Sentences with phrase «small diesel engines not»

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.

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.»

In diesels, small is not often beautiful So far, diesel looks good compared to gasoline, but its drawbacks start to emerge in the engine.

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.

While using a small diesel engine to achieve such excellent fuel economy numbers could work, it wouldn't work in terms of pricing.

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.

Why is Mercedes using this small diesel engine and not the better torque delivery 2,1 - liter engine?

Americans aren't big on diesels or small engines, so those are most likely out, too.

You won't match the saloon's headline 70.6 mpg in the XF Sportbrake, although the smallest diesel engine is the economy champ, with a claimed 62.8 mpg on a combined cycle.

While mainstream versions of both the new i30 hatch and wagon will again come with small four - cylinder petrol and diesel engines matched with manual and automatic transmissions, the i30 N hot hatch will deliver more than 200kW and 300Nm.

It's a shame the Promaster City doesn't offer a diesel engines like its Fiat cousin (none of its rivals do either) but even as they stand, these smaller, more fuel - efficient workhorses are a welcome addition to our urban roadscapes.

Powertrains have not been officially announced, but a 1.2 - liter petrol engine with an optional automatic transmission, and a sub -1.5-liter diesel engine (either the Grand's 1.1 - liter 3cyl mill or the i20 ′ s 1.4 - liter four - pot) are mandatory to meet the small car regulations.

Even the Brits can't say for sure how the new Swift will be priced and specified, but they seem pretty certain that the small Suzuki will offer a 1.3 - litre diesel and a 1.2 - litre petrol engine when it arrives there.

Like most small capacity diesel - engines, this Honda oilburner is quite noisy too with NVH levels not anywhere close to Renault - Nissan's k9k DCi motor.

Not content with its efforts toward reduced consumption in its luxury cars with diesel, smaller turbocharged engines, and lightweight materials, Mercedes - Benz is jumping on the hybrid bandwagon with the S550 e plug - in hybrid.

Both turbo - diesel engines feature parallel sequential turbocharging which JLR claims improves response (via the smaller turbo) but not at the expense of top - end power (hence the larger blower).

It's not clear yet what will replace diesel trucks, possibly natural gas for a while, although the greenhouse advantages of natural gas over efficient diesel engines are small.