Diesel Decaf

Diesels have a reputation for being dirty and smelly, releasing clouds of soot loaded with ash, carbon monoxide, and silicates into the air. But Volkswagen claims TDI Clean Diesels are different, removing over 95% of these harmful particles from their exhaust. But can a diesel really be clean? To find out, the new Touareg TDI squared off against a traditional diesel for an unexpected comparison.

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Entertainment

Tags:

• Touareg
• VW
• Volkswagen
• TDI
• clean
• diesel
• fuel
• efficiency

[fast55chev]

Why compare a old car that no ones knows anything about. Maybe it has been 100,000 miles since it last had anything done to it, along with it could of been sitting somewhere for the last 5+ years.

Also, they make it a point to show the Mercedes was running...but never a close up of the vw...how convenient

[BboySloppy]

Why dont they get a newer diesel car, thatd be fair dont u think?

[ericvansingelcomics]

science go

[XTad12]

Those new "clean" diesels put out those emisions during filter regeneration so they're polutiong as well.

[stef9027]

the point is to show the diesel improvement....they want to show ppl that when u drive behind a new diesel, u don't get all that nasty black smoke in ur face

[amird128]

@BboySloppy New TDIs are cleaner than gas engines.

[dbr712]

That's true, it's not funny at all...

[LeavensVW]

@egcroan Agreed

[Kadaj100]

completely stupid ! TALK ABOUT CANCER FINE PARTICLES

[egcroan]

@mrjost55 Not true they certain go a long way to educating people that the black sooty tailpipe emissions issues has been addressed, which is the cultural issue preventing many Americans from purchasing Diesels.

[egcroan]

@Teenagefreedomfightr I am a big fan of Diesel (especially Bio-Diesel which is better than Ethanol) , but the USA has a culture issue with Diesels, and this infomercial goes a long way to educating people that things are better than they used to be. The lack of uniform availability of Diesel at all corner service stations is another issue that somehow needs to be addressed, which unfortunately won't be solved until more diesels are sold if we follow the capitalism model.

[egcroan]

@kyoshiroma Good point about Sugar Cane based ethanol as Brazil has been very successful with their program, especially since Sugar Cane grows really well in their climate, and requires far less resources than Corn based Ethanol does. I still say Diesel is better especially if the Diesel is Soybean based. it comes down to embedded costs being lower such as less water being used. In the interim until diesel cane be produced fro0m cleaner sources Shell is making it from methane. USA has plenty.