http://www.switched.com/2007/07/31/diesel-accord-gets-63-mpg/ Switched Comments for Diesel Honda Accord Will Get 63 MPG http://www.switched.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.switched.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.switched.com/2007/07/31/diesel-accord-gets-63-mpg/http://www.switched.com/2007/07/31/diesel-accord-gets-63-mpg/"why does it take 3 years to get this vehicle on the market when they can build a whole car in something like 20 hours? i wanna save some money now!"

Knobjob, have you ever seen a diesel Honda before this? It's probably a new engine design which will take development time to work out things like timing, injection programming, an effective exhaust catalyst system and other things which will allow the new diesel Honda to drive as nicely and be as reliable as any gas-engined Honda. Also, it may very well be that they want to introduce it in the next generation Accord, rather than the current line which was just redesigned this year.

Even the quickest car releases from concept to showroom usually take a minimum of 18 months. Three years is probably about average and some take as long as five or seven years.

Good for Honda, though. I hope they consider bringing us a diesel Civic hatchback at some point.

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For every gallon of diesel fuel refined from a barrel of oil in the US, nearly three gallons of gasoline are refined. Since the vast majority of American autos run on gasoline, diesel gets short shrift. Therefore, diesel is always in short supply - thus higher cost.

Diesel cost less in Europe becuse European countries tax gasoline at a higher rate per gallon, and it doesn't hurt that 40% of European cars are diesel power.]]>Mar 12th 2008 4:08PMhttp://www.switched.com/2007/07/31/diesel-accord-gets-63-mpg/http://www.switched.com/2007/07/31/diesel-accord-gets-63-mpg/Apr 17th 2008 9:04PMhttp://www.switched.com/2007/07/31/diesel-accord-gets-63-mpg/http://www.switched.com/2007/07/31/diesel-accord-gets-63-mpg/cant blame democrates for gas
no way no how]]>Aug 7th 2008 6:45PMhttp://www.switched.com/2007/07/31/diesel-accord-gets-63-mpg/http://www.switched.com/2007/07/31/diesel-accord-gets-63-mpg/
The new diesel technology (like Bluetec), coupled with low sulfur fuels, means that we'll be seeing more and more diesels on American roads, minus the diesel clatter and clouds of black smoke we all hated to get trapped behind. We are all in for a pleasant surprise when we see and smell how clean this new generation of automobiles will be.]]>Jul 31st 2007 12:22PMhttp://www.switched.com/2007/07/31/diesel-accord-gets-63-mpg/http://www.switched.com/2007/07/31/diesel-accord-gets-63-mpg/
Even bio diesel is dirtier than non-hybrid gas. Diesel fuel has more energy than gasoline. I'd love to see what this Accord diesel get from the new EPA rating.]]>Nov 27th 2007 4:41PMhttp://www.switched.com/2007/07/31/diesel-accord-gets-63-mpg/http://www.switched.com/2007/07/31/diesel-accord-gets-63-mpg/Aug 9th 2007 10:55PMhttp://www.switched.com/2007/07/31/diesel-accord-gets-63-mpg/http://www.switched.com/2007/07/31/diesel-accord-gets-63-mpg/Aug 10th 2007 3:26AMhttp://www.switched.com/2007/07/31/diesel-accord-gets-63-mpg/http://www.switched.com/2007/07/31/diesel-accord-gets-63-mpg/Aug 14th 2007 10:17AMhttp://www.switched.com/2007/07/31/diesel-accord-gets-63-mpg/http://www.switched.com/2007/07/31/diesel-accord-gets-63-mpg/Aug 28th 2007 3:28AMhttp://www.switched.com/2007/07/31/diesel-accord-gets-63-mpg/http://www.switched.com/2007/07/31/diesel-accord-gets-63-mpg/Sep 5th 2007 1:19PMhttp://www.switched.com/2007/07/31/diesel-accord-gets-63-mpg/http://www.switched.com/2007/07/31/diesel-accord-gets-63-mpg/Price of diesel isn't really too big of an issue. If you think about it, if you're getting twice the distance on a tank, then you're really only paying half the price for that gallon of diesel than joe smoe is for that gallon of gas. Then when diesel is cheaper than regular unleaded you're really saving!
I have 87,000 miles on my Jetta and I'm just getting it broke in! No major mechanical problems and I hope to see 200,000+ miles like some of the other TDI owners are. Not too many gas car owners can claim the same.
new clean burning diesels are supposed to put out very minimal emissions (comparable to, if not even better than, gas burning engines). That is why they’ll be able to sell them again in CA and NJ. Then to run bio diesel on top of that, you would be hard pressed to find any gas, or even gas/electric, car that could beat its emissions.
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