Yes you should get a Cruze diesel, or better yet a Colorado diesel then you can haul stuff
Sent from my iPhone > On Feb 19, 2017, at 12:32 PM, OK Don via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > wrote: > > *Just when it was looking like Diesel sedans were disappearing:* > > The 2017 Chevrolet Cruze Diesel makes a powerful argument for the benefits > automakers and their customers get from global engineering and > manufacturing. > > Chevrolet wouldn’t have the engine without General Motors’ product > development and manufacturing operations around the world. U.S. diesel car > sales are too small to justify developing and building the engine. To make > economic sense, the program had to piggyback on diesel production in other > parts of the world, offering U.S. buyers a choice they wouldn’t otherwise > have. > > Diesels are very popular in some countries, but they account for a tiny > share of American passenger vehicle sales, peaking around 3% before > plummeting when Volkswagen’s diesel program went up in smoke. > > Despite that, GM is optimistic about the technology’s prospects. In > addition to the Cruze compact sedan and hatchback, GM will offer the new > 1.6-liter diesel in the 2018 Chevy Equinox and GMC Terrain compact SUVs > that go on sale later this year. > > In the Cruze, the new 1.6-liter four-cylinder turbodiesel gives the Cruze > the highest EPA rating for highway fuel economy of any non-hybrid or > electric vehicle sold in the U.S. — 52 miles per gallon with General > Motor’s new nine-speed automatic transmission. > > The engine also gets 30 mpg in the city and 37 mpg in combined city and > highway driving. The engine is also 50% quieter at idle than the previous > Cruze diesel. > > “Diesels are and will remain an important part” of Chevrolet’s program to > reduce carbon dioxiThe new 1.6-liter four-cylinder turbodiesel gives the > Cruze the highest EPA rating for highway fuel economy of any non-hybrid or > electric vehicle sold in the U.S. — 52 miles per gallon with General > Motor’s new nine-speed automatic transmission. > > GM vice president of global propulsion systems Dan Nicholson said, adding > that the engines’ efficiency can save customers thousands of dollars in > fuel bills, despite the fact that the engine adds about $2,800 to the price > of a Cruze hatchback. > > “Diesels present an opportunity for growth for Chevrolet,” because they > combine fuel economy and high torque output for acceleration, Nicholson > said. > > The Cruze’s 1.6-liter turbodiesel produces 137 horsepower. > > Chevrolet and GMC will have a total of 10 diesel vehicles on sale in the > U.S. by the end of this year, ranging from the Cruze and Equinox to the > Colorado and Canyon midsize pickups and heavy-duty full-size pickups. GM > sells a total 34 diesel-powered vehicles around the world, including many > small cars and SUVs in Europe and Korea, where diesels are very popular. > > “Diesels are one of the lowest cost ways to reduce carbon dioxide > emissions,” Nicholson said. > > http://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/gm-goes-global-to-make-chevy-cruze-diesel/ar-AAn6JjP?li=BBnbfcN > > -- > OK Don > > *“Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry and narrow-mindedness, and many of > our people need it sorely on these accounts.”* – Mark Twain > > "There are three kinds of men: The ones that learns by reading. The few who > learn by observation. The rest of them have to pee on the electric fence > for themselves." > > WILL ROGERS, *The Manly Wisdom of Will Rogers* > 2013 F150, 18 mpg > 2012 Passat TDI DSG, 44 mpg > 1957 C182A, 12 mpg - but at 150 mph! > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
