Diesel Maxima Planned for 2010

[Garnet Canuck]

Taken from NissanNews.


Nissan Commits to Clean Diesel Engine in Maxima in 2010 [ Apr. 18, 07]

WASHINGTON, D.C. (April 18, 2007) -- Nissan today announced its plans to launch its first clean diesel engine in the United States for use in the Nissan Maxima in 2010. The passenger car will be powered by an all-new Alliance engine co-developed with its partner, Renault, and will clear stringent U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Tier II Bin 5 emissions requirements. Further details about the car, including its launch date, will be announced later.

“Nissan is fully engaged in reducing emissions and improving fuel economy and efficiency. Launching a clean diesel engine in the U.S. will offer customers the benefits of fuel economy, CO2 reduction and a satisfying, fun-to-drive performance that is a hallmark of the Nissan brand,” said Carlos Ghosn, President and CEO of Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., in a speech at the Council on Foreign Relations. “You can expect to see more diesel engines in our product lineup in Europe, Japan, North America and China by fiscal year 2010.”

Nissan already has clean diesel engines in Europe offering significant fuel efficiency and the ability to run on bio-diesel fuel blends. Together, this combination reduces CO2 emissions and dependence on pure petroleum-based fuels. During the first half of fiscal year 2007, Nissan will introduce the new Euro 4-compliant, two-liter-class diesel engine in Europe. By fiscal year 2010, Nissan will launch vehicles with clean diesel engines in Japan, the United States and China.

This initiative is part of Nissan’s plan to reduce CO2 emissions for the future as outlined in Nissan Green Program 2010, the company’s mid-term environmental strategy. Nissan will be investing in a variety of technologies including fuel cell cars, hybrid cars, biofuel-based cars, electric vehicles, improvement in gasoline engines and clean diesels. The company is committed to bringing the right technology to the right market at the right time with the right value to the customer.

In North America, Nissan operations include automotive styling, design, engineering, consumer and corporate financing, sales and marketing, distribution and manufacturing. More information about Nissan in North America and the complete line of Nissan and Infiniti vehicles can be found online at www.NissanUSA.com and www.infiniti.com.

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[Samson]

Thanks for the thread Shane. I believe that diesel power will be the future of many cars. I watched a program on the Speed Channel with Gale Banks, turbo-maestro. He said that the future of high performance is turbocharging stout diesel motors. His Sidewinder program has netted 735 hp and 1300 ft. lbs. of torque. If you look at Audi and their V-12 diesel in the R10, you can see that diesels will figure significantly in future motor designs. I like the fact that fuel economy is better and the potential to get obscene amounts of horsepower from them.

http://www.bankspower.com/sidewinder.cfm

[izmir41500]

one less thing to go wrong with diesel engines too. i have seen this coming. just when Ford and GM are crying about more strict emissions standards. no wonder they're goin down the tube.