Stéphane Dumas
20/07/2005, 09h04
Volvo dévoilera la C70 au salon de Francfort mais les plus grosses nouvelles sont du côté de Jaguar
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Car News briefs: Trick top for next-gen Volvo C70; Jag considering diesel XJ for U.S.
AUTOWEEK
Posted Date: 7/19/05
Volvo’s second-generation C70, which makes its public debut at the Frankfurt motor show in September, abandons the strategy from the first-generation model of offering a fixed-roof coupe and a soft-top. The new model, going on sale in North America early next year, features a Pininfarina-designed three-piece folding-hardtop roof allowing it to transform from coupe to cabriolet at the press of a button.
The premium model will be the T5 (shown) powered by a 2.5-liter, 220-hp turbocharged five-cylinder.
Oily cats
Jaguar sources say the company is considering bringing a diesel XJ to the United States, possibly by 2008. The likely engine would be the 2.7-liter 204-hp, 321-lb-ft V6 twin-turbo*diesel it plans to offer in European XJ models.
“There’s potential for lots of demand for diesels in the U.S.,” says Jaguar and Land Rover chief engineer Al Kammerer, “but first we’ve got to cross plenty of technical hurdles.”
Next year’s introduction of low-sulfur diesel in the U.S. is the first step, but Jaguar will also have to develop a urea-based catalyst that scrubs smog-forming nitrogen oxides.
If the American public buys into a diesel XJ, don’t be surprised if an oil burner shows up in the XK8 sports car; a diesel is penciled in on the XK8 plan for 2009-10.
http://www.cheersandgears.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=19010
Car News briefs: Trick top for next-gen Volvo C70; Jag considering diesel XJ for U.S.
AUTOWEEK
Posted Date: 7/19/05
Volvo’s second-generation C70, which makes its public debut at the Frankfurt motor show in September, abandons the strategy from the first-generation model of offering a fixed-roof coupe and a soft-top. The new model, going on sale in North America early next year, features a Pininfarina-designed three-piece folding-hardtop roof allowing it to transform from coupe to cabriolet at the press of a button.
The premium model will be the T5 (shown) powered by a 2.5-liter, 220-hp turbocharged five-cylinder.
Oily cats
Jaguar sources say the company is considering bringing a diesel XJ to the United States, possibly by 2008. The likely engine would be the 2.7-liter 204-hp, 321-lb-ft V6 twin-turbo*diesel it plans to offer in European XJ models.
“There’s potential for lots of demand for diesels in the U.S.,” says Jaguar and Land Rover chief engineer Al Kammerer, “but first we’ve got to cross plenty of technical hurdles.”
Next year’s introduction of low-sulfur diesel in the U.S. is the first step, but Jaguar will also have to develop a urea-based catalyst that scrubs smog-forming nitrogen oxides.
If the American public buys into a diesel XJ, don’t be surprised if an oil burner shows up in the XK8 sports car; a diesel is penciled in on the XK8 plan for 2009-10.