Executive summary: The majority of car enthusiasts care more about engine power than pollution. This especially rings true in America where consumers can easily modify hardware and software of their diesel engines. Ten minutes and a couple hundred dollars makes a significant change. Thus it has become common to find consumers seeking personal power gains … Continue reading Diesel FTW: Throw the Book at Clean Cheaters
The Economist in 2011 made a salient point about the future of gasoline vehicles: For Toyota, taking BMW’s diesel engines is a tacit admission that its hybrid strategy does not cut it in Europe. That means a gasoline-hybrid strategy is failing. A diesel-hybrid strategy, however, would have worked. Two years later, today, the Economist admits … Continue reading Diesel = Winning
You may have noticed I’m fond of comparing highly-efficient diesel engines to sports cars. Two years ago I was writing comments on security blogs I mean a four-door all-wheel-drive station wagon made by Volvo is expected to be available next year that delivers better horsepower than a Ferrari 308 and a Camaro Z28, yet will … Continue reading New GM Diesel Sportscar Beats Camaro Z/28
Since 2004 I have been driving a diesel engine. The B5.5 generation VW Passat gets about 40 mpg despite being a full-sized vehicle with the towing strength equivalent of a Ford F150 pickup. It’s really quite amazing to consider how efficient it runs. On a trip from San Francisco to Las Vegas, which is approximately … Continue reading Top Diesel Myths and Why Diesel Hybrids Make Perfect Sense