Sentences with phrase «of diesel powered cars»

Given the current uncertainty over the fate of diesel powered cars and deregulated fuel prices, buyers are seeing petrol engines in big cars as a viable option again.

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Despite her criticism of car makers, Merkel rejected a blanket ban on diesel autos, saying that a gasoline - powered vehicle actually emitted more CO2 than a diesel one.

Today I was driving my GASOLINE powered car around a city with a lot of other GASOLINE powered cars, I saw some trucks and buses driving around with DIESEL engines, and got stopped at a level crossing while a train, pulled by 2 DIESEL locomotives went by.

FUEL ECONOMY - Diesels can get up to 30 percent more miles per gallon of fuel than similar gas powered cars and can be more economical than gasoline - electric hybrids.

The use of petrol and diesel engines to power cars will also need to be «much less dominant» and replaced with electric power and biofuels, a policy meeting in the House of Commons heard.

The New Plant Fuel «Green diesel,» as it's being called, isn't the first effort to use plants to power cars; your gas tank probably has a blend of gas and plant - derived ethanol inside it right now.

Powering the fourth - gen car will be a selection of petrol engines or a CDTi diesel engine.

Accelerator response seemed a bit delayed at times, but otherwise the diesel powerplant barely changes the S - class driving experience at all: the car still has plenty of passing power, it still rides and handles amazingly well for a big sedan, and it still immerses its occupants in extreme luxury.

Part of Lexus» future strategy is to take advantage of the move against diesel - powered cars in city centers because of their higher NOx emissions compared to hybrid - and gas - powered cars.

Although diesel - powered cars are becoming less of an oddity in the U.S., they are still relatively rare in the sport - utility segment.

The entire list is composed of electric and hybrid cars, with nary a diesel - or tradition internal combustion - powered car to be found.

First of all let me say that I already read this question and its answer, so it's clear to me why diesel - powered cars need a warm - up time.

With new prototype regulations arriving next year, there wasn't much buzz in the prototype classes other than Mazda's decision to jettison the uncompetitive diesel that hamstrung its cars for the past two seasons in favor of a conventional gasoline - powered engine.

Other notable factors are a lower proportion of diesel - powered engines across the Australian car and LCV fleet than in Europe, fewer government incentives for lower - emissions vehicles and relatively low fuel prices compared with Europe.

Drag racing is world apart from production consumer cars, drag diesel engines run advanced injector timing and lots of fuel delivery, since diesels to not control power using an intake throttle plate like gasoline engines, they use the amount of fuel injected to control power delivered, lots of fuel lots of power.

We're still waiting for the official arrival of the diesel - powered Mazda6 in U.S. showrooms, but that's not stopping Mazda from actively campaigning diesel - powered race cars in the U.S.. Following the success of the Skyactiv - D - powered Mazda6 in the Grand Am GX series, Mazda is entering a prototype race car in the 2014 TUDOR United SportsCar Championship.

Both of these new engines will be available from July, joining three other petrol power plants and two other diesels, all of which are available in three - or five - door cars, a first for the Mini.

However, much of the diesel engine powering the car was stock.

Battery powered cars have environmentally unfriendly mining processes for the battery precious metals, and taking into account the shipping of the various components and the huge battery weight it makes it laughable really they'll never handle as well as a conventional petrol or diesel car until battery tech either comes a huge way or the fuel cell tech moves forward.

The BMW 5 Series for 2014 represents one of the most complete luxury car lines in the industry, offering a base turbocharged sedan, a powerhouse high - performance M version, diesel - powered and V8 models, a hybrid and a somewhat controversially styled Grand Touring wagon / SUV.

The 1.4 - litre diesel was removed from the i20's powertrain options in late 2017 due to dwindling sales of diesel - powered cars in Europe.

«The Chevrolet Cruze diesel will be the first of many diesel - powered passenger cars General Motors will offer in the United States,» Kiefer said at the recent 2014 Management Briefing Seminars.

Reliable and long - lasting diesel powered heavy trucks move our goods from coast to coast and diesel propelled cars offer better fuel efficiency ratings than those of gasoline powered vehicles, still American consumers seem hesitant to purchase these clean burning and economical cars as their primary source of transportation.

