By Paul Riegler
A series of polls conducted by The Diesel Driver magazine revealed that the overwhelming majority (94.1%) of diesel owners said they plan to purchase a diesel as their next car. Only 5.9% said that they …
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If you’ve filled your car’s tank recently, you almost certainly noticed you were paying less. In the last month, diesel fuel prices have dropped by almost 3% while gasoline prices fell more than 4%.
Monday’s report …
BMW announced a new 3 Series Touring (station wagon) range and new diesel and petrol models in the 1 Series and 5 Series plus several technology updates for the 5 Series.
The all-new 3 Series Touring …
A 2012 Volkswagen Passat TDI has set the record for the longest distance driven in a single passenger car on a single tank of clean diesel fuel. The Passat was a stock vehicle with six-speed …
Come this fall, General Motors will become the first U.S. automaker to offer a clean diesel for sale here and the first U.S. automaker to offer any diesel passenger car in over two decades.
The 2013 …
Bosch, an automotive supplier that provides key components found in diesel engines such as common-rail injection systems, believes that change is in the air for the U.S. diesel market.
Using research conducted by Carnegie Mellon University …
In the next year or so, virtually every Audi model sold in the United States ranging from the compact A3 to the full-sized A8, will be available with a diesel engine.
Currently, only the A3 and …
The London 2012 Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games will rely heavily on diesel-powered automobiles from BMW for a variety of tasks before, during, and after the games. BMW is the official automobile partner of the …
At the Auto China 2012 show in Beijing, BMW introduced eDrive, the automaker’s new designation for the drive technology used in electric and plug-in hybrid cars from BMW i. BMW i is BMW’s sub-brand for …
Following the New York International Auto Show, the headlines were full of news reports about more fuel-efficient cars running the gamut from hybrid to diesel to those that are simply more economical. Equally notable were …
Starting with 2013 model year production, Volvo will be introducing a new diesel engine in the V40, S60, V60, XC60, V70, and S80 models.
The new D3 engine is a five-cylinder, 2.0-liter turbo diesel that develops …
Mercedes-Benz unveiled the new GLK250 BlueTec 4Matic sport utility vehicle that will be available in the U.S. at the beginning of next year. The new SUV will be the German automaker’s sixth diesel for American …
A study released earlier this week by R.I. Polk revealed that most hybrid owners in the U.S. are unlikely to purchase another hybrid vehicle the next time they go car shopping.
While the reasons for this …
Volkswagen is the 2012 Diesel Car Manufacturer of the Year, according to the readers of The Diesel Driver magazine.
Wolfsburg-based Volkswagen received 52.2% of the 6,070 votes cast by readers of The Diesel Driver.
The votes came …
Situated along the Kennebunk River, the city of Kennebunkport is a small town just one mile away from the Atlantic Ocean. Although the city is home to only 3,474 inhabitants, it is particularly well known …
The BMW X5 xDrive35d is the 2012 Diesel Car of the Year, according to the readers of The Diesel Driver magazine.
The BMW X5 diesel received 19.9% of 6,070 votes cast by readers of The Diesel …
Introduced in 2008 for the 2009 model year, the Audi Q5 is a compact crossover SUV, a segment created by BMW in 2004 with the introduction of the X3 Sports Activity Vehicle. Mercedes-Benz added an …
