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Originally Posted by chefwong
Lately it's just been alot of Fords I've past while at a stoplight, etc but are all diesel engines noisy ?
Been looking forward for the next vehicle being a diesel as a daily driver. That's all I care about - torque and mpg ;-)
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You can't consider the crude diesel engines here. For one, they are heavy-duty, so NVH isn't too big of a concern. As far as technology and milege go, the Europeans and Honda really are good at it. Check out Honda's iCTDi, when tested, a production European Accord (Acura TSX sold here) got 92mpg with this engine and set speed records:
http://www.testdriven.co.uk/news.cfm..._world_records
Here is a good video on the engine:
http://world.honda.com/HDTV/news/2003-4030226_1a/