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WASHINGTON — Nissan plans to sell a diesel-powered Maxima sedan in the USA in 2010, Nissan Motor CEO Carlos Ghosn said in a speech at the Council on Foreign Relations here Wednesday.
He said the diesel vehicle is "basically a bet that regulations will get stricter and fuel prices will get higher."
Ghosn said the diesel-powered Maxima should get "up to 30% greater" mileage than a similar-size gasoline engine. And because it burns less fuel, it will produce less carbon-dioxide, a greenhouse gas.
Nissan is the second Japanese automaker to announce a diesel car for the U.S. market. Honda said last year that it will sell a diesel car in the U.S. in 2009.
Currently Mercedes-Benz sells the only diesel passenger cars in the U.S. VW sells a diesel-powered Touareg SUV and will soon resume selling diesel-powered cars.
Ghosn said he hopes putting a diesel engine in NIssan's high-performance flagship will help dispel some lingering notions that diesels are undesirable. He noted that, as is typical of a diesel, the Maxima will have "higher torque, that makes for driving satisfaction."
The Maxima diesel will need a "V-6 engine, something powerful," Ghosn said. "Because the Maxima is a sports car, you need something extremely powerful."
Ghosn said the Maxima's diesel engine will be a so-called clean diesel that will meet pollution regulations in all 50 states. The federal government requires ultra-clean, low-sulfur diesel fuel to be available in 80% of diesel pumps this year.
He said the diesel-powered Maxima will be priced higher than the gasoline version but he couldn't say how much. Sticker price on the high-end Maxima SL now is $30,300, according to Cars.com.
Nissan said it will announce additional details closer to the car's launch.
The Maxima diesel engine is being co-developed by Nissan and French automaker Renault. Ghosn is CEO of both companies and each owns stock in the other.
He said the engine will be built in Europe initially and shipped to the U.S. to be put into U.S.-built Maximas. Eventually, the engines will be built in North America.
Details were not immediately available about how many diesel Maximas Nissan intends to sell.
The diesel is part of Nissan's expansion into alternatives to gasoline engines. It currently sells a gasoline-electric hybrid version of the Altima midsize sedan in California and in a number of Northeast states that have adopted California's strict anti-pollution standards.
Diesel engines get 20% to 40% better fuel economy than gasoline engines. The cost saving for drivers is eroded, however, because diesel fuel has been more expensive than gasoline for some time.
WASHINGTON — Nissan plans to sell a diesel-powered Maxima sedan in the USA in 2010, Nissan Motor CEO Carlos Ghosn said in a speech at the Council on Foreign Relations here Wednesday.
He said the diesel vehicle is "basically a bet that regulations will get stricter and fuel prices will get higher."
Ghosn said the diesel-powered Maxima should get "up to 30% greater" mileage than a similar-size gasoline engine. And because it burns less fuel, it will produce less carbon-dioxide, a greenhouse gas.
Nissan is the second Japanese automaker to announce a diesel car for the U.S. market. Honda said last year that it will sell a diesel car in the U.S. in 2009.
Currently Mercedes-Benz sells the only diesel passenger cars in the U.S. VW sells a diesel-powered Touareg SUV and will soon resume selling diesel-powered cars.
Ghosn said he hopes putting a diesel engine in NIssan's high-performance flagship will help dispel some lingering notions that diesels are undesirable. He noted that, as is typical of a diesel, the Maxima will have "higher torque, that makes for driving satisfaction."
The Maxima diesel will need a "V-6 engine, something powerful," Ghosn said. "Because the Maxima is a sports car, you need something extremely powerful."
Ghosn said the Maxima's diesel engine will be a so-called clean diesel that will meet pollution regulations in all 50 states. The federal government requires ultra-clean, low-sulfur diesel fuel to be available in 80% of diesel pumps this year.
He said the diesel-powered Maxima will be priced higher than the gasoline version but he couldn't say how much. Sticker price on the high-end Maxima SL now is $30,300, according to Cars.com.
Nissan said it will announce additional details closer to the car's launch.
The Maxima diesel engine is being co-developed by Nissan and French automaker Renault. Ghosn is CEO of both companies and each owns stock in the other.
He said the engine will be built in Europe initially and shipped to the U.S. to be put into U.S.-built Maximas. Eventually, the engines will be built in North America.
Details were not immediately available about how many diesel Maximas Nissan intends to sell.
The diesel is part of Nissan's expansion into alternatives to gasoline engines. It currently sells a gasoline-electric hybrid version of the Altima midsize sedan in California and in a number of Northeast states that have adopted California's strict anti-pollution standards.
Diesel engines get 20% to 40% better fuel economy than gasoline engines. The cost saving for drivers is eroded, however, because diesel fuel has been more expensive than gasoline for some time.
2010 Maxima ...Diesel?
Originally Posted by idnumber1
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Repost or not, direct injection turbo disel has proven to perform as well as the gasoline counterpart by Audi and BMW. If a turbocharged 6-cyl engine produces 272 hp and 413 ft.lb, like in BMW 535d, I'd buy it.
I hate this obsession with reminding everyone that it's a repost. I haven't seen this before. So what that it is a repost! Not everyone has seen every post on here.
Talk about reposting....constant reminders of reposts are...well.....REPOSTS by default!
To the OP, thanks for sharing.
Talk about reposting....constant reminders of reposts are...well.....REPOSTS by default!
To the OP, thanks for sharing.
^^^ Not the first.
Better to have all the info consolidated, that's my opinion. Hence why we post that it is a repost, and even go so far as to provide links to said reposts so that any pertinent information be gathered in one happy post, but our efforts fail, as always.
I see that, in the short time since your post as well as mine, there has been another one posted. I can understand the frustration at this obviousness.....but it isn't always reposted under the original one. I'm all for consolidating as well.
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Originally Posted by idnumber1
Originally Posted by NmexMAX
Better to have all the info consolidated, that's my opinion. Hence why we post that it is a repost, and even go so far as to provide links to said reposts so that any pertinent information be gathered in one happy post, but our efforts fail, as always.
post then post because of the post, that is why we post....
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