Were late B7's fitted with the 2.0L common rail diesel engine?

[ming]

As title. Or, did the CRD only appear in the B8?

[Marky67]

I've never seen a B7 fitted with CRD.... only B8 onwards.

[Issac Hunt]

B8 only. Never fitted to any B7 models.

[ming]

Okay. As I thought. I really like the CRD engine but I'm not prepared to shell out more than £10K, so even an early B8 would be miles past that sum. The option, however, is an Exeo. It has the CRD engine, and to all intents is a B7 - with the convertible dash, which is very classy. One of these is pick-upable at my budget so, that's the next project - find a good example with a full spec.
Thanks for the inputs.
BTW? Has anyone got hands-on knowledge of the Exeo? I've been for a test drive and I'm very impressed. But, are there any issues I should know about?

[Alan02]

Residual values wont be as good as B7.

[ming]

I want the CRD engine. The B7 doesn't have this engine. So, residual B7 comparisons are irrelevant.
Now, if you had said Audi B8-v- Exeo residuals, then you'd be spot-on. No doubt about that. However, the price premium for same age/mileage might make any comparison yet again irrelevant.

[Issac Hunt]

Have you considered the passat and Octavia?

[ming]

Passat just doesn't appeal. But an Octavia might just be of interest. Wasn't aware the Octy had the CRD engine. Do you know which model/s?

[Issac Hunt]

All of them now use common rail engines. I think they started to change over around 2008 (ish)