Toyota Turbo Diesel - next release

Hi Motley, Toyota and Nissan have both got a totally new landcruiser and Patrol planned for 2006, As for engines we would all be just guessing, new platforms and bodies don't always mean new engines.
Best regards, Michael

Toyota have their knickers in a knot, over the sulpher content in our fuel.

They wanted to bring their common rail engines down for the last release of the Prado and Landcruiser.

Apparently they test the fuel quality at 20 points around Australia, as their last test was before the January upgrade, we got the crap engines again.

What Toyota is saying, is their engines are not as tolerant of Sulpher, as Mercedes Benz and jeeps. I also believe this is the reason why the Terrycan, Nissan X trail have not yet been released with a diesel engine.

I had a lot to do with Diesels prior to retirement, in Locomotive applications, and never any damage to engines that could be attributed to their diesel fuel, which is a lower quality, than what we buy at the pump.

What really cheeses me off, is why is diesel more expensive than petrol.

Me thinkum the public is being taken for a ride.

Regards

Col Tigwell

The reason that Toyota have not released their latest in diesel engines, is that the common rail diesel, requires according to them, the very best in quality in diesel fuel. Apparently, their direct injection engines can live with sulpher in the fuel.

Toyota overseas, particularly in Europe, have released their range of common rail engines, which give higher HP and much better fuel economy.

In Australia the only common rail engines I know of are the Mercedes diesels, and Jeep. I suspect but do not know, that the BMW engine is also common rail.

MM too have a common rail engine available, but it to has not made it here.

Regards

Col Tigwell