Comments on: Honda confirms diesel plans for Europe

By: ABMPSV

ABMPSV — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 10:26:40 +0000

Honda please bring diesel cars to Australia!!! Why in Europe they get the good ones. I realyy like the Honda Accord Euro and you can get it in petrol or diesel in Europe. Petrol is 148kW diesel 110kW, Petrol torque is 234Nm diesel 350Nm, city fuel economy petrol 12.5 Liter/100 km diesel 8.5L/100km, both accelerate to 100km/h in 9.7 sec.

By: Andy

Andy — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 00:08:24 +0000

QwkEdie – stuck in a time warp? take off the blindfold, open your eyes, smell the roses… You may consider as such, but those of us with a more open mind (i.e. not stuck in the 90s) are realising diesel is probably going to be the dominant force in mainstream motoring, especially in Europe, for the foreseeable future. Cheaper to run (for anyone doing 20,000km+ cheaper full stop), cleaner (most emissions other than NOx), more accessible power – against a marginal noise increase?

Wakey wakey. I know where my money is.

By: QwkEddie

QwkEddie — Sat, 25 Apr 2009 06:56:06 +0000

No matter how much technology go into these engines whether from Honda,VW,BMW,Mercedes,I still consider them dirty stinking diesels.
Oh! sure,for a little while they hardly blow smoke,after a couple of years or so they start smoking from the rear end polluting the air and fumagating the occupants of the vehicle behind these “portable smoking factories”.
Not the mention the “clunking” sound of the engines.
I don’t want to see comments about “Oh! but the Merc. and the BMW or the Peugeot have quiet engines”-maybe from the inside but not so much from the outside-thus another irrating factor that other road users have to tolerate from these oil burners.

By: Cupid Stunt

Cupid Stunt — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 12:34:25 +0000

WOW That’s brilliant news, fantastic. Sarcasm!!

By: Shak

Shak — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 04:03:59 +0000

WHy dont they give us diesel down under. I drive a 2009 accord and it has good go on highways but there is no low down torque. i mean no lowdown torque !!. Plaese Honda, Australia is now becoming a diesel country.

By: MisterTwo

MisterTwo — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 03:56:25 +0000

Honda has had a diesel engine in the Accord (Euro), CR-V and Civic for at least four years in Europe. Motor industry does not stop at Australian shores.

By: onepoppa

onepoppa — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 00:20:55 +0000

About time – so long as the increased diesel capacity gets hooked to automatics, at least so far as the Oz market is concerned.

What Honda needs here ASAP is the Euro Auto which is now available in the UK. Providing they do not gouge – a real concern with their recent pricing of Odyssey and Civic hatch – thay will offer a real alternative to AUDI, BMW and even Merc in the executive market.

By: Reckless1

Reckless1 — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 23:34:37 +0000

Yes, a timely move, only a few decades too late.

By: The Salesman

The Salesman — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 22:28:38 +0000

I would have thought this was a necessary move to keep up with European demand for diesel engine cars.