Category Diesel Cars

If you are shopping for a full-sized sport utility vehicle, the odds are that the Chevrolet Tahoe and Chevrolet Suburban are both on your shortlist.

Some seemingly minor, but actually quite significant changes are coming to the Silverado for 2024.

Hitting the open road; there isn’t much that matches this feeling of freedom and adventure. 

The Toyo Celsius II all-season tire will supersede the Celsius and Celsius CUV tires. As you’d expect, the new tire is designed to provide good year-round service. It departs from the norm with a Three-Peak Mountain Snowflake (3PMSF) designation, which means it’s qualified for severe snow conditions. 

These are the largest (and in-charge-est) SUVs out there.

These are the reviews you read the most this year, from trucks to sports cars.

With two modern engines and six new trims, the 2021 Bronco seems ready to dethrone the Jeep Wrangler.

If you are shopping for a full-sized sport utility vehicle, the odds are that the Chevrolet Tahoe and Chevrolet Suburban are both on your shortlist.

It was only a matter of time before Cadillac debuted an extended wheelbase version of its flagship Escalade SUV.

A lick alike. Peas in a pod. Carbon copies of each other. Whichever way a person chooses to phrase it, the Chevrolet Colorado and GMC Canyon are the same in a lot more ways than they are different. This isn’t news, with shared powertrains between the two midsize truck offerings from General Motors being a strategy that goes back decades.

Mazda is making good on a promise that it made back when the new CX-5 first debuted by finally offering its compact crossover with a diesel powertrain.

It’s a real shame you can’t buy a new diesel-powered Volkswagen in the U.S. anymore.

Here’s the skinny on GM’s new half-ton diesel.

Leather-lined cowboy luxury – Ram has added the Laramie Longhorn trim to its snazzy new 2019 Ram HD.

Following its long-standing pattern of renovating the heavy duty model one model year after the renewal of its smaller half-ton brother, Chevy has introduced its newest Silverado HD.

Every diesel truck owner wants an engine brake on their rig. That is if they don’t already have one. They help slow your pickup without cooking the brakes. But how do they work? And why don’t pickup brakes make that horrible brapping noise that the ones on a big rig do?

The German government has ordered Daimler to recall 774,000 diesel vehicles in Europe for “prohibited shutoff devices.”

Spy photographers have caught what appears to be a diesel-powered Mazda 6 at the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

Nissan has announced it will slowly stop selling diesel passenger vehicles in Europe as regulators look to crack down on emissions.

Automotive supplier Bosch claims to have developed a new exhaust system that could save diesel engines.

Porsche’s head of powertrain development was taken into custody this week following a series of raids at the automaker’s various German facilities.

It sounds like Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) CEO Sergio Marchionne thinks diesel is dead.

Toyota is moving to phase out diesel powered passenger cars in order to meet tougher future emissions rules.

Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) is the next automaker to separate itself from diesel engines.

BMW has announced it is recalling approximately 11,700 diesel vehicles.

It may just be a matter of time before diesel vehicles aren’t even allowed in German cities.

Porsche has axed all diesel variants from its lineup, as the German automaker moves forward from Volkswagen‘s massive diesel scandal.

Just when you thought Volkswagen‘s massive diesel scandal was old news, something bizarre surfaces.

Diesel car registrations in Europe are falling as the fallout from the diesel crisis continues to make waves.

Over the weekend, we reported that German automakers funded research  where monkeys were exposed to diesel exhaust fumes from an emissions-cheating VW Beetle. Volkswagen Group, Daimler, and BMW all condemned the study — claiming to be appalled by the logistics employed for research they were funding.

The 2018 Detroit Auto Show was host to a few important debuts of new diesel-powered vehicles, which signals that diesels could be making a bit of a comeback.

After a year of waiting, Ford has finally released the F-150 diesel’s output figures and they’re nothing if not impressive.

With the Dieselgate scandal shrinking in the rear-view mirror and a fix announced for (almost) all generations of cheating Volkswagen TDIs, you may be interested in reaping the benefits of the excellent fuel economy and reasonable prices of VW’s diesels. Still, you’ll no doubt wonder if it’s a smart thing to buy. Let’s examine.

On Monday, the Environmental Protection Agency announced it had approved a fix for the remaining 38,000 Volkswagen Group vehicles equipped with emissions-cheating 3.0-liter diesel engines.

Mazda announced 11 months ago that the company “will introduce a diesel engine option to the North American market,” with the revamped CX-5, launched in the 2017 model year.

When the 2018 Land Rover Range Rover Velar gets into the hands of customers, 99 percent of them likely won’t be tackling trails through the desert badlands, but that doesn’t mean they can’t.

Porsche is asking Audi to cover damages over the diesel scandal, according to a recent report.

New spy photos have given us our first detailed look at the 2019 GMC Sierra 1500 Diesel.

A former Volkswagen engineer who helped federal investigators after being linked to the diesel emissions scandal will cool his heels in an American prison.

Audi has announced a new, standardized nomenclature for its cars.

The 2018 Chevrolet Equinox Diesel is bringing a segment best, EPA-certified 39 mpg on the highway when driving the front wheels only.

Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) has won approval to sell 2017 model year diesel vehicles.

The EPA has approved Volkswagen diesel fix that will apply to 326,000 vehicles.

As the diesel emissions scandal continues to get deeper and deeper, BMW has responded to allegations, saying that it did not rig its vehicles to cheat emissions tests.

Audi, Volkswagen, and Porsche are offering European owners a voluntary software update that will help their V6 and V8 TDIs “improve their emissions in real driving conditions beyond the current legal requirements,” according to Audi.

Mercedes-Benz is planning to update three-million diesel cars in Europe following accusations that they do not adhere to emissions regulations. 

Diesel-powered Porsche models may be long for this world.

The 2018 Chevrolet Equinox has officially been priced in the U.S.

Daimler may be following in Volkswagen‘s footsteps, with a German publication reporting the brand sold millions of cars with cheating diesel engines.

Fiat Chrysler has resumed production of the Ram 1500 EcoDiesel even though it has yet to receive certification for the engine for the 2017 model year. 

Five former Volkswagen employees are reportedly being sought by Interpol after the U.S. issued arrest warrants.

Diesel is hitting the half-ton market hard and Chevy is the latest to join the club.

A new study points to one company as the common link between multiple automaker’s diesel emissions troubles.

Despite the diesel emissions scandal, sales of diesel vehicles are still on the rise.

General Motors has been accused of using a Volkswagen-style defeat device in its heavy-duty diesel trucks in order to beat emissions tests and bypass pollution regulations.

German prosecutors have raided Daimler’s offices in Germany.

It’s beginning to look like Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) has its own dieselgate scandal brewing.

A fix for 84,390 Volkswagen Passat diesel vehicles has been approved. 

After months of negotiations with regulations agencies, Fiat Chrysler Automobiles has formally put forward an application to certify its 2017 model-year diesels.