As clean diesel cars gain popularity in the US industry experts are predicting a 17.8% increase of market share by 2023. This surge in market share will be led by the sales of new light-duty vehicles hitting the market.
[Source: Diesel Technology Forum, November 2013]
Industry analysts have predicted that global diesel engine sales are forecast to rise 7.7% each year until 2017. Higher production of medium and heavy trucks, and buses and off highway machinery, will combine with a rebound in light vehicle output in western Europe and the growing popularity of diesel cars in a number of nations, most notably the U.S. and India, to generate increased engine demand.
[Source: Biodiesel Magazine, April 2014]
Fiat is adding a midlevel model, the 500 Turbo, to its U.S. lineup for 2013. The car will get a turbocharged 1.4-litre MultiAir engine rated at 135 hp and 150 lb-ft of torque. It will have larger brake rotors, sport-tuned springs and shocks and a rear spoiler, and has been developed to address consumer demand for more power and performance in the 500 line.
Fiat is adding a midlevel model, the 500 Turbo, to its U.S. lineup for 2013. The car will get a turbocharged 1.4-litre MultiAir engine rated at 135 hp and 150 lb-ft of torque. It will have larger brake rotors, sport-tuned springs and shocks and a rear spoiler, and has been developed to address consumer demand for more power and performance in the 500 line.
[Source: Automotive News, August 2012]In addition to many other new features, the monoscroll turbo features electric wastegate actuation for quicker response and better gas sealing. Active control means that it can be opened at part-load, reducing backpressure and catalyst light-off time… The cast turbine wheel is now Inconel rather than MAR steel, and the compressor wheel is milled from solid.
In addition to many other new features, the monoscroll turbo features electric wastegate actuation for quicker response and better gas sealing. Active control means that it can be opened at part-load, reducing backpressure and catalyst light-off time… The cast turbine wheel is now Inconel rather than MAR steel, and the compressor wheel is milled from solid.
[Source: Automotive Engineering, April 2012]
When two turbos were no longer enough, BMW applied three. The outcome – a 2,993cc straight-six diesel with three turbochargers supplying 4bar of boost. The engine generates 740Nm from 2,000rpm, revs to 5,400rpm and, in the M550d, emits only 165g/km of carbon dioxide. The system comprises two small variable geometry (VGT) turbos and a large fixed geometry turbo.
[Source: Automotive Engineering, June 2012]
When two turbos were no longer enough, BMW applied three. The outcome – a 2,993cc straight-six diesel with three turbochargers supplying 4bar of boost. The engine generates 740Nm from 2,000rpm, revs to 5,400rpm and, in the M550d, emits only 165g/km of carbon dioxide. The system comprises two small variable geometry (VGT) turbos and a large fixed geometry turbo.
[Source: Automotive Engineering, June 2012]
