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A 1.2 L K-series petrol engine was introduced, and a 1.3 L DDiS turbo-diesel engine. A four-speed automatic transmission option was only available in the VXi trim. [4] The 2015 revised Swift Dzire was rated as the most fuel efficient diesel car in India. [5] [6] Maruti Suzuki launched the DZire ZDi with Automatic Gear Shift (AGS) in January ...
Various groups and agencies have criticized the government and urged the government of India to draft mandatory fuel efficiency standards for cars in the country, or at least to make the CO 2 emissions labelling mandatory on all new cars in the country. The auto companies should inform the customers about a vehicle's emissions.
The Skoda Rapid petrol offers a fuel efficiency of a maximum 14.3 km per liter on the automatic transmission and 15 km per liter on the manual transmission variants. On the other hand, for the diesel version the company claims a mileage of 21.13 km per liter on the automatic transmission variant and 21.72 km per liter on the manual transmission ...
Mahindra MDI2500, 2.5 L diesel engine. Popularly known as the DI (Direct Injection) Engine, the most fuel efficient engine used in this generation. 2522cc, 4 cylinder, Direct Injection; Power: 40 hp (30 kW; 41 PS) @ 2300rpm; Torque: 14 kg⋅m (140 N⋅m; 100 lb⋅ft) @1400rpm; Warner T90 3-speed manual gearbox; Spicer T-18 2-speed Transfer case ...
The Toyota GD engine series is a diesel engine produced by Toyota which appeared in 2015. It replaced the Toyota KD engine series as a diesel engine series mainly oriented to body-on-frame vehicles. The GD engine featured Economy with Superior Thermal Efficient Combustion (ESTEC) technology. [1]
The Volkswagen Vento 1.6 MPI petrol variant offers a fuel efficiency of about 13 km/L in the city and about 15.8 km/L on the highway. The diesel variant of the Vento gives a mileage of about 17.5 km/L in the city and nearly 22 km/L on the highway.
The first turbo-diesel production car was the Mercedes-Benz 300SD (W116) saloon, which was sold in the United States from mid-1978 and powered by the OM617 five-cylinder engine. [25] A year later, the Peugeot 604 D Turbo became the first turbo-diesel car to be sold in Europe. Turbo-diesel cars began to be widely built and sold in Europe during ...
Engines using the Diesel cycle are usually more efficient, although the Diesel cycle itself is less efficient at equal compression ratios. Since diesel engines use much higher compression ratios (the heat of compression is used to ignite the slow-burning diesel fuel), that higher ratio more than compensates for air pumping losses within the engine.