Not sure if I'm seeing this right but no IC?
The integrated DPF is gonna suck; means failures will cost even more to replace out of warranty...
^^ seriously. only thing of interest is the GTD possibly coming here.
A number of changes have been made to help reduce emissions, such as: use of a complex exhaust gas recirculation system (with high pressure EGR and a cooled low-pressure EGR); integration of the water-cooled intercooler and the EGR valve with the intake manifold, which also improves throttle response; and packaging the exhaust after-treatment components close to the engine by combining the DPF with the SCR Catalyst
yeah, with the 2015 Golf projected to easily get 36+ hwy, why even get a TDI? i wonder if anyone will even keep the new gen TDIs as long as they did the old ones? used to be standard to get a TDI and get 300k miles out of it but now, everyone is scared for having to shell out thousands for some epic fuel system or emissions related repair, people are jumping ship early. that defeats the purpose of the TDI. if you are going to pay a premium for a TDI because you are supposedly winning with better mileage and an engine that will run forever, all that goes out the window if you just trade up after 5 years...
Yep...
And TDI has a timing belt that is not cheap to replace at 120k miles. All in all keeping this car outside of 100k miles is simply financially stupid. The maintenance of the Timing belt +DPF will easily surpass 4k by 150k miles or so.
All in all I wish I knew these things going in... but I wanted the D(iesel)