[Red Badger]

Rest In Peace, old friend, your work is finished.......

If you want on or off the DIESEL "KnOcK" LIST just FReepmail me........

This is a fairly HIGH VOLUME ping list on some days......

[Red Badger]

KnOcK!......

[Always Right]

It's top secret, but I am developing a sailcar that will run mostly on the power of wind. Below is my concept vehicle which has shown very promising results going down hill...

[volunbeer]

I gave the old diesel Jetta a pretty good look and was impressed.

However, after doing research it looked like the high mileage would be washed out with expensive service costs.

Do you think the new one will be cheaper to maintain?

[gridlock]

It seems that a small diesel, operating in the optimum powerband at all times, would be ideal for a hybrid application. Let the batteries handle the low-end grunt, and let the small motor operate at a constant RPM with constant load at all times

[TChris]

The 2007 VW Jetta

[pabianice]

I'm betting on this

[tcrlaf]

Am I the only one that remembers when we went through the Diesel Car "Revolution" before??

When you put diesels in the hands of average consumers, in COLD PLACES, they become an absolute nightmare....

First -3 degree morning when it doesn't start on the first pull, these things will be heading back to the dealerships in DROVES...

[WesternCulture]

Maybe this is somewhat off topic, but it seems to me whatever fuel alternatives there are, people in each and every corner of the world will still have their very own idea of what the perfect car looks like.

A perfect car in;

GERMANY

- is a Diesel powered (!) Porsche speedster that can take you from Hamburg to Munich in 1 hour using the Autobahn with especially strong headlights designed for signaling to any annoying intruder on YOUR path that he ought to stay the h*ll out of that section of the road.

The US

- is an enormous SUV fueled by any disposable source of energy, parked outside your house in order to cause envy among your neighbors (while you occasionally sneak out of the garage in your Corolla upon heading for work/going shopping)

ITALY/FRANCE/SPAIN/PORTUGAL

- is a car that is well designed, accelerates impressively while using first and second gear, has a voluminous ashtray, is easy to park anywhere and doesn't require much service until the day you sell it (who cares what money you'll be getting for it).

JAPAN

- is a modestly designed, efficient, car that will not upset your neighbors, workmates or your boss while at the same time being a marvel of electronic/digital devices that allows you to freak out in the restricted, humble privacy of your own.

THE SCANDINAVIAN COUNTRIES

- is a Volvo

[wideminded]

Q1. Is it possible to build a turbine engine that runs on gasoline and is small enough for a car?

Q2. Would it make sense to have a turbine engine hybrid?

[roaddog727]

I'm just waiting for the new VW EOS convertible to come out in a TDI version, and hopefully that will be bluetec.

WooHoo!

[goldstategop]

The ill-fated Phaeton did Bernd Pietschrieder in as VW Chairman. It turned out people were not willing to pay a king's ransom for a luxury marque from what is after all the people's car. VW has gone back to its bread and butter cheap and dependable cars. The engines just last and last and last. Whatever else one can say about VW, they make great engines.

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus

[Boiler Plate]

with Bosch providing the full hybrid system

Bosch make people yearn for the relative high reliability of Lucas. This hybrid is going to make a lot of VW mechanics very rich.

[thedilg]

Put me on--Thanks