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Originally Posted by Grolar
I was in SEMA last November and had the opportunity to talk with the head of Toyota's marketing department for SUVs in North America and he wasn't very talkative about offering diesel SUVs to the US market. I asked him specifically about the Cruiser and he wouldn't elaborate.
Granted, this was three months ago and they're already popping the Sequoia. IMHO, this will happen one day or another, but Toyota will rather see how other makes fare in this segment before they take the plunge. And don't forget that the US now have the world's most stringent emission regulations for Diesels, and even a very diesel-experienced carmaker like VW finds it very difficult to have its next Jetta TDI 50-state compliant.
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I was talking to the same guy about the Tundra Diesel they had there...he seemed to think they were miles away from having an engine ready for the U.S. market, and it was just an experiment Truck to show off at Sema.
I think 2010 is too close for any diesel engine from Toyota for the U.S. market. The point about VW is so true too.