Quote Originally Posted by Seano View Post
Anyone else curious/mildly concerned about the continuing habit of moving to small capacity & relatively high revving diesel engines in a commercial vehicle as opposed to a larger and relatively lazier revving (and potentially longer lasting)unit?
I don't think any manufacturer is much concerned these days whether their new engines last only 200,000km instead of the previous 300,000km +

As long as not too many go wrong during the warranty period (basic or extended) they won't worry, besides, they sell more parts if there are problems. They should do enough durability testing to be confident they (the manufacturer) won't have to pay out too much too often.

AFAIK the main push to smaller (but more highly tuned) engines is to reduce exhaust emissions and reduce fuel consumption.

Of course, I would prefer to see the VAG 3.0 V6 TDI available in Transporters , but I don't see it happening until (and unless) they move to different architecture or they adapt the engine for transverse mounting (as previously discussed in this thread).