RE: Swapping a diesel into a 5k question

["Buchholz, Steven" <Steven.Buchholz@kla-tencor.com>]

> > You in the US didn't get the 2.5 I5 TDI, while Europe has got plenty
> > of them. The I5 TDI is now superseded by med V6 TDI, mainly due to the
> > 140 hp (used 1995-1997 in C4 A6 cars with 6-speed tranny, common)
> 
> The USofA got short changed again. The last version, the 140hp with the 6
> speed
> [I'm assuming manual trans] sounds like a VERY sweet package.
> 
... in this case, the US short-changed itself IMO ...

The reason we never got the TDIs until recently was the fact that the folks
in the USA won't buy diesel cars ... perhaps thanks to GM's diesel passenger
car offerings in the '70's ... 

I suppose the fact that diesel fuel costs about the same as gasoline might
be a factor as well.  

Another interesting note is that we will likely be seeing TDI (or at least
DI) gasoline engines in the near future.  The advantages of DI for gasoline
engines is that you don't have to fill the cylinder with a homogeneously
stoichiometric mixture ...

Steve Buchholz
San Jose, CA (USA)