Originally Posted by MtViewGuy88
Of course, it could be a one model year only thing because starting in September 2006, the EPA will mandate that all gasoline and diesel fuels have no more than 15 parts per million of sulfur compounds in the fuel, probably the strictest standard in the world. That would allow the true 2.5-liter "high-tech" I-6 to finally be sold in the USA, probably starting in the 2007 model year.
Right but then you get back to the point I already made about the "low tech" 3.0 liter having more torque than the "high tech" 2.5 liter, and the American market tends to like torquey motors.