Edmunds.com | Inside Line | Auto Observer Your Account | Help | Directory
You are here:
![[F]](http://a332.g.akamai.net/f/332/936/12h/www.edmunds.com/media/townhall/webxicons/site.gif){kind=small}
Forums
Automotive News & Views What Would It Take for YOU to buy a diesel car?
1492 messages, Last post on Nov 04, 2009 at 7:37 PM
You are in the Automotive News & Views Forum. Your Hosts are steve_ & claires
|
Replying to: fintail (Jun 30, 2009 10:51 am) |
|
|
Replying to: fintail (Jun 30, 2009 10:20 am) On the face of it, I would disagree. However I took a ride with a very good friend in her MB ML320. (gasser) I just very casually mentioned the latest models were available in diesel link title. I did get an ear full about the quality of MB suv's. It was very apparent it did NOT wear well with her. She has been an MB owner for most of her professional life.
|
|
|
Replying to: ruking1 (Jul 01, 2009 5:31 am) I believe the later ones are a little better, and the diesel ones maybe even better. |
|
|
Indian diesel pickup to go on sale in U.S. later this year It's practical; the only diesel in its class; will probably be rated at 30 miles per gallon; and perfect for fording the Ganges. The first Indian vehicle in the U.S. is due to show up at 339 dealers around the U.S. this year. Made by Mahindra Group, the pickup is yet to get a name for the U.S. market. Described as being midsize, but really probably more of a compact, the pickup will probably sell in the low-$20,000 range and come in several different versions: The Mahindra will come in a two-door and four-door configuration, not to mention two-wheel- and four-wheel-drive versions. Its 2.2-liter, four-cylinder diesel will be paired with a standard six-speed transmission. The pickup will have electrronic stability control, a 1.3-ton payload capacity, air conditioning (Calcutta sizzles this time of year!) and should be great for towing. To try to allay the fears of doubters, the Mahindra will come with a four-year, 60,000-mile bumper-to-bumper warranty. An SUV could follow in a year. http://content.usatoday.com/communities/driveon/post/2009/07/68494450/1 If none of the companies doing business currently in the USA want my cash. I will send it to India.
|
|
|
Replying to: gagrice (Jul 15, 2009 3:05 pm)
|
|
|
Replying to: coontie66 (Jul 15, 2009 5:04 pm) I would think the real unseen answer is in the secret deals made with the big four: UAW, GM, Ford, Chrysler. Unless of course the real goal is just to get a lot of folks to just pay quantitatively more for fuel (per mile driven) This of course does nothing for the "earnest goal" of actually using less... fuel. With the current standards  27 mpg and the so called "better mpg full sized trucks" getting 21 mpg (more like 19), that puts the defacto 2016 standards up 27.69... call it 28 mpg !! No way a currently configured Ford F150 can get 28 mpg without a turbo diesel. I have read in passing that this "truck segment" combined with the 12% suv population is app 40-50% of the passenger vehicle fleet.
|
|
|
Replying to: coontie66 (Jul 15, 2009 5:04 pm) |
|
|
Replying to: gagrice (Jul 15, 2009 3:05 pm)
|
|
|
Replying to: steve_ (Jul 15, 2009 5:31 pm)
|
|
|
Replying to: gagrice (Jul 15, 2009 5:35 pm)
|
|
You are here:
Forums
Automotive News & Views What Would It Take for YOU to buy a diesel car?
New? Join Now!
Forum Tools
Search Forums
Browse by Vehicle
Browse by Board
Browse by Topic
Today's Chats
