Instead of buying a new gas-guzzling vehicle, convert an old diesel car to run on either biodiesel or vegetable oil.
Some ideas are simple (a rusty colander becoming a hanging garden planter), while others are downright feats (how to convert an old diesel car to run on vegetable oil).
However, the couple are adamant that any diesel car can run trouble-free with their advice and the right equipment, although new cars could have their warranty affected by using Bio-Fuel.
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In 1997, MB introduced electronic fuel injection to diesel passenger car engines with the C 220 CDI.
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The new diesel-engine plant will be at Gurgaon, while its diesel-car capacity will be increased at Manesar, Mr. Bhargava said.
Honda announced in June that, by 2009, it will market an all-new hybrid vehicle, the company's fourth, and offer a clean diesel passenger car that will likely get 45 miles to the gallon.
"When you look to the German car manufacturers now, they are fighting against each other with the biggest statement, with more horse power, and these days a diesel engine car is as powerful as a petrol car, " Saab Europe's Claude Makowski told BBC News Online.
R-10 became the first diesel-powered car to win an endurance race, pipping a field of petrol-powered rivals to the post.
As long as owners drive at least 12, 000km a year, overall running costs will be equivalent to, or lower than, a petrol or diesel-powered car.
The Audi No.2 survived a scare in the 22nd hour after the diesel-powered car collided with a Zytek 07S, but carried on with no apparent damage.
Mercedes-Benz has a long history with diesel engines, dating back to 1936 and the first production diesel-powered passenger car, the 260 D.
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Thanks to the efficient turbocharged, common-rail, direct fuel-injection diesel engine, the concept car is still very fuel-efficient.
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To the frustration of the German car companies, diesel fuel nowadays is often more expensive in the United States than gasoline.
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The car must run on diesel for five minutes after startup to heat the veggie oil to the proper temperature.
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It qualifies for lower car tax (unlike a diesel) and is also exempt from the London congestion charge.
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The second green car featured was an efficient diesel: the Citroen C4 which can be more economical, and as good as the best hybrid.
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Thus the electric car is harvesting in terms of well-to-wheel miles only about 27% of the original fossil fuel energy, so not that much better than the standard car running on petrol or diesel.
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Not only did the Model T beat the Hummer, it beat every other comer, including a modern turbocharged Dodge diesel and the county sheriff's patrol car.
In 2000 Peugeot became the first manufacturer to sell a car (the Peugeot 607) with a diesel engine fitted with a particulate filter.
In May Nissan, Japan's second-biggest car maker, was rumoured to be selling Nissan Diesel, its lorry-making subsidiary, to Germany's Daimler-Benz, though nothing has yet been settled.
"New potential car buyers are sitting on the fence due to rising diesel prices, " said H.
The money will support the introduction of its new Civic and CR-V car models and a new 1.6-litre diesel engine.
As well as its branch network which supplies car parts and motoring services, LSUK operates subsidiaries M I Diesel Products, Protech Automotive (UK) and Yeovil Rewind.
We also discussed how Audi views the luxury car market: split in two between buyers who are interested in diesel technology and buyers who are interested in high performance.
The report pointed out that the longer an electric car in Europe stays mobile, the greater its "lead" over petrol and diesel engines.
Add VPG to the growing list of recent green car failures: Bright Automotive (electric delivery vans) , Carbon Motors (clean diesel-powered police cars), Aptera Motors (three-wheeled electric cars), Coda Automotive (inexpensive electric sedans) and, arguably the most infamous, Fisker Automotive (plug-in hybrid sports cars).
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The car had been waiting for the US president's entourage to arrive when it was filled with diesel instead of petrol, Israel's Channel 2 reported.
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