British motoring mag Autocar is reporting that the new Accord diesel we recently told you about will get really good mileage. That might seem like a no-brainer, but when we say "really good," we mean it. Like more than 60 mpg really good. Autocar says the diesel will be good for as much as 62.8 mpg when it appears in a dealership near you. That's 52.3 mpg here in the States, by the way. Honda's new clean diesel is apparently based on the current 2.2 i-CTDi, and when fitted in a Euro Accord, it achieved that staggering 62.8 mpg at a recent diesel technology convention in California.
Besides the stellar fuel economy rating, these new diesels wear the "clean" tag proudly. The catalytic converter on these Honda diesels is helping it meet the strict US (especially in California) emissions standards, running as cleanly as gas engines. They do it by converting nitrogen into ammonia, which is then used to further diminish the remaining NOx gases. The new Accords should show up in September, but we're not sure if the diesel will be available from the get-go or if it will appear down the road.
[Source: Autocar]
Originally posted by: mariok2006
http://www.autoblog.com/2007/0...-diesel-to-hit-60-mpg/
British motoring mag Autocar is reporting that the new Accord diesel we recently told you about will get really good mileage. That might seem like a no-brainer, but when we say "really good," we mean it. Like more than 60 mpg really good. Autocar says the diesel will be good for as much as 62.8 mpg when it appears in a dealership near you. That's 52.3 mpg here in the States, by the way. Honda's new clean diesel is apparently based on the current 2.2 i-CTDi, and when fitted in a Euro Accord, it achieved that staggering 62.8 mpg at a recent diesel technology convention in California.
Besides the stellar fuel economy rating, these new diesels wear the "clean" tag proudly. The catalytic converter on these Honda diesels is helping it meet the strict US (especially in California) emissions standards, running as cleanly as gas engines. They do it by converting nitrogen into ammonia, which is then used to further diminish the remaining NOx gases. The new Accords should show up in September, but we're not sure if the diesel will be available from the get-go or if it will appear down the road.
[Source: Autocar]
This should be great news for those that will be in the market for a diesel in the next couple of years...
Originally posted by: raildogg
Is this the same engine?
Originally posted by: vi_edit
Hybrid what?
Seriously...diesel is future. Glad to see that Honda learned from VW that there is a market for it. The wife and I are definitely in the market for a high milage family car in the next year. This sounds like a wonderful alternative. We were really excited about the new common rail design coming to the Jetta's next year, but I think I'd rather have an Accord for the size/brand reputation.
Exactly. You get ~2 gallons of gas for every gallon of diesel you make. If everyone wanted diesel, you'd need to go through twice as many barrels of oil to make the diesel. Plus, all that gasoline wouldn't have much demand. Diesel price would skyrocket and gas price would plummet. Of course, eventually power plants would just buy the gas and burn it to make fuel (or some other similar big use would come in). But the point remains, we CAN'T have diesel be the fuel of all cars of the future without a MASSIVE increase in the cost of diesel.Originally posted by: iamwiz82
I was under the impression that you get less diesel out of a barrel of crude oil than gasoline. Since there is less supply, a huge jump in the number of diesel engines out there would increase price dramatically.
Originally posted by: iamwiz82
Originally posted by: vi_edit
Hybrid what?
Seriously...diesel is future. Glad to see that Honda learned from VW that there is a market for it. The wife and I are definitely in the market for a high milage family car in the next year. This sounds like a wonderful alternative. We were really excited about the new common rail design coming to the Jetta's next year, but I think I'd rather have an Accord for the size/brand reputation.
I was under the impression that you get less diesel out of a barrel of crude oil than gasoline. Since there is less supply, a huge jump in the number of diesel engines out there would increase price dramatically.