Sentences with phrase «petrol than diesel»

Mercedes - Benz receives 65 % demand for diesel cars in its portfolio but with the C - Class they receive more response for the petrol than the diesel.

At idle, the more powerful iteration of the 2.2 - litre unit emits nothing more than a muted clatter, while under load the soundtrack is more petrol than diesel.

Not exact matches

While power generation can be shifted to other energy sources rather than coal, it's not so easy to find substitutes for liquid transportation fuels like petrol, diesel fuel, or jet fuel.

What did the revolts brought to the people in those countries any thing other than continuos unending revolts and demonstrations scarcity of essential commodities and products adding to the sky high prices... While other essential needs such as electricity power supply, water, gas, diesel, petrol are being used as a pressure tool by the opposition or the ruling party to keep people mad on the streets rather than going home seeing to their daily living making and minding their own businesses... but what business will continue with such chaos and disorder...?

Latest tests show that new diesel models emit less nitrous oxides than petrol cars (between TWO and SIX times less, depending)...

@DenisdeBernardy - Oh, and one more thing: diesels by design emit less than Petrol.

It should raise the price of diesel relative to petrol — after all, what now is the case for making diesel cheaper than leaded petrol?

After all, aren't diesels the green cars, the ones that use less fuel than petrol - run cars and therefore conserve natural resources and reduce global warming?

The caveat here are the new hybrid gasoline engines which dramatically improve petrol fuel consumption, which coupled with the lower carbon density of the fuel make them lower emitters than an equivelant engine size diesel.

However, on average a diesel engine tends to be between 30 % to 40 % more eficient in fuel consumption than its equivelant engine size petrol counterpart, therefore, per km the diesel engine will emit less.

The BMW, meanwhile, may be all out of puff at 4800rpm and have half the Mazda's usable rev - range, but there's no frustration here — the twin - turbo diesel is quicker on the uptake than the petrol Volvo and for in - gear muscle has the measure of all its rivals.

> MPG and running costs - The diesel and 1.2 petrol are both frugal, if more so on paper than they'll do on the road.

Where it differs is almost everywhere else: It's bigger, feels tougher, looks angrier, drinks petrol rather than diesel, and is - unnatural though it is to use the phrase in this context - more focused.

For the # 16,430 SEAT it's a diesel's high thermal efficiency, allowing an official 61.4 «combined» mpg and 123g / km (diesel produces more CO2 per volume unit burnt than petrol does), while for the # 20,660 Volkswagen it's the use of forced induction on a downsized engine resulting in official figures of 42.8 mpg and 154g / km.

All engines are turbocharged, a range of diesel and petrol options are available, refinement levels are better than most of the competition.

The petrol version of the Mercedes GL500 is going to sell in tiny numbers in the UK, but it's a better driver's car than its Bluetec diesel sister

Other engines on offer include two petrols — a 99bhp 1.4 - litre and 118bhp 1.6 - litre — as well as a 108bhp tune of this 1.6 diesel and a very meagre sounding 89bhp 1.4 CRDi, which majors only on list price with worse fuel economy than the 1.6 and a yawning 13.5 sec 0 - 62 time; unlikely to be called upon in Top Trumps, but it will translate into overtaking frustration in the real world.

From then on there were the also the 0.9, 1.0, 1.2 lt turbo engines by most carmakers but since the emissions tests are now going to be based on real life conditions and not lab conditions, even those displacements apart from the diesel ones will prove to pollute more than what is claimed and as such, especially in the non-turbo small petrol engines the only way to meet the emissions is to upsize in order also to maintain and improve performance.

The ST is also available with a 183bhp diesel engine that, with 295 lb ft available from 2000 to 2750rpm, is even torquier than the petrol unit.

Don't expect to achieve those numbers in real - world driving, but over most journeys the diesel should sip significantly lower quantities of fuel than the petrol.

Other XJ power units remain as they were, fronted by a 3 - litre V6 turbocharged diesel with 296bhp and just a pound - foot less torque than the XJR575 (albeit developed from 2000rpm), and a 3 - litre supercharged petrol V6 putting 335bhp and 332 lb ft to the floor.

The diesel engine also feels heavier than the petrol powerplant, pulling the nose wide when asked to take tighter corners quickly.

I was told the old diesel engines would run much longer than a petrol engine.

