I doubt it.

As I understand have the latest emission regulations for passenger cars running on diesel (as usual it seems anything classed as a 'truck' in the US is exempt from this) become so strict that it's getting very, very difficult to get them approved by the EPA these days..

Pity, as the often long distances traveled in the US would make it the best engine when it comes to fuel economy (not that difficult to do between 40 to 50 mpg)

The D5 may not have the HP number, but they produce more torque than the T5 and at lower rpm's, so for towing they are fantastic.

Still the D5 has plenty of power to reach around 130mph and US cars are limited to that speed anyway, so you could keep up with a T5 :)

An engine like the D5 is totally in-comparable to the slow smoke-belching tractor diesel engines you see in trucks and busses..

Bye, Arno.

The D5 is a "common rail" diesel which is getting a good reputation here in the UK. It was introduced in 2000 to replace the previous Audi 2.5 TDI engine, which Volvo used in the 850 and earlier V70's (I've got one - VERY economical, just hope the cambelt survives!)
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BillB

I hope so.......