Whereas other automakers are hopping into the hybrid and electric vehicle game for their fuel saving ambitions, Mazda has taken a separate path by embracing diesel power as a way to boost fuel-economy…
Ford Introduces New EcoBlue Diesel Engine
Ford has revealed a diesel version of its award-winning EcoBoost engine called Ford EcoBlue. This new diesel engine will offer optimised fuel efficiency and reduced CO2 and NOX emissions for customers…
Volkswagen Sued For Deceiving Consumers With Its “Clean Diesel” Marketing Campaign
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission has charged Volkswagen America of deceiving consumers with the advertising campaign it used to promote its supposedly “clean diesel” VWs and Audis, which …
VW to recall 323,700 diesel cars in India over emission scandal
The VW dieselgate saga continues as the company is set to recall more than 300,000 vehicles across India as a government-ordered probe into its diesel models showed emissions exceeding permissible lim…
Volkswagen announces EA 189 dieselgate fix in Europe
Volkswagen has finally announced the long-awaited repair for its Dieselgate scandal in Europe. Presented to Germany’s Federal Motor Transport Authority, the fix applies to EA 189 four-cylinder T…
Dieselgate: VW stopping the sale of diesel cars in Europe!
Volkswagen has halted all diesel sales in the European Union following the Dieselgate scandal which broke out last month. The company has yet to confirm how many vehicles are involved but Reuters…
Dieselgate: Volkswagen actually developed 4 separate defeat devices over 7 years!
The Dieselgate saga has gone from bad to worse. Apparently for 7 consecutive years, Volkswagen used a so-called defeat device on four engine types which suggests the deception could be more wides…
How Volkswagen diesels perform in ‘Cheat Mode’ [+video]
While many are aware of Volkswagen’s diesel emission scandal, there are still unanswered questions surrounding the catastrophe – how will the affected cars perform when they’re in their em…
VW starts recalling 11 million diesel vehicles effected by the ‘Dieselgate’ scandal worldwide
Following the VW dieselgate scandal, VAG announced that a total of 11 million vehicles worldwide are affected by the emission scandal, spread across different brands in the Group. This include 5 …
Dieselgate: Mazda Japan releases official statement on Emissions Compliance
As the VW Dieselgate issue continues to be the topic of the moment, the automotive industry as a whole is being placed in a difficult time, as people start questioning whether other carmakers were inv…
More countries banning the sale of Volkswagen diesel cars [+video]
Since the much talked “Dieselgate scandal” broke the internet about a week ago, the social media are having a blast shredding Volkswagen to pieces putting them in the spotlight, not withou…
HOT!! Audi & Skoda admit that 3.3 million of their TDI cars have a ‘defeat device’
Volkswagen recently broke the internet when the company made headlines around the world with its “dieselgate scandal”. In case you didn’t follow the news, the company has allegedly u…
VW CEO Winterkorn releases official apology video [+video]
Following the on-going dieselgate crisis enveloping the world’s top-selling carmaker, Volkswagen, it is reported that the company’s shares have plummeted by more than 2…
Eco friendly fuel? Audi has the answer with e-diesel
As an owner of a diesel car, I long for the taste of Euro 5 diesel. I have had that for my car once in a while whenever I travel down south. The benefits of Euro 5 diesel is that my engine feels a lot…