All modern diesels have the same technology if they are in the US. Super high pressure fuel pump/injectors, a diesel particulate filter in the exhaust, a form of catalytic converter, and some sort of urea injection(def fluid). The diesel fuel we have in the US is very “dry” causing lubrication issues with the pump if any slight amount of water makes it to the cam driven fuel pump.
The only thing the dirty vws were missing in this equation was the urea/diesel exhaust fluid/ad blue/etc. We had one of them and it was a great car, but there were many instances of complete fuel system replacement to the tune of $5k+.