Sentences with phrase «thirst for fuel»

That means more congestion, longer commutes and a growing thirst for fuel, unless we act now.

If you're more interested in power than economy, the 3.0 - litre TDI can be chosen in 268bhp single - turbo or 316bhp BiTDI twin - turbo forms — the latter can blast to 62mph from rest in just five seconds at the expense of a 47.1 mpg thirst for fuel.

A twin - turbocharged W12 engine with monstrous thirst for fuel and air; an equally monstrous output.

At a cruise on a highway, this thing is a downright puppy dog — albeit one with a big thirst for fuel, thanks to a highway economy average of only 18 miles per gallon.

Those with the need for speed will find the R / T and SRT models with 5.7 - liter or 6.4 - liter V8s quite invigorating, though they have a copious thirst for fuel.

The old boxer's legendary thirst for fuel (and oil) became problematic, so the boffins at Toyota shared a tera - flop worth of direct injection engine data with Subaru to keep the project moving.

Of course, with size also comes sacrifice and a 12 miles per gallon city / 16 mpg highway rating from the 6.0 - liter, 345 - horsepower V - 8, which has plenty of spirit from the light and up the hill, yet a strong thirst for fuel.

While hardly perfect — it had soggy handling, loose steering and a prodigious thirst for fuel — that original Cherokee was, and in many cases still is, loved, leaving its replacement with mighty big boots to fill.

Audi luxury sedan has an economy cars thirst for fuel.

And though the babassu palm grows wild in Brazil — not unlike switchgrass, a native perennial grass that might be used for ethanol in North America — there may not be enough of it to slake much of commercial aviation's thirst for fuel.

Generations of families have grown up with the Suburban, which is why, despite its massive size and thirst for fuel, it remains an integral part of the American automotive story.

However, the voraciousness of the naturally - aspirated V8's thirst for fuel is also notable at 10.9 L / 100 km on the ADR Combined cycle — some 2.6 L / 100 km more than the dual - clutch - equipped M4.

Fuel mileage is advertised at 20/26 mpg, yet with boost comes a thirst for fuel, leading to an observed 17 - 18 mpg in mixed driving.

It came to counter long - standing criticism of the locally - built 4.0 - litre petrol six - cylinder engine's thirst for fuel.

This car could really use a smaller capacity turbo powertrain to enhance response and also to reduce its thirst for fuel.

Economy: The LTD is EPA - rated at 17 miles per gallon city and 24 mpg highway, seemingly generous because the 1988 four - door sedan we test drove had a thirst for fuel.

Although SUVs have long been big sellers as family cars, some drivers have tired of their poor handling and thirst for fuel; sales of traditional SUVs fell 13 percent last year.

Just get the basics so right that buyers will forgive the shiny and nasty leathers, previous purple - power colored plastic interiors, and a thirst for fuel like a Nascar fan slamming morning beers in the infield.

Professor Tad Patzek of the University of Berkeley in California - who says biofuel will «never produce volumes sufficient to satisfy our thirst for fuels», and adds they «severely» damage the environment, argues scientists are being used as a tool to justify government backing.

Jacques Diouf, its head, reserved most of his reprobation for the U.S.'s billions of corn ethanol subsidies (roughly $ 12b in 2006), which he said were depriving developing countries of food, reports The Guardian's Julian Borger.He accused the U.S. of diverting close to 100 million tons of cereals from human consumption to «satisfy a thirst for fuel for vehicles.»

«Nobody understands [why] $ 11 - 12bn of subsidies in 2006 and protective tariff policies [should be used to] divert 100m tonnes of cereals from human consumption, mostly to satisfy a thirst for fuel for vehicles,» Diouf, the FAO director general, said.