All the 2008 2009 new tech diesel made in Europe surpass California emission standards.
These new diesel engines are like nothing you ever heard. they are very quiet, yet very powerful. You can’t tell they are diesels just by listening to them. I’ve seen quite a few of them in Canada already.
You are correct about Canada’s emission standard though, although they aren’t far off. They just don’t keep up with California’s ever changing EPA standards, always a few years behind.
Not all of them meet the standards, which is why we don’t have a diesel Liberty (though we may soon) any more, and why
The Mercedes BlueTecs do, as do the latest TDIs from VW - but the Peugeots that Ford uses *don’t* yet and neither does anything from VM Motori.