ORANGE, Calif., Nov. 9 /PRNewswire/ — The Action Pursuit Group (APG), an operating company of Apprise Enthusiast Media LLC, today announced the launch of http://www.dieselworldmag.com, a fully interactive digital extension of APG’s Diesel World magazine.

Craig Nickerson, CEO of APG, said, “Diesel-powered vehicles have long been the work horse machine for anybody who tows anything, and this segment is expected to increase from 2% of the total market to 20% by 2015. At the same time, diesel motorsports are an exploding leisure market that is expected to grow rapidly over the next 10 years, fueled by winners at events like Le Mans, the Baja 1000 and the Pikes Peak hill climb. This digital extension of our print magazine, the leader in this exciting segment, marries the interests of both markets.”

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From Carpoint.com.au
An Italian turbodiesel for VE?
Holden is making no secret about examining a diesel option for Commodore. The one sticking point, Holden insiders say, is the availability of suitable modern turbodiesel from within GM’s ‘network’.

“We don’t have anything firm on the plate,” a Holden spokesperson told CarPoint Confidential. “GM has both small and large capacity diesels available but the missing part of the equation has been in the middle… We’re looking all around the world,” he said.

Development is reported progressing apace on new GM V6 and V8 turbodiesels in the USA. Aimed at the next generation of US-market pickups and SUVs, the engines are all-alloy OHC designs with a projected displacement (per cylinder) of around 560cc.

Simple maths will tell you that yields a V8 of approx 4.5-litre and V6 of 3.4. Sounds about right, eh? Maybe, but not so fast… The issue is not only when the engines might become available, but whether they will have the refinement to suit a passenger car.

We’d still like to bet that the GM powertrain engineers are aiming for Euro V compliance and best-practice refinement, but can Holden afford to take the punt?

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