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Clean diesel Honda Accord sets speed records, gets 77 mpg

Monday, June 19th, 2006

Not available in the U.S. yet, but a hot new Honda Accord (popular in Britain since February 2004) got 77 miles-per-gallon in a 419-mile real-world driving test and has set world speed records in its class.

(That’s 77 U.S. miles per gallon, calculated from the 92 mpg it got with Imperial gallons. … Would someone please check my math on this? I’m finding it hard to believe that European Accords get 77 mpg and U.S. ones don’t get 40.)

This spunky, full-size Accord goes from standing stop to 54 mph in a quarter mile. It looks just like the one in your neighbor’s driveway.

Oh. Did I mention that it runs on high-energy, low-polluting “clean diesel”? That’s (more…)

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Will ‘clean diesel’ car sales take off in the U.S. in 2008? J.D. Powers’s Al Bedwell thinks so

Monday, June 19th, 2006

by Ken Winston Caine

Federal regulations require filling stations to pump low-sulfur “clean diesel” beginning in September. And a new breed of powerful, quieter, 97% cleaner diesel engine that takes full advantage of the more refined fuel will be under the hoods of cars on U.S. streets…sometime soon.

Vehicles running on “clean diesel” fuel don’t leave clouds of black soot in their wake, emit less carbon dioxide than gasoline-burning vehicles and get about 30% better mileage.

With all this, a J.D. Powers forecaster is predicting that 2008 will be the “year of the diesel” (the new diesel) in the U.S. and that clean diesel will become the new “green car” for the masses. It already is in Europe. And is moving into India big-time this year.

Mercedes, Volkswagen, BMW, Nissan and Honda are bringing “clean diesel” versions of their popular models to the U.S. market. Mercedes and VW models are expectred in showrooms this (more…)

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