Review of a diesel BMW (E60 530d)

**rebel** · February 11th, 2004 12:32 PM

Theveed I think Yan yun ni post ko sa CarTalk area.

Ito ba yun VX220 Eco-Speedster?

Pero that will not be in the market pa daw eh.

Just exclusive for R&D

**theveed** · February 11th, 2004 12:44 PM

Yun ata hehe saw it sa D&W TV...

**mazdamazda** · February 11th, 2004 01:11 PM

Even Honda was FORCED to develop a diesel engine for them to be able to market the Accord better in Europe. Didn't Honda swear before that they would not be venturing into diesels?

**rebel** · February 11th, 2004 01:23 PM

The eco-speedster break many records unimaginable before for diesel engines.

The can swear all they want but diesel are the future.

If I'm not mistake the most powerful diesel engine for a passanger car is with VW PHAETON W8 diesel engine.

**fierari** · February 11th, 2004 03:10 PM

nahuhuli nga ata ang japan sa pag develop ng diesel.

**mazdamazda** · February 11th, 2004 07:16 PM

rebel, i think that there's already a W10 diesel egnine from VW.

huli na nga ang japs, tingnan mo pa lang ang output ng toyota diesels - nakakahiya!

**truckman** · February 11th, 2004 09:21 PM

220mph? baka 220 KPH lang. nagtatanong lang.

**ian_rex** · February 13th, 2004 08:50 AM

iba na talaga ang mga diesels ngayon noh? mukhang ang trend e duon papunta. sir, how about fuel consumption? nakaka-ilang km/liter? grabe yung torque talaga niyan. 500Nm, e parang Dodge Viper na yun a. anyway, i've computed this 500Nm to kg/m and it roughly translates to 52 kg/m, almost double of what the dmax's torque output which is 28.5 kg/m with the same engine displacement.

**ian_rex** · February 13th, 2004 09:02 AM

i guess, talagang ganun ang innovation nila dahil sa mga german nag-originate ang diesel. another feat in automotive engineering! =>

**empy** · February 13th, 2004 10:46 AM

Originally posted by rebel
My interest in new generation Diesels came after my trip to Germany 3 years ago when we were driving a audi A6 at 220mph then we got over taken by a PASSAT 1.8T Diesel. We tried our best to catch up with the PASSAT but to no avail. The Diesel which was only 1.8 was too fast for our A6.

what motor is in the german A6's? somehow i find it hard to believe that a 1.8 TDI can stay with a 3.0 6-cyl or a 2.7T 6-cyl A6 (US-spec), especially at top speeds where gasoline engines tend to shine vs. diesels