Also, they will be launching an all new Colorado / Canyon and there is a rumor
of a small diesel option.
2014 Jeep Grand Cherokee Limited The off - road market is enamored
of the small diesel engine, so the new 2014 Jeep Grand Cherokee with optional 3.0 L V - 6 EcoDiesel engine should be a hot seller.
One test drive is all it takes to discover the inherent attraction
of a small diesel engine.
Choose one
of the smaller diesel or petrol engines, and running costs really are minimal.
Not exact matches
Susan Alt, senior vice president
of public affairs for Volvo Group North America, said the EPA's proposal «makes a mockery»
of the company's investments to develop clean
diesel engines and will «hurt a large number
of small businesses who are not selling glider vehicles.»
We need companies to invest and people to look at
small grid power systems, combinations
of wind and
diesel, thermal energy, hydro electric energy things that can be tailored for these individual villages depending on their location.
«After years
of claiming the OPEL business was critical to the company's global platform strategy in
small cars and
diesel engines (while suffering billions on losses), the company surprised the market with its decision to completely exit,» wrote Jonas.
Residents
of Dutchtown, a
small neighborhood in Rockland County, awoke Sunday morning to the stench
of diesel fuel blowing in off the nearby Hudson River.
The larger 70s - era generators will be removed and replaced with
smaller, modern generators, but the same general amount
of diesel power will still be in play.
Put simply, cellulosic oils and greases are fed into a «
diesel hydrotreater» with a
small amount
of petrodiesel, and hydrogen is forced into the mixture.
If you take into account the energy used to produce the electricity, and compare it with a well - to - wheel analysis
of the most efficient
diesel - engine cars available today, the difference is already fairly
small, says Kintner - Meyer.
Unlike the much - maligned black smoke emitted from older
diesel engines, soot emitted from gasoline direct injection engines is invisible to the naked eye because
of the particles» very
small size.
It produces less carbon dioxide emissions than coal for electricity or gasoline and
diesel for fuel, but even a
small amount
of natural gas release — which is essentially methane — packs a greenhouse gas punch about 30 times more powerful than the same amount
of carbon dioxide.
Burke notes that novel concepts such as renewable
diesel are «a very
small part
of our portfolio» and are unlikely to supply vast quantities
of energy, but he says they demonstrate a certain mind - set.
Nevertheless, the Cruze has turned things around for Chevrolet in the compact sedan segment, and the appearance
of the 2014 Cruze
diesel shows how serious General Motors is about this
small car.
A near - empty fillup
of our GTI was often a $ 65 ($ 73) affair, helping explain why a large number
of Europeans opts to purchase cars with
small, fuel - efficient
diesel engines.
Expect the
small Mercedes to more closely mirror the plethora
of variants offered by the BMW 3 Series in the future with the addition
of a convertible, a
diesel, and a hybrid.
Hot Shot drivers typically own one - ton, dually,
diesel trucks and pull 40 ′ gooseneck trailers that accommodate all sorts
of deliveries that are too
small for a full semi load.
Exterior & Styling With the exception
of a
small «TDI» badge on the rear passenger side, there's no visual differences to an A8 L TDI — well, except for our tester's massive «TDI clean
diesel» stickers.
While using a
small diesel engine to achieve such excellent fuel economy numbers could work, it wouldn't work in terms
of pricing.
They're pretty rough too, Merc's
small diesel engines not offering the sort
of smooth refinement that even some mainstream makers now deliver from their turbodiesels.
Volvo is in the process
of rolling out several gas,
diesel, and hybrid variants, and it is only after all the four - cylinders have rolled out that Volvo will start bringing in the even -
smaller Drive - E engines.
The Mini Cooper SD, the high performance
diesel variant
of the ever - popular
small car.
Our own sources have previously mentioned one
of GM's
small - displacement
diesel engines would eventually wind up in a North American product, but neglected to provide either a timeframe or potential product.
Overseas, the Ducato is available with a range
of small - displacement
diesels ranging from 1.4 - 3.0 liters in displacement.
Some
of these include a larger catalytic converters for the
smaller engines, or more frequent urea fill - ups for the larger 2.0 - liter
diesels.
However, they still need a
small amount (about 1 %)
of diesel blended in.
