New GM diesel uses 25% less fuel

[Paddington]

Originally posted by: Colt45

Originally posted by: CrackRabbit
Nice, now if we can get GM to build 4 and 6 cylinder diesel engines for cars and light trucks that would be awesome. This new V8 is a good start though.

The thing is they've got them. Opel has some TDI engines. (err.. CDTI?). why don't they bring some of that stuff over? (technically the engines were a fiat / gm joint venture..)
they've only got 4cyl's for now, AFAIk, but think others are in the works...

I suppose because no one wants a chevy diesel car after the old 350 diesels?

I rented an opel zafira a few months back.. 150hp 1.9L diesel, 6spd manual.
A minivan that gets 45MPG fully loaded at 100MPH ain't bad.

and the things meet euro 4 specs, so i can't emissions being the problem.

The American laws on diesel engines are a lot more stringent.

 

[Passions]

Originally posted by: PAB

Originally posted by: Passions
Please fix title:

New GM diesel uses 25% less fuel (and falls apart 2 years after use.)

All diesels on the market, when sold new have a 100k 5 year warranty. Try again.

Just because it might have a warranty doesn't mean it wont fall apart!!!!!

Toyota > GM.

Nuff said.

Try again.

 

[MikeMike]

Originally posted by: Passions

Originally posted by: PAB

Originally posted by: Passions
Please fix title:

New GM diesel uses 25% less fuel (and falls apart 2 years after use.)

All diesels on the market, when sold new have a 100k 5 year warranty. Try again.

Just because it might have a warranty doesn't mean it wont fall apart!!!!!

Toyota > GM.

Nuff said.

Try again.

Toyota recalls > GM recalls.

 

[notfred]

Originally posted by: vi_edit

Originally posted by: notfred
Big deal, it gets a couple extra miles per gallon.

If you run your own business that requires heavy use of diesel trucks, that 25% can make a huge difference to your bottom line depending on your fleet size.

Say a normal diesel gets 20MPG on the highway and these get 25MPG.
Drive these 25,000 miles a year @ $3.00 a gallon and that's $750. Take that times a fleet of say 20 trucks and that's almost half the cost of a new one. As prices go up the savings become even more significant.

It adds up.

Half of a truck, to someone that has a fleet of 20 trucks, is 2.5% of his fleet.

Woohoo, he can save 2.5% more money. I mean, sure, I guess, but it's hardly newsworthy.

 

[Fenixgoon]

Originally posted by: notfred

Originally posted by: vi_edit

Originally posted by: notfred
Big deal, it gets a couple extra miles per gallon.

If you run your own business that requires heavy use of diesel trucks, that 25% can make a huge difference to your bottom line depending on your fleet size.

Say a normal diesel gets 20MPG on the highway and these get 25MPG.
Drive these 25,000 miles a year @ $3.00 a gallon and that's $750. Take that times a fleet of say 20 trucks and that's almost half the cost of a new one. As prices go up the savings become even more significant.

It adds up.

Half of a truck, to someone that has a fleet of 20 trucks, is 2.5% of his fleet.

Woohoo, he can save 2.5% more money. I mean, sure, I guess, but it's hardly newsworthy.

after two years that's one more truck in the fleet service, allowing business to expand and garnering more profit = more trucks, bigger business, etc.

diesel technology is a far better investment than hybrids, IMO

edit: and for the toyota fanboys of this thread... exactly how many diesels does toyota make?

 

[PAB]

Originally posted by: MIKEMIKE
i think the most important part, is that it will be used in LIGHT-DUTY pickups, aka, silverado 1500, not the HD versions, and you will possibly see it in Escalades, Tahoes, etc.

Light duty refers to anything one ton and under. I highly doubt that they're going to stick this on a 1/2 ton platform when they can markup for stiffer suspension and 8 lug wheels.

 

[SoftwareDude]

All cars should only use renewable source of energy like bio diesel (the is corn oil that they can grow more of each year) or hydrogen (they can get the from solar energy or hydro electric

 

[vi edit]

Originally posted by: notfred

Originally posted by: vi_edit

Originally posted by: notfred
Big deal, it gets a couple extra miles per gallon.

If you run your own business that requires heavy use of diesel trucks, that 25% can make a huge difference to your bottom line depending on your fleet size.

Say a normal diesel gets 20MPG on the highway and these get 25MPG.
Drive these 25,000 miles a year @ $3.00 a gallon and that's $750. Take that times a fleet of say 20 trucks and that's almost half the cost of a new one. As prices go up the savings become even more significant.

It adds up.

Half of a truck, to someone that has a fleet of 20 trucks, is 2.5% of his fleet.

Woohoo, he can save 2.5% more money. I mean, sure, I guess, but it's hardly newsworthy.

When you run your own buisness you save $$ in any place you can. Especially when you are dealing with unfixed costs that can vary wildly. (like gas and construction materials).

You work for a government agency, the last place in the world that is concerned about saving costs.