The MY2018 cars will get the 286bhp and 400Nm torque setup of the 2.0 - litre petrol Ingenium engine while the diesel engine will pump out 237bhp of power and 340Nm of torque and will come mated to the existing nine - speed automatic transmission, a standard on all latest Land Rovers.

Is it due in part to the diesel powered cars of a bygone era?

Powered by the same set of 1.4 - litre petrol and 1.3 - litre diesel engines, the Special Edition car witnesses no changes on the mechanical front.

Like the current car, the 2015 Golf is offered in three guises: the Golf is powered by a 1.8 - litre turbocharged, direct - injection four - cylinder TSI engine; the Golf TDI Clean Diesel model gets a new 2.0 - litre common rail, turbocharged, direct - injected diesel engine; and the GTI gets an uprated 2.0 - litre four - cylinder TSI engine making about 210 horsepower and a healthy 258 lb - ft of torque.

Despite the fact that we are nearly a decade into the age of clean burning diesel fuels, many Americans continue to have an aversion towards family cars with diesel power - plants.

The diesel variant of the new A4 is powered by the same EA288 1968cc four - cylinder turbo - diesel motor as the old car, but its power and torque rating have taken a huge jump and the new A4 diesel now makes a healthy 188bhp and 400Nm of torque.

But, powering the Amaze is a 1.5 - litre diesel engine that gives out 100 PS of power, making it the most powerful car in its segment.

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The previous generation car which was powered by the behemoth 4.2 - litre TDI diesel engine had everything one would ask from an SUV of this stature.

Like all cars — hybrid, diesel or gasoline powered — the Fit's consumption of fuel is determined by how it's driven.

Audi execs hint that it may come to the United States — after all, Audi is debuting its diesel - powered, 650 - horsepower race car at the 12 Hours of Sebring endurance race on March 18, to make the public aware of how much diesel engines have improved.

Our test car was the ML350 CDI which is powered by a 3.0 - litre V6 diesel engine which generates 258 BHP of power and an impressive 620 Nm of torque.

The diesel motor employed in the Duster is the same 1.5 - litre engine which is powering the complete range of cars under Renault and Nissan's stable in India.

The Range Rover Evoque Landmark Edition is based on the SE trim of the regular car and gets a 2.0 - litre Ingenium diesel engine under the hood that develops 177 BHP of power and 430 Nm of torque.

As expected, the diesel - powered cars enjoyed a margin of superiority, but Aston Martin Racing fulfilled its mission of being the first petrol car home, having also been the quickest of the petrol cars during qualifying on Thursday night.

The big selling engine is the 2.1 - litre diesel in the C 220d and C 250d cars, which provides plenty of power and competitive fuel economy figures.

Our car has the higher - powered 168bhp version of the 2.0 - litre diesel engine with 400Nm of torque, so it feels punchy.

Its 1.3 - litre, four - cylinder, turbo - diesel engine makes the same power and torque as on the old car (75hp and 190Nm), but with gearing being significantly taller here (the final drive is different) in the interest of efficiency, there are no performance gains borne out of the weight reduction.

Most of these cars will still be diesel powered, although more efficient petrol engines are now being offered.

So while both Rams surprised me off - road the Chevrolet Colorado ZR2 had me seriously contemplating making new car payments on one of these capable diesel - powered medium sized «mini» trucks.

A clean - burning diesel sedan, Volkswagen AG's Jetta TDI, won the «Green Car of the Year» award at the Los Angeles auto show on Thursday, the first time a diesel - powered car hasCar of the Year» award at the Los Angeles auto show on Thursday, the first time a diesel - powered car hascar has...

Being a luxury car, it will get power seats, separate zone climate control, electric sunroof et al. along with the creative comforts, under the hood, you will have the latest 2.0 - litre diesel engine that comes with the XC90 and S90 but might be offered with a slightly lower state of tune.

The car will most likely arrive in its 2 - litre TDI diesel engine equipped version which produces 188 BHP of power and will be mated to a 6 - speed manual or a 7 - speed DSG gearbox.

It also has lots of the low - down pulling power diesel engines are famed for, so the diesel GLS makes for a superb (albeit pretty expensive) tow car.

Mazda will reinvent its Volkswagen Golf - rivalling 3 later this year with new engine tech that could eventually spell the end of diesel power in its cars.

It had the distinction of being the first diesel - powered GM car in the North American market in 28 years.

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...