Diesels Feature: Cars on Sale Now

The newest addition to Audi's Q7 luxury SUV is an oil burner. The 3.0-liter V-6 TDI develops 233 bhp - a specific output higher than many gas engines. More importantly, it generates 369 lb-ft of torque at a superlow 1750 rpm, which will help make quick stopl

It's big and tough, but lags the best in refinement.

Dodge has updated its hard-working commercial van, the Sprinter, for 2007, following in the footsteps of a refresh that happened to European Mercedes-badged vehicles last year. The vans have been around overseas since 1995, but Americans have only had a few ye

We were never huge fans of the Jeep Liberty CRD (for Common Rail Diesel); as noted in our July 2006 issue, we find its Italian-sourced four-cylinder to be "noisy and rough, with nonlinear power delivery." We do, however, find it hard to argue with gobs of torq

Mercedes-Benz has been building diesel automobiles since the 260D of the 1930s, so it's no surprise that Mercedes is the first and only manufacturer to make a diesel passenger car that meets newly tightened U.S. emissions regulations for 2007. With its new V-6

Surprise, surprise: the new Mercedes ML is longer and wider than the outgoing model.

While it would appear that only three parts-two headlights and a grille-have been changed to freshen the Touareg for 2007, Volkswagen clams that they've added more than 2300 redesigned parts. It's what's inside that counts, right? After all, that's where the o