In
the future only diesel engines with great exhaust gas treatment should be built and these as a hydraulic hybrid.
Not exact matches
Not
only can components be shared between
diesel and petrol units, but also with hybrid electric systems, suggesting we will see a significant number of hybrid cars from the automaker in the
future too.
When The Detroit News asked Nissan senior vice president for U.S. sales Fred Diaz when the Titan
diesel would be coming, he
only said «Not Soon Enough,» but also hinted at technologies being considered for other
future products.
VW had a chance to distinguish itself and the Passat as the
only midsize sedan offering a
diesel (the Mazda6
diesel never made it to the U.S.), but now the company's emissions deception will indeed have long - reaching consequences that put a lot of doubt into Volkswagen's
future plans for the U.S. market.
As for the engine line - up, the
future GL - Class will get both a fuel - efficient 210 HP 3.0 - liter turbo -
diesel V6 engine and a 300 HP V6 for the European market, while the US will probably
only get a V8 engine.
As a next step, Mercedes - Benz is now due to offer the R, ML and GL 320 BlueTEC in the USA, the world's first three
diesel cars which not
only meet the particularly demanding criteria of the American Bin 5 standard, but also have the potential to fulfil the stringent EU6 standard due in the
future - and which therefore considerably better all the current, worldwide exhaust emission standards for
diesel passenger cars.
News about the
future availability of a
diesel engine comes
only a few days after the start of G - Class» production at the Magna Steyr factory in Graz, Austria where the iconic off - roader has been in production since 1979.
«The show car not
only demonstrates a fascinating, new design idiom, but - with our new, high - performance and economical
diesel drive system using BlueTEC technology - shows that Mercedes - Benz vehicles will also set standards in the
future in terms of sustainability as well as emotional appeal, driving pleasure and comfort.»
The engine is still mated
only to a 5 - speed manual gearbox and sadly, there is no AMT on offer as of now or in the near
future, which in our opinion is a big opportunity lost by Maruti Suzuki as there is most certainly a growing number of people who want an automatic
diesel crossover!