Articles by Paul Riegler
BMW 335d 18-Month Report and Review
Year two with the BMW 335d is well underway. It’s hard to imagine that it’s been 18 months since our Montegoblau metallic 335d was delivered at the BMW Welt in Munich but the car has …
BMW 335d 18-Month Report and Review
Year two with the BMW 335d is well underway. It’s hard to imagine that it’s been 18 months since our Montegoblau metallic 335d was delivered at the BMW Welt in Munich but the car has …
New Volkswagen Passat TDI with 800 Mile Range Introduced
Volkswagen announced pricing and details for the 2012 Passat, which includes the Passat TDI that will deliver an incredible 43 mpg (5.47 l/100 km or 2.33 gallons/100 miles). This gives the new Passat a range …
New Cars to Get New Fuel Economy Labels
Starting with 2013 model year vehicles, all new cars will come with labels that rate the vehicle from 1 to 10 on fuel economy and smog pollution and provide a five-year estimate of fuel costs …
Photo Contest: My Diesel
Does a photo of your diesel-powered automobile belong on a magazine cover? Here’s your chance. Our readers take their fuel-efficient diesels everywhere including some of the most beautiful places on earth.
Whether it’s a photo of …
BMW 335d is the 2011 Diesel Car of the Year
The BMW 335d is the 2011 Diesel Car of the Year, announced Jonathan Spira, editor of The Diesel Driver magazine. The BMW 335d received 29.6 percent of 3,669 votes cast by readers of The Diesel …
What Will The Diesel Driver’s New Project Car Be?
This coming week, The Diesel Driver will take delivery of a long-term diesel-powered automobile which will join the BMW 335d in our garage.
Currently, four car manufacturers, Audi, BMW, Mercedes-Benz, and Volkswagen, offer a total of …
2012 Audi A6 launched with three diesel variants
Audi unveiled the new A6 sedan, which will be launched with three diesel versions and two petrol engines. An Audi A6 hybrid will follow. The new models will be available in 2011 as 2012 models.
The …
Mercedes-Benz Unveils F-Cell Fuel Cell Vehicle
At the Los Angeles Auto Show, Mercedes-Benz announced the F-Cell, a hydrogen-electric B-Class compact and the automaker’s first compact to be sold in the U.S.
The front-wheel-drive F-Cell runs on compressed hydrogen combined with a 136-horsepower …
Auto X Prize Leads to 100+ MPG Vehicles
The $10 million Progressive Insurance Automotive X Prize was awarded at a ceremony last week in Washington, D.C. to three teams that built cars capable of achieving 100 miles per gallon (2.35 l/100 km) or …
BMW X3 Ends Production in Graz, Austria
Two diesels are the last two X3s off the production line
The last two current generation BMW X3 SAVs, an X3 xDrive 20d and an X3 xDrive35d, rolled off the assembly line yesterday at the Magna …
New Rules Proposed for Grading Fuel Economy
The Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of Transportation jointly released new rules that would label passenger cars sold in the United States with a grade from A to D. The grades would be dependent …
