Tag: diesel
Quick Drive: 2015 Volkswagen Golf TDI
With the all-new 2015 Volkswagen Golf TDI going on sale in North America this month, we recently got our first impressions behind the wheel. Redesigned from the ground up, the 2015 Golf TDI has an all-new engine as we...
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...
2017 Chevrolet & GMC Duramax: Inside Look
At the Texas State Fair today, GM has announced details on their next-generation 6.6 liter Duramax turbo-diesel V8 that will power both the 2017 Chevrolet Silverado HD and the GMC Sierra HD Pickups. The long awaite...
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...
In-Depth Test Drive: 2016 Nissan Titan XD Cummins
The Nissan Titan XD is Nissan's first reach past the ½ ton class, but not all the way up to ¾ heavy-duty status. With a longer wheel-base and a thicker frame than their own half ton model to be introduced soon, the Ti...
Test Drive: 2016 GMC Canyon SLT DuraMax Diesel
We've had some quick drives of the DuraMax diesel powered Chevrolet Colorado and GMC Canyon before, but we finally got a full week-long test with one to see what it's really like to live with. And better yet, find out...
Need To Know: EPA action on Jeep & RAM EcoDiesel
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and California Air Resources Board (CARB) have this week issued a notice of violation to Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) that alleges their 3.0-liter RAM EcoDiesel and Jeep Gr...
First Look: 2018 Ford F-150
Just ahead of the Detroit Auto Show, Ford has unveiled the freshened 2018 F-150 pickups. More than just a garden variety facelift, it gets new and updated engines, a first ever turbo-diesel. It seems the F-150 was ...
First Drive: 2015 Volkswagen Golf SportWagen TDI
This week, we finally got behind the wheel of the all-new 2015 Volkswagen Golf SportWagen TDI for a test in the mountains above Phoenix, Arizona to see if it can really achieve its promise of 40 plus mpg. The 2015 ...
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...
