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Used Car of the Day: 1974 Alfa Romeo Berlina 2000

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Today's UCOTD is a rally-ready 1974 Alfa Romeo Berlina 2000. This car has problems, such as rust, dents, and oil leaks. There's good, too, apparently: A rebuilt motor, all-new suspension, NOS Abarth exhaust, roof rack, TZ wheels, Weber cars, rally driving lights, and Euro bumpers. Oh, and a rear seal leak.

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Used Car of the Day: 2000 Chevrolet Camaro Z28 SS SLP

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The 2000 Chevrolet Camaro Z28 SS SLP is one of those cars I used to geek out on when I picked up a buff book back during my college days. This car has T-tops, the factory Hurst shifter, a factory Monsoon stereo, and factory leather. The asking price for this Texas-based car is $15,900. It also has a lot of mods.

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EEA finds only mixed progress for Europe’s transport sector in meeting environment, climate goals; GHG emissions up 25% since 1990

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The average CO 2 emissions of new passenger vans and cars in 2016 were below the respective target paths for 2020 and 2021, although considerable reductions still need to be made in the coming years for manufacturers to meet future targets. The share of renewable energy in transport in the EU rose from 6.7% in 2015 to 7.1% Air pollution.

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Study investigates impact of operating conditions and load on soot particle number distribution for diesel and biodiesel

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The presence of oxygen in the fuel has the potential to lower the exhaust particle number concentration in diesel engines, they concluded. Euro 5 and Euro 6 aim to reduce PM emission to 0.005 g/km for a passenger cars but the future legislation has also introduced a limit on the particle number emissions. bar BMEP at 2000 rpm.

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U Toronto study measures GDI emissions in urban near-road environment

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Hence, GDI PM mass loadings and chemical composition may vary depending on the measurement environment or exhaust conditioning. The sampling site is north of a four-lane roadway that experiences relatively high traffic volumes ranging from 16,000−25,000 cars per day. —Zimmerman et al. Naomi Zimmerman, Jonathan M.

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2015 VW Jetta TDI: a more refined, powerful and efficient diesel within a nicely redesigned model line

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The Jetta is Volkswagen’s current best selling car in the US; total 2014 Jetta sales through September were 115,055 units, or 42.5% In addition, its diesel version is the top selling passenger car diesel in the market here, with about 29% share, according to figures compiled by Baum & Associates and hybridcars.com. 2015 Jetta TDI.

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Winterkorn says Volkswagen developing 10-speed DCT and high-performance diesel; plug-in hybrids offer great potential

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On this basis the Volkswagen Group was working towards its declared objective of lowering the European new car fleet’s CO 2 emission level to 95 g of CO 2 /km by 2020. Since 2000, the group has reduced the fuel consumption of its TDI and TSI engines by more than 30%. Earlier post.). Short-term engine roadmaps. to 2.0l); and the.

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