VW Golf diesel-hybrid on the way
Honda Accord diesel on the way
Subaru Legacy diesel (all aluminum boxer engine) on the way... hopefully
There might be some practical issues that make current Toyota diesels unworkable for the USA, where they need to develop new diesel motors for our market.
I feel strongly that it will be coming soon though.
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Toyota Tundra Diesel CONFIRMED
Pending Written on Jan-14-08 12:11pm - Not yet published to a wikizine
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Toyota Tundra Reviews, Toyota Tundra Accessories, and Tundra Information
Boy, do we like it when we’re right…here’s the Reuter’s press release trimmed-down to the important facts:
Toyota President Katsuaki Watanabe said on Sunday the Japanese automaker will launch a
diesel-powered Tundra pickup truck and Sequoia SUV in the United States…Toyota has repeatedly hesitated to committing a diesel vehicle for the U.S. market…especially for use in larger vehicles.
“I am happy to confirm that a
new clean-diesel V8 engine will be offered in both the Tundra and the Sequoia in the near future,” Watanabe told a news conference at the North American International Auto Show.
The “near future” is likely to be next year…we think the
Diesel Tundra will debut in late 2009 as a 2010 model. Toyota usually doesn’t disclose information like this unless they’re more than halfway to production. Most industry experts agree that 3 years are needed to develop and produce a new power train, so we’re reasonably sure the 2010 model will have a diesel. That will
coincide with an F150 diesel launch scheduled for the same year.