*J.D. Power & Associates forecast last month that the share of diesel-powered cars and light trucks in the US will almost quadruple by 2015*—rising from 3.2% in 2005 to 11.8% by 2015—driven by increasing consumer demand for the more fuel-efficient platforms. * Chrysler Group today unveiled the first diesel-powered, full-size sport-utility vehicle (SUV) to be offered in the United States*. The 2007 Jeep Grand Cherokee equipped with a 3.0-liter common rail turbo diesel (CRD) engine will arrive in showrooms in the first quarter of 2007. More...http://www.greencarcongress.com/2006/06/chrysler_introd.html
*The /Detroit Free Press/ reports <http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060528/BUSINESS01/605280708/1002/RSS02> that Volkswagen of America will drop the diesel versions of the Jetta, Golf and Beetle models from its US line-up for the 2007 model year* due to their inability to meet the new, incoming stricter emissions standards nationwide. More...http://www.greencarcongress.com/2006/05/vw_to_drop_dies.html I hope *some* of them come with a stick shift.... _______________________________________________ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/
