These modern turbo diesels have got a lot of torque and thats what makes them go so well. Why do you think that VW now do a turbo diesel GTI and Audi do a quattro S3 with a diesel. They have come along way with since the old 2.3 diesel sierra you know. The newer type diesels use common rail fuel injection and even trucks have it on now. I remember seeing a Golf GTI diesel in a race for VW's last year it did very well.
