Sentences with phrase «diesel sales take»
I've often said that VW's diesel sales take rate is not a sign of its success; it's a sign of its sales failure in the United States.
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Over the weekend, Volkswagen took the highly unusual step of suspending sales of certain 2015 clean diesel models, while it figures out how to fix cars with software designed...
EcoBoost gas - powered turbo V - 6 versions of the Ford F - 150 now account for 60 percent of sales, while the 6.7 - liter Power Stroke V - 8 diesel enjoys nearly 85 - percent take rate on the Ford F - Series Super Duty pickups.
The first - ever production diesel for the half - ton Ford F - 150 pickup truck goes on sale this spring, though U.S. and Canadian dealers will start taking orders this month.
Meanwhile, even in Europe, where it takes incentives to keep diesel car sales high, electrification is starting to take hold.
At a time when the take rate of diesel engines has been dwindling, what with increasingly stringent NOx and particulate emission regulations, and sales of hybrids and increasingly frugal gasoline - powered vehicles are mushrooming, the future for diesels is uncertain.
Volkswagen and General Motors, with the Chevrolet Cruze and Colorado, and GMC Canyon, and Chrysler with the Ram 1500 pickup are the only non-premium brands that offer diesel engine options in the U.S.. For VW, the diesel take - rate has reached up to 25 percent of U.S. sales in a given month, though recently, low gasoline and diesel fuel prices here have blunted such sales.
Jaguar took to the 11th floor of Detroit's Argonaut Building ahead of the Detroit auto show to announce new diesel engines, tout some impressive sales figures and tease the upcoming Jaguar F - Pace...
All launch cars had a 2.0 - litre diesel engine — expected to take at least 90 percent of sales (a 2.4 petrol being the only alternative).
Following France's announcement a few weeks ago that it was banning the sale of new gas - and diesel - powered cars starting in 2040, the internal - combustion engine took another smack today when the...
Last year the diesel - powered Panamera only accounted for 15 percent of all Panamera sales, while the gasoline versions accounted for 35 percent, while the Panamera 4 E-Hybrid took the biggest slice at 50 percent.
«We've effectively made the decision not to bring diesel engines, however, you can special order the 1.6 TDI,» she said, pointing to a low take - up of diesel powerplants in the range, in which oil - burning engines accounted for just five per cent of all A3 sales last year.
If we stopped selling gasoline and diesel powered cars today and only allowed the sale of electric cars, it would take 20 years to get all the gasoline and diesel powered cars off the road.