Detroit 2008: Kia shows off the new 3.0L diesel V-6 they are testing
Sitting off to the side of the Kia stand at the Detroit Auto Show is a display of a 3.0L clean diesel V-6. This same engine has been in production in Korean market Kia and Hyundai models including the Veracruz. John Juriga director of powertrains at the Hyundai-Kia Technical Center (HATCI) near Ann Arbor, MI confirmed that the engine is currently running on dynamometers and in vehicles at HATCI. The display indicated that the engine is targeted for the new Boreggo SUV in 2010. At the introduction of the Hyundai Veracruz last year, the company indicated that the CUV would receive a diesel in the next few years and spokesman Miles Johnson confirmed that this engine is the one that will be used. The V-6 is equipped with particulate filters and urea injection to clean up the exhaust stream.
[Source: Kia, Hyundai, DieselForecast.com]
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Dalton 2:27PM (9/02/2008)
I disagree that diesels are a step back. With the inclusion of biodiesel, we have the ability to produce fuel from a renewable source, one that makes much more sense than ethanol.
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TDI_Driver 8:58PM (1/16/2008)
Good! I hope Kia will write in the owners manual that the car can be run on biodiesel. Up to B20 would be nice.
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MichaelJones 6:01AM (1/18/2008)
Diesel fuel pricing has become expensive, the trend is likely to continue, unless you have certification in purchasing fuels you won't get any discount at all. The majority of vehicles of the future are going electric, hydrogen fuel cells, and hybrid with smaller diesel engines. KIA 3.0L clean diesel V-6 looks like a good engine but the future shall demand much for consumers, you most likely buy should be a aircar since they can serve your home at no extra costs supplying you with electricity if you get a generator they can connect to because the factory vehicles do not come with junction connectors you could invalidate a warranty if your not exxpecting to. As far as the eye can muster a plan for a New World Transport System, lets consider getting out of both ship and airplane options and go beneath the oceans for total pleasure so to construct tunnels and monorail systems capable of supporting greater pressures and water resistant, this calls for a low electrical use and aside from eliminating fossil fuel use we must also consider protecting our new world from underwater creatures that a capable of destroying our secure city underwater or the underwater power generation facility. With adequate security and employment we can protect our new world better than we can on land. We will create the underwater farming centers, yes still having adequate energy to produce the necessary sunlight version for our crops and be totally virus and disease free, using less pesticides. Our medical facilities can serve any number of needy persons all we do is add-on when we need more space, heck we got a entire ocean to design what we need and land don't cost as much as we would be paying had we built a city next to New York or Washington D.C. and we have a better view of everything online. So lets forget the complaining corporates and get nose first into designing the underwater future today. That diesel engine should go in our library/museum of unecessary engine developments. So how long is that suppose to last a good ten years, there will be more diesel engines deployed so don't pull all your hair out. I plan to replace my old engine and be done with my problem for at least five to ten years.
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