No diesels in the 07 VW jettas!

[emarsh]

here is my newsletter from SEMA today.

VW PUTS DIESEL CARS ON HOLD



Volkswagen of America has decided to discontinue production of the diesel versions of its Jetta, Golf and Beetle models due to new federal emissions standards that will take effect this fall.



The new standards have put even more stringent limits for nitrogen oxide emissions, and may significantly dampen VW’s sales. Volkswagen has promoted its diesel engines as a way to combat rising gas prices, and in fact diesel sales have helped to increase U. S. sales for VW by 20. 4% in 2006. Diesels actually accounted for 22. 7% of VW’s U. S. sales during the first four months of 2006, which is nearly twice its traditional 12%.



Volkswagen will, however, offer a diesel version of the 2007 Touareg, and plans to build extra 2006 Jettas, which it hopes to sell well into next year. A new version of the diesel Jetta, which will meet emissions standards in all 50 states, should be available for the 2008 model year.



THIS MATTERS TO YOU BECAUSE…



Despite VW dropping its diesel cars for 2007 model year, 2008 will see the return of a diesel Jetta in all 50 states, including California, which is the biggest state in terms of vehicle registrations.

DaimlerChrysler also plans to stop production of its diesel version of the Jeep Liberty due to its inability to meet the new emission standards as well.

The diesel engine performance parts market is still a strong market for the specialty-equipment industry. Growth in light-truck diesel engine parts is expected to continue to grow, and the overall diesel light-truck market is expected to about 600,000 sold in 2005 to 1,000,000 in 2009.

 

[Tinman]

Supposed to be a 3. 0 diesel Cherokee coming for D/C next year. A diesel Nitro (I think?) .

 

[EMD-Run8]

I don't get it. I thought that '07 emissions were to bring US diesels up to "par" so to speak with Euro engines?

 

[Diesel Nut]

I thought the 2007 emissions were supposed to ban diesels or make them unpractical! Rediculous.

That sux cause I was looking at one of them for a commuter. Just wave to wait and see what else comes available.

 

[nps]

I don't get it. I thought that '07 emissions were to bring US diesels up to "par" so to speak with Euro engines?

The regs between Europe and US are still different, and the Euro engines need to be tweaked to meet US standards. IIRC the US is anal about NOx, whereas Europe is anal about CO (because of the Kyoto Accord limits on 'greenhouse gasses').



Mercedes is ready to go with their 2007 50-state diesel in the E320 CDI.

 

[HoleshotHolset]

A new version of the diesel Jetta, which will meet emissions standards in all 50 states, should be available for the 2008 model year.

That's because they're moving away from the Pump Deuse (unit injector) engines and going with common-rail injection. The stop of production is akin to the unavailability of Corvette's in 1983... OK, maybe that's a bad analogy. :-laf



Matt

 

[JHerr]

Perhaps a better analogy would be the availability of a 1998 Ford F350 Powerstroke diesel... virtually none existed in anticipation of the early release of the 1999 Super Duty in the spring of 1998.



(The above statement has been made for the purposes of analogy only. Any references to Ford, the Ford Motor Company, Super Duty, and the Powerstroke diesel do not reflect the authors opinions on the aforementioned vehicle. Deducing any opinion from the above statements has more to do with wind direction, barometric pressure, and relative humidity of the reader's environment than anything in the author's mind. )

 

[EMD-Run8]

So basically they're just not ready to go for '07. Much better news... . I guess. Ya know, if they could just practically make B20 the new standard diesel fuel, maybe they could do without the extra complication of these new engines. My '04 (305/555) was fine but reading about the new 6. 7 is kinda like... ..... uhhhhhhhhhh, mmmmmmmmmmm, ooohhhhhhhhh.

 

[Jengle]

You won't get big oil to work with that. They are so into the Alchohol fuel, since they can make that, at a higher price, and it won't go any farther than the fuel now used in gassers. The little VW diesel puts a hurt on their pocketbook, so they will do anything they can to put it down. And since they pay congress, so will they.