Poised to be the most dynamic Bentayga yet, the V8 petrol still tips the scales at 2395 kg, 45 kg and 116 kg less than the W12 and diesel versions respectively, so don't expect much in the way of Cayenne - rivalling handling capability on account of its considerable mass.

The Brabus C - Class refinement program is more subtle than most, and offers power upgrades for the petrol - powered C200 and the diesel - fired C220 Bluetec.

It's smoother, more linear and more refined throughout its rev range than Mazda's current Skyactiv - G petrol, pulls cleanly from tickover in high gears if required, and doesn't have a hint of diesel - style rattle.

In contrast, the torquey 2.2 - litre diesel effortlessly puts in an 8.1 - second time and matches the petrol unit's 130mph top speed (eight seconds dead and 132mph for the Fastback) and in reality, for most drivers, it will be far quicker than the petrol units for more of the time, as it has a usable mid-range obviating the need for revs.

The diesel vRS is slower than the petrol versions, but it's hardly the sort of car you'd leave on the bench.

While significantly more costly to run than the diesel, the petrol engine is relatively efficient considering how powerful it is.

Fuel contaminants such as dirt and water are often more problematic in diesel engines than in petrol engines.

All diesel engines will have a fuel filter (usually much finer than a filter on a petrol engine), and a water trap.

It'll initially be launched with three engines, two petrol and one diesel, all of which will be more powerful and more efficient than the engines in the current 7 - Series range.

The diesels do cost more money to buy new than the petrols but could make sense if you do a lot of miles, because they're even more economical.

There's no diesel engine, instead you can choose between a 200t turbocharged petrol for the best performance or the 300h hybrid, which is cleaner than the thirsty 200t, but can still only manage 57.6 mpg.

The Auris has low claimed CO2 emissions, too, and this means it stacks up well as a company car — the Benefit - in - Kind (BiK) bracket is lower than for the petrol or diesel model and compares well against rival hatchbacks and small estates.

Local pricing and specifications were announced in June for no fewer than 50 different Velar variants, including three diesel engines (D180 and D240 four - cylinder and D300 V6), six petrol engines (P250 and P300 four - cylinder and P380 V6), four equipment grades (Velar, S, SE and HSE) and three design packages (Velar, R - Dynamic and First Edition), plus an extensive options list.

Don't expect more than 38mpg out of either of the petrols, but the front - wheel - drive diesel can exceed 65mpg.

Although those prices are $ 3000 more than the entry - level Si ($ 40,990 petrol, $ 44,990 diesel), Kia claims the Si Limited brings $ 3000 of extra standard equipment for no extra cost.

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.

Plug - in petrol - electric Panamera makes a better case than ever to supplant the diesel best seller, but it still appeals more to the head than the heart

Fuel economy has been slightly improved on the turbo - diesel (down 0.4 to 7.7 L / 100 km for the auto) but the petrol engine is 0.3 L / 100 km thirstier than its predecessor at 9.4.

Tipping the scales at 1,237 kg, the petrol Nexon is lighter than the petrol EcoSport, but the 1,305 kg Nexon diesel is the heaviest of the three diesels in the segment.

The 2013 Range Rover Sport is expected to be powered by the 3.0 - litre V6 diesel engine, boasting of 255 BHP of power as well as the supercharged 5.0 — litre V8 petrol engine with more than 500 BHP of power.

On the fuel efficiency front, the Tata Nexon delivers 21.5 kpl for the diesel variant and 17kpl for the petrol, which means it is thirstier than its rivals.

The 95bhp 1.3 - litre diesel costs about # 2,000 more than the cheapest petrol and its fuel economy of 76.3 mpg is significantly better, but it's slow, with 0 - 62mph again taking 12.3 seconds.

Petrol - powered 2008s are a little cheaper to insure than the equivalent diesels.

But Land Rover feel that the best market for the hybrid Range Rover and Sport is actually Europe, and that the diesel engine produces better economy in the hybrid setup than the V6 petrol would.

Having recently been updated, the current Quattroporte boasts (alongside its Ferrari - developed V8) more efficient petrol engines than before, as well as a diesel version.

Logic would perhaps have dictated that the new hybrid should have a petrol engine, rather than a diesel, as the biggest hybrid markets in the world — the US and China — have no real appetite for diesel engines.

The petrol version of the Q3 weighs 20 kgs less than diesel model.