18 Apr 2012, 11:51 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / By now, you might have noticed Toyota is hyping itself up as an automaker who’s bringing the fun back to its lineup. Some new design directions and a sports coupe will help, but the reality is...
17 Apr 2012, 08:32 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Back in February, we spoke to a Porsche source who confirmed that a more potent diesel-powere Cayenne is arriving this year and now we’re back on the topic as new details have surfaced.
The...
3 Apr 2012, 15:32 UTC · By: Alexandru Ungureanu / Porsche has deemed the moment to be right for the US introduction of their diesel SUV. The 2013 Cayenne comes with a 3.0-liter oil-burning powerplant with 240 hp, permanent all-wheel drive (AWD) and...
28 Mar 2012, 14:15 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Next year, Ford is set to replace the E-Series range of full-sized vans with the Transit, with the main asset of the new development being an increased level of efficiency. The Blue Oval will achiev...
22 Mar 2012, 11:42 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / The Renault Fluence has recently revealed the carmaker’s Black Edition treatment, with the vehicle now offering more value for money. The Fluence Black Edition uses exterior features such as 1...
16 Mar 2012, 18:51 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Ducati today announced the launch of the Monster Diesel, and don’t grab your phones to call your biker friends, because it’s not an oil-burner. It’s just a special edition model de...
2 Mar 2012, 12:14 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / We previously reported that the diesel version of the Porsche Cayenne will set wheel on North American roads in the second half of the current year and now we’re back on the topic to tell you ...
27 Feb 2012, 19:18 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / BMW’s tri-turbo diesel powerplant is probably the most discussed subject of 2012 so far and the German carmaker has now decided to offer us a video that shows how the tree turbines work to ser...
23 Feb 2012, 11:05 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / It’s February 23 1892 and Rudolph Diesel obtains the first patent for the engine that uses his name, with the German engineer needing another year to build the first working prototype.
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21 Feb 2012, 15:02 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Europeans were also skeptical about diesel engines at first, but things have changed a lot from the days of the Golf D, and now about half of all cars run on this fuel. This is largely forced upon ...
16 Feb 2012, 11:05 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / When Porsche announced that the Cayenne would receive a diesel engine (this was happening when the first generation of the SUV was on the marker), everybody expected the company to introduce a perfo...
27 Jan 2012, 20:14 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / The Mercedes SLS AMG is a pleasure to watch, especially if you get to see the German supercar in action. This is exactly what the adjacent video brings us, only we’re not dealing with one or t...
26 Jan 2012, 16:32 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Last year, demand for hybrid models in the US dropped ever so slightly, while diesels finally started to appeal to the mass market, showing sales increases way ahead of the general trend. Now Audi f...
18 Jan 2012, 18:02 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / A few years ago, Volkswagen and Suzuki signed a deal under which the Germans would supply engine technology and Suzuki would offer better access to the Asian market, especially India. As you’l...
24 Nov 2011, 09:31 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Cadillac has great ambition and the company seems to be using a down to earth approach, being aware of the many things that have to come together in order for it to be successful on the market.
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8 Nov 2011, 10:03 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / As you can see from the picture above, the Jaguar 2.2-liter diesel was in New York, amongst the cabs and neon lights. But it has departed the Big Apple at 13:15 GMT yesterday on a journey that&rsquo...
19 Oct 2011, 20:46 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / The BMW 535d is one hot oil burner, but it seems that for some, its resources aren't enough. That someone even has a name: Hartge, one of the top tuners in Germany. The aftermarket developer ha...
18 Oct 2011, 17:32 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Now that the new BMW 3-Series has made its US market entry, it’s time for an important question? Will the US-spec 3er allow its buyers to burn oil?
According to BMW’s sales and market...
14 Sep 2011, 17:23 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Alpina is eager to show us that diesel engines can truly serve as hearts of driving machines and has released the D5 Bi-Turbo, a project based on the BMW 5 Series, in order to do so.
So, let'...
8 Sep 2011, 14:54 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / It seems that Toyota is so confident about the good job it’s doing with building vehicles that run on land that the company decided to head for the sea. Long story (Toyota has tried this befor...