More diesel vehicles debut at Auto Shanghai 2007

On April 20, the 12th International Automobile & Manufacturing Technology Exhibition was held, attracting many automobile giants from both home and abroad to come to Shanghai New International Expo Center. Once walking into the exhibition hall, you will bump into various models of automobiles. While automakers are busy exhibiting heir brand new cars, style-modified cars and concept cars, the reporter found more diesel cars at the site. Not only SUV manufacturers, the big petroleum consumers, launched diesel cars, but also many other automakers exhibited their diesel cars and diesel engine.

The Great Wall and Huatai SUV enterprises are among the first to take moves in diesel engine. They both launched new diesel cars at Auto Shanghai 2007.

The Great Wall has launched many models of cars with built-in electric controlled high-pressure common rail diesel engine, such as the best-selling diesel-fueled Hover CUV, as well as the right rudder Chun Wind high-end Pickup and the Great Wall self-propelled trailer, "Ming-hao" launched at the Auto Shanghai for the first time. Great Wall self-propelled trailer, "Ming-hao", adopt the newly released chassis of Chun Wind high-end diesel Pickup, becoming the first style of trailer that assembled the diesel engine. Moreover, it is learnt that in the future, the Great Wall will put diesel engine into full application of all its Great Wall series cars. By then, there will have been more diesel-fueled cars produced by Great Wall Motor Company Limited.

Huatai also launched its new diesel-fueled Santa Fe vehicle, the Upgraded Version for Huatai Santa Fe 2.0 CRDi VGT. It has enhanced the multilevel catalytic converter device and noise resistant system for engines while making VGT (Variable Geometry Turbocharger) and CRDi (Common Rail Direct Injection) technologies applied in the above diesel engine. Therefore, it ensures energy conservation and comfortable experience. In addition, Huatai exhibited Terracan 2.9 CRDi diesel cars. With 300,000 sets of clean diesel engine being to be put into quantity production late this year, Huatai will have a more promising future in diesel engine.

In Europe, diesel cars are very popular. Many European countries encourage the development of advanced diesel technologies. Some European automakers have brought highlights in this field to this Auto Show.

One of Volkswagen's themes is "High-tech Olympics, Green Olympics". In accordance with such a theme, Volkswagen showed its world-leading Powertrain Technologies and car models. In diesel engine, it exhibited TDI diesel engine and Polo BlueMotion diesel cars. The V6 TDI exhibited at Auto Shanghai was equipped with piezoelectric nozzle, greatly improving the burning efficiency. Therefore, it featured the excellent fuel economy and environmental protection. V6 TDI is already able to meet the EU V emission standards to come into effects in 2009. Polo BlueMotion has been equipped with 59 kw / 80 horsepower TDI diesel engine, with the maximum speed high up to 176 km/ h, while it only consumes 3.9 liters of diesel for every hundred kilometers.

Citroen also brought two concept cars, namely C-Metisse and C4-Hybride.

C-Metisse concept cars adopt a unique Four-Wheel Drive (FWD) system with front wheels and rear wheels driven separately. Its front wheels are driven by a 3.0 liter V6 Hdi diesel motor while its rear wheels are driven by two more electric engines in addition to the double high torque electronical hauling system. It only takes 6.2 seconds to speed up to 100 km/h. Also, it consumes petroleum as little as 6.5L/100 km. C4-Hybride reduces its petrol consumption to 3.4 L/100 km on complicated road conditions, and CO2 emission to 90 g/ 100 km thanks to the combination of HDi diesel engine and electric engine.

While foreign automakers exhibit their advanced diesel technologies, major domestic automakers also got fully prepared.

At Chery's booth, there were nearly 30 car models, including many diesel cars. The Tiggo6 concept car is Chery's first premium SUV, with the biggest spotlights in free choices from 3.0 V6, 2.0 TCI and 1.9DTDI diesel engine. Its diesel-fueled 1.9DTDI even satisfied the EU V emission standards. Chery A5 is a type of representative automobiles adopting the flexible fuel technology (automobiles that can be driven by any kind of fuel such as petroleum, diesel, ethanol and CNG), which is one of the four applications of new energy sources technologies exhibited; and Chery Oriental Descendents sedan is a type of representative automobile adopting the bio-diesel technology, another of the four applications of new energy sources technologies exhibited. It was introduced by Chery staff that there was also a Chery A1 with 1.0 L diesel motor at the booth. Brilliance launched a diesel-fueled Zhonghua Zunchi car and a diesel motor DK4A. It was learnt that the DK4A diesel motor Brilliance exhibited would be mainly applied onto its Grace business cars. Among the 5 MG car models, MG 5 was also a diesel-fueled car.

Source:CE.cn

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