Posts Tagged ‘diesel powered cars’

Saturn drops Green Line name from hybrids

Wednesday, June 11th, 2008
The Saturn Green Line is no longer. In its stead, the planetary brand's hybrid models will simply be known as hybrids. We think this is a good idea considering that the word 'hybrid' is much more readily associated with saving gas than the Green Line moniker. According to Mike Morrissey, a Saturn sp......

GM may divorce trucks and full-size SUVs

Friday, May 9th, 2008
When the current GMT900 SUVs hit the market in 2006, gas prices were already near $3.00 per gallon, but the super-sized transports sold in prodigious numbers anyway. The reasoning from the General and its customers was that there were still people with big boats or trailers to tow, and unibody CUVs ......

Diesels capture the top five spots on the Le Mans grid!

Monday, April 16th, 2007
The polesitting #8 Peugeot 908 HDi FAP during qualifyingIn the runup to what should be a fun-to-watch 24 Hours of Le Mans, diesel-powered cars got the five fastest qualifying times. All the top times were set during the first four-hour qualifying session on Wednesday night, as heavy rain on Thursda......

JCB Dieselmax does it!

Saturday, July 8th, 2006
Achieves new world land speed record with record two-way run of 328.767 mph Today driver Andy Green drove the JCB Dieselmax to a new world land speed record for diesel-powered cars by achieving an average speed of 328.767 mph on two runs. The JCB Dieselmax team spent the last two days replacing the ......

JCB Dieselmax does it!

Saturday, July 8th, 2006
Achieves new world land speed record with record two-way run of 328.767 mph Today driver Andy Green drove the JCB Dieselmax to a new world land speed record for diesel-powered cars by achieving an average speed of 328.767 mph on two runs. The JCB Dieselmax team spent the last two days replacing the ......

VW, Ford and Chrysler join recall-a-paloooza

Wednesday, March 16th, 2005
VW is recalling 290,000 diesel-powered cars worldwide for problems that could lead to fuel leakage. This recall covers three and four cylinder engines in VW, Seat, Audi and Skoda cars.Chrysler is recalling 98,000 cars and SUVs. 71,763 2004 Durangos for short-circuiting battery cables that could caus......

2003 Chevrolet Tahoe: Minor Updates, Building On A Sure Thing

Monday, February 24th, 2003
VIENNA, VA - The 2003 Chevrolet Tahoe doesn’t break any new ground, but why should it? It’s already darn near perfect. We recently got our hands on a 2003 Tahoe LT 4×4, and after driving it for nearly a month, we have to take our hats off to Chevrolet - they build one heckuva SUV (or truck, or ......

2003 Chevrolet Tahoe: Minor Updates, Building On A Sure Thing

Monday, February 24th, 2003
VIENNA, VA - The 2003 Chevrolet Tahoe doesn’t break any new ground, but why should it? It’s already darn near perfect. We recently got our hands on a 2003 Tahoe LT 4×4, and after driving it for nearly a month, we have to take our hats off to Chevrolet - they build one heckuva SUV (or truck, or ......