New turbocharged gasoline engines are making them fun, fast, and frugal, and they have as much to offer as
small turbocharged diesel engines.
Not exact matches
In the Grand Cherokee, you can opt for a
smaller gasoline V - 6 that changes your numbers to 18/25/21 mpg, or even a truly fuel - efficient 3.0 - liter,
turbocharged diesel V - 6 that returns a thrifty 21/28/24 mpg.
We've long marveled at how the Golf is a singularly engaging compact, no matter if it's powered by a
turbocharged four - cylinder, an in - line five - cylinder, or a
small turbo -
diesel.
To put it in perspective, the A7
diesel gets much better highway fuel economy than the much
smaller Volkswagen GTI, which has a
turbocharged, 2.0 - liter gasoline four - cylinder, and it's almost on par with a four - cylinder Honda Accord.
The 2.2 - litre
diesel engine offered at launch has been replaced by a
smaller capacity
turbocharged 2.0 - litre Ingenium engine.
Thanks to radical downsizing, the
Turbocharged Small Gasoline Engine achieves
diesel - like CO2 emission levels, which are further reduced in its natural gas version with CO2 emissions lower than 80 g / km in many vehicle applications.
This is reflected in its styling, with simple, strong lines, but very few curves or haunches to raise the pulse of a driving enthusiast, while the range of
small turbocharged petrol and
diesel engines has been tuned for economy and reliability rather than speed.
It also will be
turbocharged for added power.Based on its size, the engine most likely is destined for a
small car.Detroit
Diesel, best known for its
diesel engines for heavy - duty commercial trucks, supplies
diesel engines for Chrysler minivans and Jeep Grand Cherokees built in Austria and sold throughout Europe.
Drivers can choose between the standard 1.4 - liter ECOTEC ® DOHC
turbocharged four - cylinder engine, which delivers 153 horsepower, or the new 1.6 - liter ECOTEC ® DOHC turbo
diesel four - cylinder engine, which sacrifices only a
small amount of horsepower for added fuel efficiency.
Based on the 2015 Geneva Mitsubishi XR concept that featured an advanced plug - in hybrid powertrain, the
small SUV that will sit above the ASX but below the Outlander in Mitsubishi's line up will initially come with either a
turbocharged 1.5 - litre petrol or a 2.2 - litre
diesel.
Both the four and six - cylinder
diesels featured in various forms in the old model, while the four - cylinder
turbocharged petrol units debuted in the
smaller 3 Series.
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.
Chrysler / Fiat, realizing that American pickup truck owners were suffering under the load of all that gas saving eco-baggage, opted to market the industry's first
small - displacement
turbocharged diesel light - duty pickup.
In Europe, engines with displacements as
small as 1.4 - litre (petrol) / 1.6 - litre (
diesel) are offered, but in India, only either of the 1.8 - litre TSI
turbocharged four - cylinder and 2.0 - litre TSI
turbocharged four - cylinder petrol engines, and the 2.0 - litre TDI
turbocharged four - cylinder
diesel, will be offered.
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).
Since the TAR, the energy efficiency of road vehicles has improved by the market success of cleaner directed - injection
turbocharged (TDI)
diesels and the continued market penetration of many incremental efficiency technologies; hybrid vehicles have also played a role, though their market penetration is currently
small.