Another of the new cars that has been shown off at the Frankfurt Auto Show this year is the new ‘Audi A4 3.0 TDI clean diesel quattro ‘, the car features a 3.0 liter engine which delivers 240 hp, this is the same engine as what was used in last years Audi Q7. According to [...]

Tuning company AC Schnitzer has broken the record for producing the world’s fastest road-legal diesel car with its upgraded BMW 335d Coupe that topped out at 179.4mph around the Nardo circuit in southern Italy last week. The AC Schnitzer ACS3 beat the previous record by 5.4mph at the eight-mile high-speed bowl. The car uses a [...]

Back in July, BMW and MINI announced a new model: MINI One Diesel, another vehicle part of the EfficientDynamics strategy over at BMW. MINI One D is powered by a 1.6 liter diesel engine based on the powerplant found in the Cooper D. Featuring a turbocharger and common rail direct injection, the new version of [...]

HONDA ANNOUNCES REVISED CR-V WITH MORE UPMARKET LOOKS AND FIRST EVER DIESEL AUTO Cleaner, more powerful 2.2-litre diesel engine Automatic gearbox now available for diesel models Revised, more premium styling Built in Britain at Honda’s plant in Swindon A new-look Honda CR-V will go on sale in January 2010, with a new diesel engine and [...]

Audi is no doubt thrilled that it’s new A3 TDI model was just awarded the honor of Green Car of the Year today at the LA Auto Show. It sounds perhaps more prestigious than it really is, however, as the award has only been given for five years by the Green Car Journal. The list [...]

Some affectionately call it the “racing tractor”, as it combines sporty dynamism with enormous torque of 390 Nm. Rudolf Diesel would have had fun with the 190 HP (140 kW) strong “off-spring” of his invention. He would certainly never have thought it possible that the diesel engine could reach 100 km/h in a 7.1 second [...]