I like revs too but go drive a modern diesel if you haven't.... last diesel thing I drove was the Volvo XC90... the bloody thing just pulls from the lights so hard it truely shocked me. Granted.... the thing drives like a bloody truck (steering and handling through Brisbane city streets was not real pleasant at all) but the engine matched to the auto they offer is top notch

I think the days of "manual a must" with a diesel might be over with these modern autos. They just keep the thing right in the meat of the torque really well.

Might be getting older.. but instantaneous torque is alot more appealing these days then having to work the ring out of an engine to get the thing moving.