This is an unusual story - a new diesel motor, not unusual in that it is a new idea, just simply because for most of the world, diesel is a dirty word, especially in many Government departments. However Mazda has bucked the green thinking and delivered a new SkyActiv-D 2.2 litre diesel engine into the US market. Fitted into a revised CX-5 Signature, the motor has been … [Read more...]
Using Plastic Waste to Create a Diesel-type Fuel
Over the last few weeks there has been a lot of discussion in the mainstream media about the volume of waste humans produce. Part of the discussion centres around the fact that both India and China are now stopping imports of other countries waste products. To make it worse, humans are still consuming lots of products wrapped in plastic and have no desire to slow down that … [Read more...]
German Court Rules That Diesel Can Be Banned in Cities
Earlier this year, a German court ruled that cities in that country could ban heavily polluting diesel powered cars from their urban areas. This was a blow to the Government who dislike bans and they were looking at other restrictions to ease pollutant levels. The whole issue around the VW emissions test work-around has had wide ranging repercussions. Governments reacted in … [Read more...]
Austin Gipsy
I saw an old Austin Gipsy recently and it reminded me very much of a series 1 Land Rover or Willys Jeep. There is no mystery around that - they were all designed for a purpose. With the Willys Jeep and the Land Rover developed in the 1940s, the Austin Gipsy was a later entrant to the market - and was designed to be a direct competitor to the Land Rover as the Jeep (built by … [Read more...]
Governments Have Spasms in Their Knees
It seems that Governments need to visit their doctors - they have spasms in their joints that are causing knee jerk reactions! One of them is the politically correct “decision" to ban all cars using petrol or diesel and to only allow cars fitted with electric motors to be sold or operated in their regions. Remember, it was the same Governments that heavily promoted diesel as … [Read more...]