Derived from the state - of - the - art Ingenium family of engines and due in late 2017, the new six - cylinder is a direct - injected, turbocharged 3.0 - liter unit that will be offered in both gas and
diesel forms.
Elsewhere, the range of rivals is huge: the Mazda3 is a neat handler and the Honda Civic offers great real - world economy in 1.6 - litre
diesel form, but its gawky looks won't be to all tastes.
Under the bonnet is a member of Mazda's SkyActiv engine family in 1.5 - litre
diesel form.
Currently limited to W12 and V8
diesel forms, the new Bentayga V8 features the 4 - litre twin - turbocharged V8 familiar from the Volkswagen group.
Bentley at a later stage will also offer the Bentayga with a less expensive V - 8 engine in gasoline and
diesel form and as plug - in hybrid.
This larger engine will slot in above the company's new Ingenium turbocharged four - cylinder engines that will be featured in the 2016 XE in turbocharged gasoline and
diesel forms.
These savings allow BMW's latest range of EfficientDynamics engines to do their best work, whether in 2 - litre petrol or
diesel form (as the 530i and 520d respectively) or as the powerful six - cylinder 530d and 540i xDrive, the latter of which produces 335bhp and still manages an official 37.6 mpg.
In
diesel form, the 2008 can be exceptionally economical and capable of low emissions.
And so it's the turn of the Macan - a compact SUV that even in
diesel form has the handling to keep keen drivers happy.
In the engine bay a line - up of Euro6
diesels form the backbone of the range but a small capacity TSI petrol engine is also set to make an appearance eventually.
It's no less impressive in
diesel form, news that should silence those purists who protested that such an engine should never be put in a Bentley.
At point of market launch, the new X1 will be available in two petrol and two
diesel forms, each with 2.0 litre displacement and BMW TwinPower Turbo technology.
The Convertible is not a particularly cheap car to run; it emits 149g / km of CO2 in
diesel form, and an eye - watering 201g / km with the petrol engine.
Volkswagen offers the new Jetta in
diesel form only and now the company plans to launch a petrol powered version of their D - segment car.
Based on the latest 5 Series sedan, the large German wagon will be available in turbocharged 2.0 - litre petrol and
diesel forms, priced from just under $ 100,000.
The Exceed in
diesel form with mandatory five - speed automatic transmission hit the showroom at $ 70,000 but further extended the list of inclusions.
The overall efficiency of the engines, which in
diesel form emit a mere 115 grams of CO ², is peerless but the breadth of smart technologies employed in the new range demonstrates that MINI lies at the cutting edge of modernity and intelligent energy management.
Power for the production car will come from four - cylinder engines seen in the new Superb, with a 1.6 - litre turbo -
diesel forming the base engine.
As with many of Mercedes» other models, the GLE is also available in a more frugal
diesel form for those who enjoy longer journeys.
There are VED - free Band A models available in both petrol and
diesel form, it's just the specification tested had an automatic gearbox which pushed the CO2 emissions up from the 99 g / km of the manual.
Not exact matches
In fact,
diesel has both higher carbon emissions and carcinogenic fine particles, the
form of invisible pollution from which France is currently suffering a major spike.
Note: KillSpills (www.killspills.org.uk), sponsored by the BMF and now also the IAM, was
formed in 2004 to counter the menace of
diesel spillage and particularly, the danger it presents to motorcyclists.
EPA's 2001 highway
diesel rule required manufacturers to steeply cut engine emissions of soot - and smog -
forming pollutants for engines sold after January 2007.
If oil - intensive algae were cultivated on a broad scale — the kind of scale now used for other commercial crops — they could eventually replace the 70 percent of the U.S. oil supply used for transportation in the
form of jet fuel, gasoline, and
diesel, according to Weeks.
The high temperature operation of conventional gasoline and
diesel engines
forms nitrogen oxides — the key source of smog.
Instead eyes are on a handful of high - tech labs around the U.S. that are perfecting ways to make the equivalent of gasoline and
diesel from the lowest life -
forms on the totem pole: yeast, algae and bacteria.
But yields from a grass that only needs to be planted once would deliver an average of 13.1 megajoules of energy as ethanol for every megajoule of petroleum consumed — in the
form of nitrogen fertilizers or
diesel for tractors — growing them.
Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons result from many
forms of combustion, including
diesel engines, automotive exhaust, coal burning, grilling of meat and cigarette smoking.
DIESELS, I will be watching
form like a hawk.
We review the new Maserati Ghibli in
diesel V6, petrol V6 and four - wheel drive Ghibli S
form.
Performance is blunted somewhat by the RX's weight (1885 kg is a lot for a 2 - litre unit to haul around), and its 0 - 60 time of 9.2 sec (in front - drive
form) and top speed of 124mph lag behind
diesel - powered rivals.
The 2016 Chevrolet Colorado Duramax
diesel will be available in Crew Cab
form in LT and Z71 trims with either rear - or four - wheel drive.
The Range Rover Sport lineup as a whole begins at # 61,315 for the 2 - litre SD4
diesel model in HSE trim, and SVR aside the most you'll pay is # 89,950 for the range - topping SDV8
diesel in Autobiography Dynamic
form or # 90,280 for the «conventional» 5 - litre supercharged V8 model with around 50bhp less than the SVR.
This is a passenger version with plenty of added garnish in the
form of a 4 × 4 drivetrain (courtesy of the Mitsubishi Montero), a turbo
diesel engine and an intake snorkel said to be original to the vehicle.
Next in line to further decrease CO2
form cars come downsized turbo GDI (gas direct injection) engines and they emit much more ultrafine particles and NOX than regular natural aspirated engines with PFI (port fuel injection) and even more than some Euro6
diesels with particle filter.
A 549bhp non-S AMG is also available, but the new model's biggest sellers will come in the
form of two turbo -
diesels: a 2.1 - litre four - cylinder 250 d and 3 - litre V6 350 d.
Both are available in both short - and long - wheelbase
forms, while the
diesel makes its case with a 49.6 mpg combined fuel consumption figure.
It's the same deal with Audi, whose S6 (in saloon and Avant
form) matches the power and cylinder count of the BMW and whose A6 offers no equivalent petrol model whatsoever, just
diesels.
Overall, the
diesel still makes more sense: with this particular Kodiaq weighing up to 1,739 kg (in seven - seat
form with a driver; the lightest Kodiaq is the 1.4 FWD at 1,427 kg without driver), it's torque that matters.
GM's
diesels, along with most of its early -»80s contemporaries,
formed the still simmering public perception that
diesels are smelly, noisy, smoky, underpowered creatures that clatter, start hard and require hard - to - find fuel.
As enticing as a quad - turbo
diesel 5 Series sounds (especially in wagon
form), a BMW rep confirmed to us that the M550d xDrive will not be coming to the U.S. Again, sometimes life just isn't fair.
Ford's range - topping
diesel Focus, and the second most powerful model in the range — this side of the forthcoming ST.. It uses a 161bhp version of Ford's familiar 2 - litre TDCI direct - injection
diesel engine and costs # 21,345 in the most dynamic Zetec - S
form we're testing here.
This second - gen model — which shares its basic MFA architecture with the A-Class and the new CLA sedan — has been on sale in gas and
diesel - powered
forms in other markets since 2011.
We got our first look at the Golf SportWagen, which is set to arrive in gasoline - and
diesel - powered
form early in 2015, at the 2014 New York auto show.
The 2018 BMW 5 Series lineup has added another member in the
form of a
diesel - powered variant.
That Ecomotive model might be the economy star but all the
diesels offer seriously impressive consumption and emissions figures, with even the 181bhp 2.0 TDI able to muster an official 65.7 mpg in manual
form, or 60.1 mpg as a DSG auto.
Built on the same light and strong platform as the 7 Series (but without that car's expensive Carbon Core), the BMW 5 - series offers a range of petrol,
diesel and plug - in hybrid engine options, and will also
forms the basis for the fire - breathing M5 super saloon.
The bigger powertrain news arrives in January, in the
form of a
diesel engine option.
Compression - release («Jake») braking, a
form of engine braking used almost exclusively on
diesel engines, produces extreme amounts of noise pollution if there is no muffler on the intake manifold of the engine.
In its most extreme A2 TDI 3L
form, the entry - level Audi ran a 1.2 - liter three - cylinder
diesel engine in combination with an automated five - speed gearbox supporting a eco mode and stop / start function.