made in Ohio, I
>> think that still qualifies as an American made
engine.  The diesel Jeeps
>> I've seen have  Mercedes diesels, as do the Dodge
and the Freightliner
>> Vans.
>>
>>     
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