by Jonathan Spira The 18-month mark of a long-term test car is a bittersweet moment. In one respect, we’ve gotten to know the car really well over the past year and a half. On the other hand, we know its time with us is coming to a close.
Our 2011 Palladium Silver Mercedes-Benz E350 …
Along with a more striking design for 2014, BMW is adding two 5 Series diesel models to its U.S. lineup. Starting this summer, BMW will offer the 535d and 535d xDrive sedans, giving the 5 Series buyer a total of nine options ranging from the 528i to the 550i to …
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The production version of the BMW i3 Megacity vehicle, the Bavarian automaker’s first-ever all-electric production car, is getting closer to its launch (the first customer deliveries are slated for fall) and an i3 mule has been spotted by The Diesel Driver driving around Munich, albeit highly camouflaged. Engineers are presumably …
Porsche announced new technology to complement its plug-in hybrid drive models. Because Porsche intends to sell these vehicles worldwide, the Zuffenhausen-based automaker sought to design a universal charging solution that would be applicable in all markets where the new hybrids will be available.
The Porsche Universal Charger (AC) will be included …
Earlier this year, Mazda, following in the footsteps of several other automakers that were about to introduce a diesel to the U.S. market, entered two Mazda6 diesel sedans in the grueling Rolex 24 (also known as the 24 Hours of Daytona) race.
Mazda will begin selling the oilburner towards the end …
According to data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration, the price per gallon of diesel that drivers are paying at the pump has gone down by 1.4%, while the average price of gasoline has gone down by 0.2%.
The average price of diesel was $3.887 this past week, down $0.055 from last …
When BMW unveiled the new 3 Series sedan to the world 18 months ago, a white diesel 320d EfficientDynamics Edition, led the way as model after model was paraded in front of thousands of cheering employees at the factory in Munich. When BMW launched the 3 Series in the U.S., …
The Diesel Driver’s current two long-term test cars are the Mercedes-Benz E350 BlueTec and the BMW X5 xDrive35d. The Volkswagen Jetta TDI left the fleet earlier this year and the BMW 335d left last summer.
In early May, The Diesel Driver will add a third long-term car to the current test …
At the 15th Shanghai International Automobile Industry Exhibition, Porsche introduced the new Panamera S E-Hybrid plug-in in concert with an updated version of the Panamera line. The original Panamera was introduced in Shanghai in 2009. Porsche added diesel and hybrid versions two years later.
Porsche chose Shanghai for the premier in …
At the Shanghai Auto Show, Volkswagen unveiled the CrossBlue Coupe concept, a five-seat gasoline-electric plug-in hybrid SUV capable of 79 mpg or 2.97 l/100 km as well as the iBeetle, a iPhone app and in-vehicle docking station.
The CrossBlue shows off a new version of Volkswagen’s design language including a dramatic …
Mercedes-Benz is planning to launch a new line of smaller luxury vehicles, including an SUV, a four-meter van, and a two-door hatchback, in an attempt to compete with BMW’s Mini brand. The report first appeared in Focus magazine on Sunday.
Given the popularity of diesels in Europe, it is almost a …
Maserati announced its first diesel automobile, the Ghibli. The car will debut at the Shanghai auto show next week.
Buyers will have a choice of a 3.0-liter V6 turbodiesel (the same VM Motori diesel engine that is available in the Jeep Grand Cherokee in Europe as well as the Nacia Thema), …
NEW YORK—German automakers debuted several small, efficient cars on the first day of the New York International Auto Show, while General Motor’s Cadillac division showed an updated CTS that it hopes will recapture buyers of imported luxury cars.
BMW introduced the 328d, its highly anticipated diesel sedan. This is BMW’s first …
The Volkswagen Passat TDI is the 2013 Diesel Car of the Year, according to the readers of The Diesel Driver magazine. The Volkswagen Passat TDI is the only diesel-powered sedan made in the U.S.A. that is currently on the market.
The Volkswagen Passat diesel received 20.3% of 6,147 votes cast by …
The two cities I drove to in the BMW 320d Touring could not be more different. Leoben is the second largest city of the state of Styria (Steiermark) in Austria and is home to more than 24.000 people with roots in the mining and steel business, while my second destination, …
Volkswagen is the 2013 Diesel Car Manufacturer of the Year, according to the readers of The Diesel Driver magazine. This is the second year in a row that Volkswagen has captured the title.
Wolfsburg-based Volkswagen received 51.1% of the 6,147 votes cast by readers of The Diesel Driver.
The votes came from …
NEW YORK—BMW introduced its first four-cylinder diesel offering for the U.S., the BMW 328d sedan, on the first day of the New York International Auto Show at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center.
BMW’s last diesel-powered sedan, the BMW 335d, was introduced in the U.S. in 2009 and voted the 2011 …
