Aussie trying to understand your trucks
Going to be buying a FW with a GVWR of less than 10,000 pounds and hopefully under 30 foot. Need to know what can tow & more importantly stop it. 2 adults & 3 kids weighing under 500 pounds. So need a...
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Wilber 1 wrote:
This bodes well for more diesels being available in North America. There is no way Euro 5 engines would have qualified for sale here. Because of that, VW stopped producing diesels for the North American market for the 2007 and 2008 model years until they could come up with a couple of new engines.
Same problem in reverse happened here. There was thought of FCA as it is now importing RAM2500/3500's. They could get around the RHD, but the Euro V was/is a major problem. Jeep imports Cherokees in RHD and Euro V compliant diesels from NA(VM Motori). Unfortunately not the same story for Ford or GM.