No matter what you drive it has a negative impact on the environment, yes even if you have no tail - pipe at all, at least these are
diesels and represent a very
small percentage
of what's on the road anyway.
I don't know if this is the case in
diesel engines, but in
small engines, frequently the position
of the engine makes a slight difference in the apparent level
of the oil.
One Hummer engineer shared his interesting idea for greener paths — use technology from the upcoming Chevy Volt to build a hybrid Hummer, since the torque
of an electric motor paired with a
small diesel engine could make for an even more impressive off - roader.
My bold prediction: We'll see
small, steady growth in sales
of diesel - powered light - duty trucks such as the Jeep Grand Cherokee and Chevrolet Colorado / GMC Canyon.
The new oil - burner in the half - ton F150 should prove interesting, and open its doors to a whole lump
of new customers that seek
diesel power in something
smaller than a heavy - duty truck and larger than the midsize Chevy Colorado.
Mercedes - Benz has been selling
small, steady numbers
of diesels on and off for decades, and that won't change much.
Two
small diesels, another concept foreign in the U.S. truck market, will be available via either a 2.2 - liter four - cylinder (148 horsepower, 277 pound - feet
of torque) or 3.2 - liter straight - five (197 horsepower, 347 pound - feet).
Given that in relative terms, the 4MATIC system adds a fairly
small amount to the sticker price on three
of these cars ($ 1,125 on the C350, $ 3,000 on the E350, $ 2,500 on the CLS550 and standard on the S - Class
diesel), along with the increase in weight, is it worth it?
Also one
of my injectors is leaking - there is no
diesel around it but i can hear it... I am reluctant to fix it because we did this twice this year, it costed a
small fortune and the problem is still there.
«VW's
small TSI engines are to gas engines what it's also pioneering TDI engines were to the
diesel world: a breakthrough in shattering assumptions
of what
small artificially - aspirated gas engines are capable
of, in terms
of both performance and economy.
Producing less power (275kW) but more torque (700Nm), the German SUV offers even more fantastical efficiency claims (1.7 L / 100 km, 46g / km
of C02), but should have the edge in the real world on account
of its choice
of a 3.0 - litre
diesel V6 rather than a
small petrol engine.
Autocar speculates that the new engine could be an evolution
of the current tri-turbo 3.0 - liter
diesel, with «a
small electrically - driven turbocharger to increase low - end boost pressure and provide added punch.»
Strengths
of this model include well - appointed interior., less expensive than most German rivals, available all - wheel drive, available
diesel drivetrain, and Luxury in a relatively
small package
The current B Class uses a bunch
of small 4 cylinder engines and some
diesels.
The less strained nature
of the larger
diesels may make it easier to average higher figures in the real world than the
smaller engine option, however.
Hopefully this
small SUV will come with 1.8 litre
of petrol engine that would produce 170 horsepower along with 2 litre
of TDI
diesel engine option, which would generate 136 horsepower.
What we do know about this alliance so far is that it will bring the development
of a new rear - wheel drive platform for
small cars and the sharing
of diesel and petrol engines between the two groups.
Being sold in Europe and South Korea, the Talisman has a number
of small - displacement (2.0 - liter and
smaller) gasoline and
diesel engines.
There are plenty
of plug - in hybrid models coming out, as well as highly efficient,
small displacement petrol and
diesel engines on the way.
In order to combine complementary strengths, Fiat Powertrain is the global center
of expertise for
diesel technology and
small displacement gas engines (less than or equal to 1.8 liters).
The 2009 Sorento saw the arrival
of the R - Engine family
of turbo
diesels, plus a world - class six - speed automatic transmission; the Venga featured a
smaller, 1.4 - litre version
of Kia's European - made CRDi U2
diesel; for the Sportage, a 1.7 - litre U2
diesel was added plus Kia's first direct - injection petrol engine — a 1.6 belonging to the Gamma family; and the latest Picanto has new 1.0 - and 1.25 - litre Kappa family engines.
If you want the only full - size pickup (so far) with the fuel economy
of a
smaller - displacement
diesel engine yet all the pulling and working power you'd expect, the 2014 Ram 1500 is for you.
These excellent figures are a result
of the world's
smallest four - cylinder common - rail turbo -
diesel engine.