Tag: diesel
Tech Look: 2015 Volkswagen 2.0 TDI EA288 Engine
For 2015, Volkswagen introduced their all-new 2.0 liter TDI EA288 series turbo-diesel engines to North American models, an engine sharing very little with the one it replaced. Redesigned to offer more power, better...
Start Up: 2016 Nissan Titan XD Cummins
When Nissan introduced the all-new 2016 Nissan Titan XD powered by Cummins last January, the truck world listened. But only now, do we finally have something to hear. This week Nissan unveiled another video chapter...
2016 Nissan Titan XD: Cummins Engine Assembly
As it's now well known, the 2016 Nissan Titan XD pickup will be arriving late this year with a new Cummins turbo-diesel V8 under its hood. Cummins is well known in the diesel business, and as I found out on tour o...
2016 Nissan Titan XD: First Drive 10 Questions
Hey friends, Sam Haymart for TestDrivenTV. During my first test drive of the 2016 Nissan Titan XD I had a chance to ride along with Nissan Senior Product Planner Brent Hagan to get answers to many of the questions I'v...
The Round Up: 2016 Diesel Cars
The list of diesel cars available in North America has been shortened dramatically since both Audi and Volkswagen had to pull theirs from the market due to the EPA emissions cheating scandal. There are however still, ...
Volkswagen TDI Scandal: Week One Update
A week ago the equivalent of a nuclear bomb landed on Volkswagen with the EPA's announcement they've been cheating smog laws with their TDI engines. Now a week into this breaking news, a lot has happened. And here is ...
First Drive Impressions: 2016 Nissan Titan XD Cummins
At the Texas Auto Writers Truck Rodeo event last October, I was one of the first journalists in the United States to test the all-new 2016 Nissan Titan XD with the Cummins turbo-diesel engine. Only now the embargo has...
Forbidden Fruit: Mercedes-Benz G350d Professional
Yes we can buy the Mercedes-Benz G-Class in North America but because they think we are too rich and too shallow, we can only have the one Cindy Crawford would buy – the fully blinged out G550 and AMG variants G63 and...
Detailed First Look: 2017 Ford F-Series Super Duty
At the Texas State Fair in Dallas today, the all-new 2017 Ford F-Series Super Duty trucks were unveiled. Long awaited, the all-new aluminum bodied trucks will be lighter, more capable, and offer more stuff than ever b...
First Look: 2016 Chevrolet Colorado Duramax
The wait is finally over with the 2016 Chevrolet Colorado and GMC Canyon Duramax diesels which will arrive at dealerships later this fall. The only one in the mid-size pickup class, the new 2.8 liter four-cylinder...
