Joseph Oberlander wrote:

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> > According to vw.com, neither 1.9 TDI nor V10 TDI models are available in
> > CA, NY, MA, VT, or ME.
>
> Though, not due to government regulations. If the car is 50-state
> compliant, you can haul it in and drive it with a few hundred
> dollars in state-to-state transfer fees.

And that is just the thing, TDIs are not 50 state compliant. You could
haul a 2004 TDI to California and you could drive it there, but you can
not register it there as a new vehicle. This is not because diesels are
banned in CA or the other states mentioned, these states just hold
diesel cars to emission standards they can't meet, at least not with the
diesel fuel currently available.