Range Rover’s new 4.4-litre V8 diesel not coming in the United States

Everybody was happy when the 2011 Range Rover Facelift was launched because the new model also introduced a new 4.4-litre V8 diesel engine.

If you live in United States and wanted to buy a new Range Rover powered by the new engine, you can drop this plan because the new engine will not be available in the U.S. according to company insiders. Why?
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jeffy210 - 7/19/2010 1:10:34 PM

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Unless I'm mistaken, isn't the Euro5 standard stringent enough for 49 states? I thought that was the problem with the E320 CDI when it came out, it met Euro5 standards but wasn't certified in California, so was sold everywhere else but there.

Assuming that is the case, what is preventing them from selling it in 49 states here, or has the rest of the country now matched California's standards?

Agent63 - 7/20/2010 6:21:45 AM

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No one in America likes diesels that's why.

tango - 7/21/2010 6:13:19 PM

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@ BSBB: LMFAO! You're gonna have to add Connecticut, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, and Washington to that list. They all have California emissions as their own. Wasn't there some hubbub about states making their own emissions laws outside of Federal law? Whatever happened to that? All these state emissions laws make it very hard/expensive on manufacturers to comply. And my question is this, what happens when soembody from VA drives to PA. What then? Will the Jetta TDI be seized at the border?