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Originally Posted by Onno
Thanks for all the information, though I'm still pretty confused. It sounds as though late next year, if at all. I don't get it, really. It's hard to imagine VW is holding things back, since I think there is a LOT of pent up demand for these vehicles.
Why would federal and state (California?) regulators be holding these cars back? Doesn't their super high mileage mean that they have less impact on greenhouse gas emissions? And hasn't the particulate problem been addressed by the higher quality fuel now in the US, and new exhaust management? Why are they fine for Europe, and not for the US?
Onno
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The US is getting a new engine, isn't it? Anyway, on the car blogs I follow there were reports a few weeks ago about a delay due to reliability of . . . was it the particulate filter? Anyway, something wasn't passing muster.
I really want to want the new TDi sportswagon, but first generation VWs are scary. My girlfriend had a '99 Jetta and had just about anything that could fall off fall off. VW liked to have their customers test things, I guess. VW's reliability is supposed to be up and the wagon is on sale in Europe, so there's hope things have been worked out. But I'm still nervous.
Ahh - here's a link:
http://www.leftlanenews.com/vw-delay...di-launch.html