New diesel 6???

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ghetto waggon

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2003 Protege5, Yellow.

• May 30, 2003

• #1

Was reading a foreign soccer magazine today and saw an ad for a diesel mazda 6. Starting at $14,995.

Damn, wish I got that

 

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uclap5

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Big Blue Bus

• May 30, 2003

• #2

most other places get deisel versions of most cars. in the US they are hard to adopt because of lots of stupid laws against desiel because it used to be more polluting. Today deisels pollute less and have greater fuel efficiency. why dont we get them? cause our government iz slow in the head.

 

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PCGenious

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• May 30, 2003

• #3

Diesel engine would have a lot less hp. oh yea and its really loud

 

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JunkPunch

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• May 30, 2003

• #4

Diesels are not less polluting. They are _differently_ polluting. They put out way more particulate matter than gas engines, for instance.

We need to get low sulphur and ultra low sulphur diesel fuel over here to make a real difference.

 

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ZoomZoomH

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a Mulligan

• May 30, 2003

• #5

Europe uses high quality diesel fuels.

plus gasoline there is MUCH more expensive than here

 

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ZoomZoomH

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a Mulligan

• May 30, 2003

• #6

oh yeah, the North American market is the only region where a 3.0 V6 is available for the 6. All other regions get the 2.3 as its 'high-end' motor.

they have 1.8 and 2.0's to choose from, as well as the 2.3.

 

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PCGenious

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• May 30, 2003

• #7

wow, that sucks but I guess in europe that would be faster if thats pretty much the standard.

 

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JunkPunch

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• May 30, 2003

• #8

PCGenious said:

Diesel engine would have a lot less hp. oh yea and its really loud

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They aren't loud. I'm not sure where you got that from.

As far as HP, it depends on the engine. VW is going to have a V10 diesel in the Toureg and Phaeton with 340hp and 550lb-ft of torque. That's right - five hundred and fifty.

 

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ZoomZoomH

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a Mulligan

• May 30, 2003

• #9

yeah, paying $3+ per gallon for petrol would make people willing to sacrifice power for economy...

 

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PCGenious

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• May 30, 2003

• #10

Damn, The diesel engines that I have heard are louder than regular gas ones. Take the VW diesel, its louder than their gas version.

 

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ZoomZoomH

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a Mulligan

• May 30, 2003

• #11

and uh, the diesel engine is not really 'new', since it was rolled out alongside with all the petrol engine models.

 

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JunkPunch

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• May 30, 2003

• #12

I'm not sure what VW you are listening to, but I drove the Jetta TDI right before I drove our 2.0, and the TDI was not any louder, at least not that I noticed.

 

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PCGenious

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• May 30, 2003

• #13

hmm...maybe it was a fugged up jetta then.

 

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AlaskaP5

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• May 30, 2003

• #14

Ultra low sulfur diesel fuel should be in the US by 2006. This will lower sulfur and particulate emissions from diesel engines. Also, diesel emits approx 65 times LESS carbon monoxide emissions than gasoline. However, there is a trade of of 3 times more Nitrogen oxides emissions from diesels than gasolines.

Pick your poison, its only air.

 

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sukispeed

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• May 30, 2003

• #15

http://www.mazda.com/publicity/public/200305/0522e.html

 

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jewelz007

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• Jun 8, 2003

• #16

Wonder its so much cheaper???

 

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Mazdaspeed6S

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• Jun 17, 2003

• #17

I don't know if a Diesel engine would do well in the US... Most people think of VW's and Volvo's when it comes to diesel's in the US, IMO...