Re: Audi TDI

["Arun Rao" <rao@quattro>]

On Nov 21, 12:08pm, Peter Henriksen wrote:
> Subject: RE: Audi TDI
> The TDIs are very nifty engines - torque on the 110hp 1.9 I drove in a
> Passat was amazing. Too bad the average American doesn't "get it".
> Probably scared by the Detroit diesels of some years back.

	(OK, time to reveal that I'm a closet diesel-head, too)

	The thing that's somewhat surprising is that big American
	diesels are very well-regarded - Detroit Diesel (division
	of GM, I believe), Caterpillar, and Cummins come to mind -
	but the technology never made it down to the smaller engines.

	-Arun

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