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Honda could be adding diesels to Acura lineup by 2010

Posted by admin  Published in Diesel, Acura, Honda

Honda has already announced plans to introduce a new 2.2L four cylinder clean diesel in the US market in 2009, likely in the Accord. Honda CEO Takeo Fukui plus discussed a diesel V-6 in an interview final December in Automotive News. It now looks like one or both of the engines will turn up in the Acura lineup, at least in Japan, by 2010. whether the four-cylinder proves popular in the Accord it seems probable that we

will additionally see diesel Acura models here as well. A likely candidate would be the next generation RL with a diesel V-6. That combination would pit it directly against the German rivals like the Mercedes E-Class and BMW 5-Series which will both have six-cylinder diesels by soon after.

[Source: Green Car Congress]

Original post by Sam Abuelsamid

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