Volkswagen Jetta TDI wins the Green Car of the Year award
German automaker Volkswagen has won the Green Car of the Year award for their Volkswagen Jetta TDI model.
This award was given to the company at the ongoing Los Angeles auto show.
This is incidentally the first time that this award was given to a diesel-powered car.
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Piaggio to start engine manufacturing in India by 2009
Italian scooter maker Piaggio has now announced that they are planning to start manufacturing diesel engines in the Indian market by the end of 2009.
Company representative Ravi Chopra said in a statement: “We are creating the facility with a capacity of 200,000 engines. The progress is [...]

Hyundai considering making diesel engines in India
India has become such an important market for the south Korean auto giant Hyundai that they are now considering manufacturing diesel engines here. With Maruti involved with Fiat in developing similar engines locally to help them sell diesel cars at affordable prices, it becomes important for Hyundai to prepare [...]

Maruti should be out with diesel cars next year
Maruti Suzuki earlier this year stopped production of all the diesel models it had considering their contract with Peugeot had finished and they had no diesel engine, which complied with the pollution norms in India. They are currently developing a plant in collaboration with Fiat, which would [...]