As you pay a # 1,500 premium to choose the 1.6 -
litre diesel over the petrol, you'll need to drive a long way to recoup the extra cost in fuel savings.
Not exact matches
With petrol prices last week climbing
over 140p for a
litre of unleaded fuel for the first time ever (according to Experian Catalist) and the cost of
diesel lingering around record highs, sentiment towards the oil companies has unsurprisingly started to fall again.
The Defender has been tweaked
over the years with various new engines - it's about to receive its seventh different
diesel motor, a version of JLR's 2.2 -
litre four - cylinder that will help it through the next round of Euro emissions tests.
Entry - level models will come with 2.0 -
litre petrol or
diesel engines offering closer to 260 hp and
over 250 lb - ft of torque and will get to 60 mph in 6 seconds flat.
The BMW TwinPower
diesel engine is also the most upgraded engine in attendance, pushing out 190 hp / 400 Nm
over the previous 320d's 180 hp / 380 Nm of torque, bettering fuel consumption by 0.5
litres / 100 km to 4.0
litres / 100 km, and is speedier
over a 100 km / h dash by 0.2 seconds for a claimed 7.2 seconds.
Honda has not revealed the engine details for the new Amaze yet, but expect the 88hp, 1.2 -
litre petrol and 100hp, 1.5 -
litre diesel engines and the five - speed manual to be carried
over from the current - gen car.
Other markets can opt for a 2.8 -
litre diesel, which is more powerful and torquey but doesn't quite meet the emissions regulations
over here yet.
All of the engines used in the GLC Coupe are tried and tested, particularly the 2.1 -
litre diesel that has been used in several Mercedes models
over a number of years without big problems emerging.
According to FCA, 25 per cent of Ram pickup buyers opt for a
diesel engine (this includes the 6.7 -
litre Cummins in the heavy - duty pickups), despite the added cost
over the standard gasoline engine.
The new Amaze is built on an all - new platform and will carry
over the same 1.2 -
litre petrol and 1.5 -
litre diesel engines.
The power train options have been carried
over from the current car where the petrol option is the 1.2 -
litre K - Series engine producing 83bhp / 114Nm while the
diesel is the 1.3 -
litre Multijet producing 75bhp / 190Nm.
The 4.4
litre V8
diesel carries
over from the current Range Rover too, but much to our surprise Land Rover are going back to a 3.0
litre TDV6 offering too.
The 2.2 -
litre diesel engine now makes 155hp and 360Nm of torque — an increase of 15hp and 30Nm
over the previous version.
The 158 BHP, 2.2 -
litre and the 197 BHP, 3.2 -
litre diesel engines are likely to be carried
over to the Endeavour facelift.
The Elantra comes with two engine options — a 2.0 -
litre VTVT petrol and a 1.6 -
litre CRDi
diesel, and both the engines are
over 1.5 -
litre in displacement.
Despite some
diesel clatter, and the $ 3000 premium
over the petrol engine, the 2.2 -
litre turbo -
diesel with six - speed auto is arguably the pick of the powertrains, which also includes a 110kW / 197Nm 2.0 -
litre petrol engine.
Two four - cylinder petrols are offered, displacing 2.0 and 2.4
litres, while the carry -
over 2.0 -
litre turbo -
diesel remains available on all but the base grade variant.
ECO-LIFE, a zero emission vehicle (ZEV), the company says, will save the equivalent of around 959 tonnes of carbon dioxide emission and 350,000
litres of
diesel over the 10 years of its operation.
Compared to the
diesels, the 1.6 -
litre T - GDi turbo petrol looks uncompetitive with CO2 emissions figures of
over 170g / km.
The GLS will certainly retain the 3.0 -
litre V6
diesel engine that develops about 260bhp of power and
over 600Nm of torque for the GLS 350d variant.
The sedan carries
over the same 1.2 -
litre i - VTEC petrol and 1.5 -
litre i - DTEC
diesel engines from the previous model.
The updated GL - Class gets an upgraded 3.0 -
litre V6
diesel engine which produces 258 BHP of power at 3600 RPM, an increase of 34 BHP
over the outgoing model.
The new A6 Ultra sedan and wagon employ a unique version of the A6 2.0 TDI's 2.0 -
litre four - cylinder turbo -
diesel engine, which delivers 120kW (10kW less peak power than the standard model) and a hefty 400Nm of torque
over 1750 - 3000rpm — up 20Nm.
While the Dragon series petrol engine is all - new in the range, the 1.5 -
litre TDCi
diesel mill is carried
over from the pre-facelift version.
Likely to be driven by a newly - developed 1.5 -
litre i - DTEC Earth Dreams
diesel engine, this new car is going to be the first oil - burner model ever to be launched by the Honda camp, which makes it all the more significant for the millions of admirers that the company has earned itself
over the years.
Although it suffered from excess oil consumption early on, the LC70's bullocking DOHC 4.5 -
litre diesel V8 — a long - stroke design that continues with unchanged outputs of 151kW of power at 3400rpm and 430Nm of torque
over 1200 - 3200rpm — has proven itself as a trusty, torque - laden device that's perfectly fit for purpose.
