http://www.thedieseltrader.com/diesel-news Free Diesel Classifieds on the web. Fri, 03 Oct 2008 20:34:27 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Filed under: Diesel, Green DailyPhoto by Kevindooley. Licensed under Creative Commons license 2.0.If your child rides the bus to school in New York City, the Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) would like you to know that he or she is being exposed to "harmful pollution levels" during the daily ride. The ... http://www.thedieseltrader.com/diesel-news/2008/10/03/edf-calls-for-90-percent-reduction-in-nyc-school-bus-soot-pollution/ Filed under: Diesel, Opel, Paris Motor Show Opel Insignia ecoFlex Opel has added a special low fuel consumption ecoFlex model to the expanding mid-size Insignia lineup. The new Insignia that debuted this summer is the replacement for the mid-sized Vectra and the first product off GM's Epsilon II platform. The newest addition ... http://www.thedieseltrader.com/diesel-news/2008/10/03/paris-2008-debut-of-the-opel-insignia-ecoflex/ Filed under: Diesel, MPG, Audi, Paris Motor Show Click above to enlarge Audi has a brand-new A4 for 2009, and the automaker has big plans in store of the new model's efficiency. Being shown as we speak in Paris is the A4 TDI concept e, which uses a 120-horsepower TDI engine from ... http://www.thedieseltrader.com/diesel-news/2008/10/03/audi-unveils-a4-tdi-concept-e/ Filed under: Diesel, Hybrid, Citroen, Green Daily, Paris Motor ShowWe got a preview of Citroën's new Hypnos hybrid 'ute a month ago and the real thing is even more ka-razy than we thought. Offset rainbow seats? You got it. Suicide doors and a pillar-free frame? No problem. An interior that ... http://www.thedieseltrader.com/diesel-news/2008/10/03/paris-2008-citroens-hypnos-brings-the-rainbow-into-your-car/ Filed under: Diesel, Chevrolet, Paris Motor Show Chevrolet Orlando Chevrolet has fully taken the wraps of the new Orlando compact people mover for its debut at the Paris Motor Show. We still don't know for sure if the Orlando will be offered here in North America, but the rest of the world ... http://www.thedieseltrader.com/diesel-news/2008/10/03/paris-2008-chevrolet-orlando-mpv-debuts/ Filed under: Diesel, MPG, Volkswagen, Paris Motor ShowHow would you like to have a mid-sized sedan or station wagon that gets over 57 mpg (U.S.)? That's exactly what Volkswagen has unveiled in Paris as the Passat BlueMotion II. It's being shown as a further evolution of the latest Passat BlueMotion, ... http://www.thedieseltrader.com/diesel-news/2008/10/03/paris-2008-volkswagen-passat-bluemotion-ii-574-mpg-mid-size-wagon/ Filed under: Diesel, MPGAfter twenty days on the road John and Helen Taylor have completed their journey around America and earned a new entry in the Guinness book of world records. After 9,419 miles through 48 states, the Taylors consumed just over 11 tanks of ultra low sulfur diesel. That ... http://www.thedieseltrader.com/diesel-news/2008/10/03/fuel-stretching-taylors-get-world-record-5882-mpg-around-the-us/ Filed under: Diesel, Legislation and Policy, USA Click above for more renderings of the Carbon Motors E7 As it stands today, the vast majority of police cars are powered by large gasoline-fed V8 engines up front, which drives the rear wheels through an automatic transmission. The steel body sits atop a heavy ... http://www.thedieseltrader.com/diesel-news/2008/10/03/carbon-motors-hopes-to-put-the-police-in-diesels/ Filed under: Diesel, MPG, Volkswagen, Lightweight Click above for more shots of the 2010 MK VI Volkswagen Golf Despite the fact that the sixth-generation of VW's insanely popular hatchback has yet to hit the driveways of actual customers, speculation on gen-seven is already well underway. Number-six continues the tradition of enlarging each ... http://www.thedieseltrader.com/diesel-news/2008/10/03/volkswagen-to-downsize-golf-vii/ Filed under: Diesel, Volkswagen, Green Daily, USA Click above for more shots of the 2009 Volkswagen Jetta TDI If you are a fan of the diesel engine - and Volkswagen's TDI engine series in particular - VW would love it if you'd go ahead and spread your love of the oil-burner with ... http://www.thedieseltrader.com/diesel-news/2008/10/03/diesel-fan-vw-wants-you-to-promote-its-cars/