Of Alpine hills and motorway thrills
Too cool to drive diesel? Find out why diesel cars are still a viable alternative for the image conscious. -Part 3
» 88 kilometres with zero petrol -Part 1
» Diesel athletes -Part 2
» Check out what the Diesel Motoring microsite is about

A new round of Golf soon
With rising fuel prices and increase in cars around the world, measures have to be taken to protect our environment and generate fuel efficiency.

Changing mindset towards diesel
Diesel need not only be associated with taxis, buses and goods vehicles. TDI expert Matthias Heming shares his thoughts. » Powerful & clean

Diesel Touareg works its charm
Will the 'clean' diesel Volkswagen R50 take to the high-sulphur fuel across the Causeway?

Go further with diesel
Powerful and clean - why modern diesel takes you faster and further.
» Video: Touareg's jumbo effort

Cooking oil to keep Manila's parol cars running
MacDonald's to donate used cooking oil to convert patrol cars onto diesel and used cooking oil.

VW bringing in full range of diesel cars
Diesel offerings match the company's petrol cars for power, but are far more frugal.

HK may scrap diesel tax
Taxes will be waived for public and commercial transport after demonstrations by truck and bus drivers..

Dirty secrets?
If diesel is a lousy fuel, why then are manufacturers producing more powerful and efficient engines fuelled by diesel? » Readers' comments

Diesel or CNG?
Get the low down on some of the diffences between CNG and Diesel.

Motoring turns green in Singapore
Steps are being taken to educate and implement green motoring methods.

Tax reduction makes diesel-powered passenger cars cheaper to own
The government has announced that it will reduce the supplementary tax for diesel cars.

VW, Merc diesel cars in biodiesel trial
2-year project with Volkswagen and Mercedes Benz diesel models tested 13 normal cars running on biodiesel.

   
 

Find out what's hot, what's not in our forum on diesel motoring.
» Share your diesel-drive experiences and thoughts here

On-going chats:
» How about Diesel Hybrid? ...people have a choice to make
» Diesel cars won't be a hit just yet

Previous poll results:
Top reason for driving a diesel car:
It's powerful. ------------- 15%
It saves money. ---------- 62%
I will not drive diesel. --- 23%

Jetta setter
Good fuel economy, low tax and decent performance - Jetta TSI by Volkswagen sets the gold standard for cars.

On the hybrid bandwagon
Car brands such as Mitsubishi and Volkswagen are introducing many new hybrid vehicles.

Will the car of the future be GREEN?
'Green' cars run either on electricity or even hydrogen or a combination of petrol and electric power.

 

 

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Diesel engine: How fuel efficient?
Diesel engines give better mileage
Petrol engines give better mileage
No difference in fuel consumption
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