3.0L Nissan DieselNissan has confirmed that the 3.0L V-6 dCi concept engine by Renault will be the basis for the diesel being dropped into the U.S. Nissan Maxima in three years.
Diesel Bits Diesel Bits Diesel Bits* Is Audi's Q7 diesel's U.S. debut being delayed?* For the first time ever, a diesel has won the FIA World Touring Car Championship. A Seat Leon (built on Volkswagen's platform) took home the WTCC title.* Gas cars in future Le Mans races will get a 3 percent larger air restrictor. Diesel power keeps winning.* Automotive News reports that Ford stopped Super Duty production for two weeks. It's a sales slump-blamed on the housing market.* Deakin University research claims that diesel exhaust is more damaging to your health than biodiesel.* Cummins will enter into a joint venture with Vietnam Motors Industry Corp. to produce on-highway diesel engines in Vietnam.* Pratt & Whitney donated $10,000 to the University of Connecticut's alternative-energy biodiesel lab.* Caterpillar's Perkins division will build small and medium diesel engines in China. Its Perkins 400 Series three- and four-cylinders will be up first.* Reuters says South Korea hopes to raise biodiesel content from its current 0.5 percent to 3 percent by 2012.* Eaton is ready to deliver medium-duty hybrid systems to companies such as Freightliner, International, Kenworth, and Peterbilt. Eaton's been developing the systems for four years. The technology is parallel-type diesel-electric hybrid.