12-23-2013, 02:00 PM
|
#1 (permalink)
|
|
Master EcoModder
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: Texas
Posts: 3,523
Thanks: 2,203
Thanked 663 Times in 478 Posts
|
Ward's picks 10 best engines of 2014
http://editorial.autos.msn.com/blogs...ngines-of-2014
Ward's picks 10 best engines of 2014
2 days ago By James_Tate of MSN Autos
Last edited by mcrews; 12-23-2013 at 02:18 PM..
|
|
|
|
 Today
|
|
|
|
Other popular topics in this forum...
|
|
|
|
|
12-23-2013, 04:29 PM
|
#2 (permalink)
|
|
Batman Junior
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: 1000 Islands, Ontario, Canada
Posts: 22,534
Thanks: 4,082
Thanked 6,979 Times in 3,614 Posts
|
It's OK to quote parts of items from other sites, but pasting the whole article is verboten (copyright).
I've removed the paste. But feel free to quote in the bit that interested you.
I noticed that the Ford 3-cyl 1.0 turbo in the Fiesta was voted best of the year overall.
|
|
|
|
|
The Following User Says Thank You to MetroMPG For This Useful Post:
|
|
|
12-23-2013, 04:30 PM
|
#3 (permalink)
|
|
Master EcoModder
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: Texas
Posts: 3,523
Thanks: 2,203
Thanked 663 Times in 478 Posts
|
my bad.....sorry!
from the article.....
"But as logical as turbocharging is in gasoline engines, it makes even more sense when you boost modern diesel engines, which offer ridiculous fuel economy, gobs of torque and a very clean footprint on the environment. And we haven’t touched on the ability of a stout iron diesel engine block to keep going and going and going......"
|
|
|
|
|
12-23-2013, 04:33 PM
|
#4 (permalink)
|
|
Batman Junior
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: 1000 Islands, Ontario, Canada
Posts: 22,534
Thanks: 4,082
Thanked 6,979 Times in 3,614 Posts
|
Thanks for understanding. We have had our wrists (legitimately) slapped for infringement a couple of times, so I like to mention it in public when I see it.
|
|
|
|
|
The Following User Says Thank You to MetroMPG For This Useful Post:
|
|
|
12-24-2013, 01:19 AM
|
#5 (permalink)
|
|
Lots of Questions
Join Date: Jan 2013
Location: San Jose
Posts: 665
Thanks: 343
Thanked 101 Times in 79 Posts
|
I like the 1.0L Fiesta, but I wish it had some of the C-Max guts, like the Atkinson cycle, 12.3 compression ratio and the hybrid.
The Chevy Cruze is pretty nice too. Not too shabby at 45MPG!
__________________
Don't forget to like our Facebook page!
Best EM Quotes:
Quote:
Originally Posted by aerohead
It has been said, that if you peel the duct tape back on Earth's equator, you'll find that the two hemispheres are held together with J B Weld.
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by Dan9
subscribed with a soda.
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by aerohead
If you're burning,and someone throws gasoline on you,there will be a localized cooling effect, but you're still on fire.
|
|
|
|
|
|
12-24-2013, 11:22 AM
|
#6 (permalink)
|
|
Master Novice
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: SE USA - East Tennessee
Posts: 2,314
Thanks: 427
Thanked 616 Times in 450 Posts
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by mcrews
"But as logical as turbocharging is in gasoline engines, it makes even more sense when you boost modern diesel engines, which offer ridiculous fuel economy, gobs of torque and a very clean footprint on the environment. And we haven’t touched on the ability of a stout iron diesel engine block to keep going and going and going......"
|
I'm with you on the applicability of small diesels. These guys have come up with an ingenious solution to the big vibration problem of single- and two-cylinder diesels. I think these could be the Next Big Thing under the hood of some compact, lightweight commuter.
__________________
Lead or follow. Either is fine.
|
|
|
|
|
12-24-2013, 11:38 AM
|
#7 (permalink)
|
|
Master EcoModder
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: Texas
Posts: 3,523
Thanks: 2,203
Thanked 663 Times in 478 Posts
|
I had a 87 Mercedes's 300D what a lousy drive! The 15 yrs later I road in a jetta TDI . Wow! What a difference!
|
|
|
|
|
12-24-2013, 12:11 PM
|
#8 (permalink)
|
|
...beats walking...
Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: .
Posts: 6,190
Thanks: 179
Thanked 1,525 Times in 1,126 Posts
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by jeff88
The Chevy Cruze is pretty nice too. Not too shabby at 45MPG!
|
2014 Chevrolet Clean Diesel Cruze
• Korean designed vehicle that's
• Assembled in USA,
• Using an Italian (Fiat) designed engine,
• that's manufactured in Germany,
• that drives a Japanese transmission. |
|
|
|
|
12-30-2013, 06:47 AM
|
#9 (permalink)
|
|
The PRC.
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: Elsewhere.
Posts: 5,304
Thanks: 285
Thanked 536 Times in 384 Posts
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by Old Tele man
2014 Chevrolet Clean Diesel Cruze
• Korean designed vehicle that's
• Assembled in USA,
• Using an Italian (Fiat) designed engine,
• that's manufactured in Germany,
• that drives a Japanese transmission.
|
GM using the "best parts available to it" shocker!
Now if only they did that all the time... 
__________________
[I]So long and thanks for all the fish.[/I]
|
|
|
|
|
12-30-2013, 08:36 PM
|
#10 (permalink)
|
|
...beats walking...
Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: .
Posts: 6,190
Thanks: 179
Thanked 1,525 Times in 1,126 Posts
|
...those are statements of LOCATION, certainly not statements of QUALITY, IMHO...
|
|
|
|
|