The interior design has not been fiddled around with and is carried
over from the current model, while the current 1.6 -
litre petrol, 1.8 -
litre diesel engines will continue to power the saloon in China.
The formidable new 200PS 3.2 -
litre five - cylinder
diesel engine delivers a stump - pulling 470Nm of torque,
over 23 per cent more than the3.0 -
litre engine it replaces.
In a segment where
diesel models represent
over 75 % of total sales in Europe, Hyundai is anticipating that the 1.7 -
litre diesel unit developing 136 ps will be the most popular engine among both private and fleet buyers.
The almost Rs 1 crore premium
over the Land cruiser might be justified only if you were looking for exclusivity as your sole criteria because in any other case, you can buy the daddy Range Rover, the long - wheel base Autobiography at that, with either the 4.4 -
litre turbocharged
diesel V8 or the 5.0 -
litre supercharged petrol V8 engine.
The 150PS 2.2 -
litre four - cylinder
diesel engine replaces the previous2.5 -
litre unit in the Ranger line up, and with a substantial 375Nm of torque offers
over 13 per cent more pulling power.
The latest offering of this group, the Audi A8 L 4.2 TDI Quattro, was introduced last year in the country when it came out featuring a 4.2 -
litre, V8, CRDI, turbo
diesel mill, promising impressive peak power and torque outputs of 346bhp at 4000rpm and 800Nm
over 1750 - 2750rpm respectively.
The current GLK's turbocharged 2.1 -
litre four - cylinder
diesel should carry
over into a new GLK 250 BlueTEC while a V6 should also remain in a new GLK 350.
The Endeavour facelift is likely to carry
over the same 160 PS 2.2 -
litre and 199 PS 3.2 -
litre diesel motors.
Over the course of the SX4's lifespan, there were three
diesel engines in the range and the most recent of those was a 2.0 -
litre turbocharged version.
At entry level, the GLS carries
over the 3.0 -
litre turbo -
diesel V6, rated at 190kW and 620Nm.
The current 1.2 -
litre, 4 - cylinder petrol with 87 BHP and 109 Nm as well as the 1.5 -
litre, 4 - cylinder
diesel with 99 BHP and 200 Nm of torque is likely to be carried
over.
Meanwhile, the 1.5 -
litre, 4 - cylinder
diesel engine has been carried
over.
With doubts hanging
over the future of
diesel sales in many key European markets, BMW has future - proofed the new 1 Series by providing it with at least one mild - hybrid drivetrain in the form of a turbocharged 2.0 -
litre four - cylinder petrol engine fitted with an integrated starter motor and 48V electric system.
Output and fuel consumption figures for the carry -
over engines are 109kW, 192Nm and 6.1 L / 100 km (auto FWD) for the 2.0 -
litre petrol variants, or 77kW, 270Nm and 4.8 L / 100 km (auto FWD) for the 1.5 -
litre turbo -
diesel.
The 2.1 -
litre diesel engine in the V - Class has been carried
over from the previous model, but it was revised for 2015, with the entry - level 220 CDI version producing 160bhp and 280 lb ft of torque.
Initially, the seven - seat family SUV will feature the carry -
over 2.2 -
litre turbo -
diesel engine; a decision on petrol powertrains is yet to be made.
A standard five - year plan for the 2.0 -
litre diesel engine gets you two services
over that period for # 675, while high - mileage users can pay # 825 for three services
over five years.
Also carried
over from the C - Class sedan and T - Modell, the engine range comprises of four petrol and two
diesel variants, all of them featuring four cylinders, turbo and direct injection: C 180 (1.6 liter / 156 CP), C 200 (2 liter / 184 HP), C 250 (2 liter, 211 HP) and C 300 (2
litres, 245 HP) on the petrol side plus the 2.2 liter 4 - cylinder with 170 HP (C 220 d) and 204 HP (C 250 d) dedicated to fans of the oil - burning philosophy.
The existing 2.2 - and 3.2 -
litre TDCi
diesel engines will be carried
over.
It's based on the current 1.6 -
litre TDI
diesel model, with power increased to 108bhp
over the 104bhp of the standard car, but the same 184 lb ft of torque.
However, there are kerb weight gains averaging 40 kg for each variant, suspension remains unchanged bar tuning, the 2.0 -
litre engine is carried
over and, although the 2.5 -
litre petrol engine is claimed to be quieter and the 2.2 -
litre diesel engine smoother, all engines are less efficient.
The Creta facelift is expected to carry
over the 1.4 - and 1.6 -
litre diesel and the 1.6 -
litre petrol motor.
Fuel consumption in combined - cycle testing favours this Equinox variant (6.9 L / 100 km) by nearly three
litres over the 2.4 -
litre Captiva auto (front - wheel drive) and 1.3 L / 100 km ahead of the Captiva 5, even with a 2.2 -
litre diesel / auto combination.
This is enough to power the resort at its peak and saves
over 12,500
litres of
diesel per year — equivalent to 32.5 tonnes of CO2 emissions.