Comments on: TSX Diesel In Development Hell

By: BMW325I

BMW325I — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 22:29:54 +0000

89 is 2.08 and diesel is 3.12 so its a little more than a dollar here. Honda/Acura just send the manual over. I am tired of the fact that 8-9/10 cars are automatic in my area. Evo/Sti are doing well with just manuals.

By: fallout11

fallout11 — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 13:56:18 +0000

Slight correction to my earlier comment – As of today, RUG is $2.11/gallon locally, diesel is $3.28/gallon, or over 50% more, and this trend is likely to continue because although economic recession has forced passenger car/light truck drivers to cut back on travel, truckers and similar heavy diesel vehicle total miles traveled has remained constant (i.e. Walmart still has to be restocked, etc).

By: fallout11

fallout11 — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 16:31:58 +0000

Diesel is much more expensive than RUG down in refinery country (aka Deep South), averaging 20%-25% more on average, and has been that way for several years now.

By: cretinx

cretinx — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 17:47:05 +0000

wouldn’t a V6 TSX just be a last-generation TL?

that would defeat the entire reason for the TSX to exist.

By: brettc

brettc — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 14:36:35 +0000

$1.00 more per gallon? Weird, I paid $3.159 yesterday for diesel. Gas is about $2.70 around here. Seems more like a 46 cent price difference. The last time I filled up I paid $4.20 per gallon, but that was on Sept. 13. (Note the 6 weeks between fill-ups) It’s too bad Honda likes gas engines so much. I guess I’ll just wait for the A3 TDI on the used market. By then my Jetta will be about halfway through its engine design life, so I’ll sell it and still make good money on it.

By: Engineer

Engineer — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 05:26:22 +0000

Not that the fact that diesel is almost a dollar more expensive per gallon than gas in most markets is helping either.
It is? Out here on the Left Coast (SoCal) diesel is about the same as midgrade at most stations, and cheaper than regular if you know where to shop. Seems like the national average is about $0.60 apart, with both falling fast.

I’d say it’s too early to call this race. We’ll see.

By: autonut

autonut — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 01:28:14 +0000

The article should read “TSX Diesel In Tuches”.

By: John Horner

John Horner — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 01:12:42 +0000

A V-6 TSX would be silly as there already is a fairly small price gap between the TSX and the TL. The turbo-4 out of the RDX would make a more interesting option for what is clearly a niche product.

The clean diesel revolution seems to have been stopped dead in it’s tracks.

By: autonut

autonut — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 00:57:43 +0000

I guess with little reprieve from sheiks it’s back to business as usual.

By: vento97

vento97 — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 00:29:09 +0000

Development Hell??? More like Development Purgatory or Development Limbo…

By: indi500fan

indi500fan — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 23:19:51 +0000

As someone who is deeply involved in this subject in trucks, the automatic definitely presents less of an emissions challenge on the USEPA FTP. Mostly for the fact that there is much less throttle modulation and transients in the engine operation.

By: chuckgoolsbee

chuckgoolsbee — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 23:15:02 +0000

Damn.

Damn all you morons who insist on slushboxes.**

Damn you Diesel naysayers who keep scaring this nice alternative fuel source away from the market.

Damn you Honda for succumbing to this fear.

Damn. Damn. Damn.

–chuck

** and Damn you BMW for only offering the 330D with an auto.

By: carguy622

carguy622 — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 22:42:45 +0000

A V6! Great now the TSX will be front heavy too.

By: lawmonkey

lawmonkey — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 22:06:48 +0000

This seems a bit dubious – I would think the auto would get better emissions, since the engineers can better play with the engine response. Huzzah for unnamed sources!

By: Robstar

Robstar — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 21:27:21 +0000

Who needs auto? Bring me the stick. My current car is not offered in auto and it sells just fine.