0-60 in 3.9 seconds!
Top-speed - 230mph!
450bhp 6.6L twin-turbo!
70 mpg?!?!?!?
Fuel - locally made Biodiesel

Hey Trident if you want I think I can spare a little time to do a test-drive and come up with a review. Unless the car blows up with me in it it will be a glowing review, I garauntee.

So anyway this British made……..aw hell just read this article it’s a pretty amazing example of diesel.

Supercars are all about statistics, from the obscene asking price through to the terrifying top speed and the untenable miles per gallon. They give the greenies and the pinko car-hating lobby loads of reasons to be even less cheerful than normal.

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GM will be introducing the Hummer H3 to Australia for mid-2007. Previously the Hummer H3 was built solely in their North American facility in Shreveport, LA. Right-hand and left-hand drive models will be built in GM’s Port Elizabeth facility in South Africa.

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PRESS RELEASE:

Turbine-Powered Ecojet Concept Began With Meeting, Sketches On A Napkin
Jay Leno, GM Advanced Design Studio Collaborated on 650-Horsepower Supercar That Runs on Bio-Diesel

LAS VEGAS - What would keep a group of automotive designers up all night? “Tonight Show” host Jay Leno, for starters, but not by his monologue or parade of Hollywood guests. This time it’s because the late-night talk show host invited the General Motors Advanced Design Studio to help design a mid-engine, turbine-powered supercar called EcoJet. Leno and Ed Welburn, GM vice president of Global Design, introduced the car today at the Specialty Equipment Market Association (SEMA) show.

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Like the rest of the world diesel interest has increased for Australia as well. Renault is bringing out two new diesels for the Australian market. The Renault Megane II will be powered by a 1.9L turbo diesel and the Laguna will get a 2.2L turbo diesel.

Both engines are common-rail designs with fuel pressures up to 1350 bar (equates to about 19,580psi for those interested in the States). The higher the pressure the finer the mist of fuel will be injected which creates a more efficient burn. Renault’s common-rail design is called dCi and they’ve already achieved Euro-IV emissions compliance.

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This is a fairly well made, though obviously not professional, video about biodiesel. He talks about running biodiesel and waste vegetable oil (WVO) in his car and how successful it has been.

Hoquiam, Washington is the location for what will soon be the largest biodiesel plant in the U.S. Imperium Renewables, backed by venture capital money broke ground friday on what will soon be a plant capable of producing 100 million gallons a year of biodiesel.

Imperium Renewables is not stopping there though. They have pledged to develop other biodiesel plants natiowide to try and meet the growing demand for the environmentally friendly fuel.

“We stand here today to celebrate not just the foundation of a physical plant, but the foundation of an entire movement,” said John Plaza, founder and president of Imperium Renewables.

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Looks like Australia is going to get it’s first Japanese diesel car. Mazda is introducing the Mazda6 to the Australians in hatch and wagon form. They’ll be priced at $38,090 (about $29,000 U.S.) for the hatch and $35,205 (almost $27,000 U.S.) for the wagon.

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By Chris Morgan of NewsOK.com

Sales manager Nick Williams doesn’t think it will require much energy to sell the new Mercedes-Benz cars and sport utility vehicles with energy-efficient diesel engines.

Three variations of 2007 Mercedes-Benz with diesel engines — two more than last year — arrived in his showroom just last week.

“They won’t hang around long,” said Williams, of Mercedes-Benz of Oklahoma City. “They really are the wave of the future.”

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Kariya (Japan) / Stuttgart - DENSO Corporation, Kariya/Japan and Robert Bosch GmbH, Stuttgart/Germany, have agreed to set up a fifty-fifty joint venture in eastern Europe to develop and manufacture diesel particulate filters. The joint venture is planned for establishment in early 2007.

From 2009 onward, the joint venture partners plan to manufacture high performance and cost-effective diesel particulate filters made of cordierite and to market them separately. As a result of the Euro 5 emission standard for cars, DENSO and Bosch expect that particulate filters will become standard equipment for all new diesel-powered cars in Europe. Accordingly, it is also expected that the market for particulate filters will grow strongly.

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Check out the 2007 Ford Ranger with a 2.5L Duratorq engine. It is a 16-valve DOHC turbo diesel engine with Bosch common-rail direct injection and a variable geometry turbocharger. It produces 141 hp (105 kW) and 243ft-lb of torque (330 Nm). And now wave byebye cause we’ll never see it in the U.S.