Sentences with phrase «half are diesel»

Unlike in Europe, where more than half the cars are diesels, they are rarities in the U.S. — about 0.5 % — and they cost more than gasoline - powered models.

My husband is a diesel mechanic and he uses it in the shower to get all the grease and grime off and is so very happy.

Because a significant proportion are diesel and their average annual mileage is usually considerably lower than that of a car or van, at that age they still have a long and useful life ahead of them.

By the 1920s, the popular diesel engine had reached the United States, and by the 1950s, a large proportion of the world's ships and trains were diesel driven, with trucks, tractors, and buses following close behind.

In the West, the main producers of soot are diesel engines, but the Clean Air Act gives EPA the authority to regulate only 9 % of the 11 million diesel engines in use today.

It ran incredibly loud — so loud that conversations inside the car were a little difficult, and so loud that sometimes people would look at the sporty little car in confusion and ask us if it was a diesel... but it ran!

I am a diesel mechanic by trade and have my own mobile mechanic business.

I'm a diesel mechanic and I also do tattooing on the side.

Hello my name is Houstin, i am a diesel mechanic, i have always been outdoorsy and love sports.

I'm 20 no kids and I'm in college to be a diesel mechanic

The loft sprinklers required insulation, an electricity supply and walkways, and the pump house is diesel powered.

Mr. Hollas grew up in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and after high school, enlisted in the U.S. Army to be a diesel mechanic.

The fact that this engine is a diesel is only apparent if you listen for the faint diesel clatter with the window open, because with the cockpit windows closed, driver and passengers are comfortably insulated from any noise, vibration, or harshness coming from the outside world.

There will be no diesel, brand chief Duncan Aldred says, but there also is a new Regal GS hatchback with a 310 - horsepower 3.6 - liter direct - injection V - 6 in place of the old GS's 2.0 - liter turbo four.

The fact that this Mercedes is a diesel is pretty much a non-event during casual driving.

And yes, it is a diesel.

The first production four - cylinder Jaguar F - Type engines to roll off the line will be diesels, although these versions will not make it to the U.S. market.

Recently, a squirrel paid a visit to the engine compartment of my 1999 VW (it's a diesel 1.9 TDI).

My truck has been in this dealer multiple times.My truck is a diesel and not to many service centers have diesel techs.

My engine is diesel.

Three are gas and the other three are diesel powered.

The Volt model could very well be the standard of the future: a smartly sized battery backed by a frugal range extender, whether that's a diesel, a turbine, or a gas engine.

To be honest, the petrol Passat's biggest rival is almost certain to be its diesel - powered sister.

The 2014 Audi A8 L TDI doesn't let being diesel - powered detract from its luxuriousness, but its improved fuel economy doesn't push it immediately ahead of its competitors.

But the biggest news may be the diesel X3 xDrive28d, which is the first time we've seen a diesel X3 in the U.S.. There's also a new rear - wheel - drive version of the four - cylinder gasoline X3, called the sDrive28i.

For the # 16,430 SEAT it's a diesel's high thermal efficiency, allowing an official 61.4 «combined» mpg and 123g / km (diesel produces more CO2 per volume unit burnt than petrol does), while for the # 20,660 Volkswagen it's the use of forced induction on a downsized engine resulting in official figures of 42.8 mpg and 154g / km.

If diesel is what you need, then this is the diesel to go for in the 3008 range.

I am pretty sure that no one thinks huffing diesel (or any exhaust) is healthy, but is diesel exhaust really that bad?

And there's a diesel coming, too, Mark Reuss said Sunday night.

The turbo - four is the sole engine for the moment, although there is a diesel - powered GLC300d arriving next year.

I've been a diesel tech for about 9 years now.I have a great opportunity to leave a decent job that pays less than what it should, to go to work for a well known and we'll oiled machine of a shop.

It is a diesel and once it gets rolling the power is quite impressive.

The same is true of the A200, while the A220 is a diesel only and the A250 stops only at the green pump.

Is it a diesel engine?

This is a diesel with a voice.

Under the hood of model - year 2011 to 2014 SportWagen TDIs is the diesel engine that likely will require extensive modifications to make its emissions legal.

Another double - digit increase for the Volkswagen Group is no longer news, but these two tidbits from the company's press release stood out: VW had its best November since the days of the Super Beetle (1973); and better than 1 in 5 VW's sold were diesel - powered.

Of Mazda6 total sales through January, an estimated 60 % were diesels including 72 % in Japan, 50 % in Europe and 33 % in Australia.

Interestingly, it's a diesel that offers the most potent performance, because the 335d - a turbocharged 3 - litre straight - six - produces 309bhp at 4400rpm and a substantial 465 lb ft of torque between 1500 and 2500rpm.

The handling is awesome... I like this car so much I got my wife an X5d... just hope she remembers is diesel...

The lubricant would be diesel, the solvent would be gasoline.

For example, if a vehicle consumes around 5 l / km, traveling distance is 35 km and this is a diesel vehicle, then the result would be:

But few Americans are diesel fans, or even aware of the benefits.

Twenty - three percent of Volkswagen's August sales were diesels, the automaker said on Sept. 1.

All the cars are diesel.

There's little to indicate it's a diesel; its lone badge modestly bills the car as a «2.0 TD,» not a diesel.

Also available for the first time in the States is the diesel - powered, all - wheel - drive X3 xDrive 28d, with the now - familiar 2.0 - liter turbodiesel unit featured in the BMW 328d.

It helps that his daily... driver is a diesel.

There are no diesel engines, because the hybrid system costs about the same as a diesel would cost and achives similar fuel efficiency with a cleaner exhaust.

At cruising speed, you'd never know this was a diesel.