...points and a series championship at the end of the season.Saturday's drag racing program includes the NHRDA with diesel cars and trucks competing in six classes. Fans can watch a diesel truck get down the track at 200 mph and 7 seconds...
...championships on the line in 10 classes. The June 29-July 1 race includes the National Hot Rod Diesel Association where diesel cars and trucks will share the drag strip. Four of the bracket weekends include other events running simultaneously, like...
...after Carey posted the best time of the weekend at 8.478 seconds. Proving Grounds cars will share the drag strip with diesel cars and trucks competing in the Jags Pro Truck Shop's Midwest Diesel Shootout. Most of the entries last year were pickup...
...when diesel fuel was one half the cost of gasoline because it is cheaper to refine. When more people started driving diesel cars and pickup trucks the demand for diesel went up so did the price. The oil executives said it cost more, per gallon...
...no means easy - for carmakers to meet California's super-strict air quality rules. This year, 50-state legal diesel cars and trucks will begin showing up at dealerships, and many of these were previewed at the show. BMW introduced its...
...highway driving among 2001-model vehicles. It was followed by another hybrid, the Toyota Prius, and three Volkswagen diesel cars. The huge popularity of sport utility vehicles again drove down the overall numbers of the more than 800 cars, trucks...
...The Honda had 64 mpg combined city and highway driving, the Toyota had 48 mpg. They were followed by four Volkswagen diesel cars, the Honda Civic HX and Toyota Echo. EPA Administrator Christie Whitman and Energy Secretary Spencer Abraham were...
...mpg combined city and highway driving, the Toyota and Honda sedans 48 mpg. Next most efficient are four Volkswagen diesel cars and the Toyota Echo. During the past year, Congress rejected by a wide margin any substantial legislated increase...
...are also available in many medium-duty pickup trucks, such as the Silverado. The Jetta, the only moderately priced diesel car offered in the U.S., is not sold in California, because it fails to meet the state's tougher air quality standards...
...Kazakhstan. Most of those new Ford Focus models running around the streets of St. Petersburg operate on gasoline or diesel. Car companies doing business in the United States are willing to accelerate implementation of fuel-saving technology because...
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