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FUEL SIPPER; The diesel in Honda's Civic is smooth and powerful, and it gets us excited about a diesel Acura TSX.(News)
Byline: DALE JEWETT
Around these parts, the notion of a "desirable Civic'' usually involves the high-zoot Si variants of Honda's small car.
That will change if we get a diesel-powered Civic like the one our friends in Europe can buy.
We recently sampled a European i-CDTi Civic five-door with Honda's smooth and quiet 2.2-liter diesel four. The next generation of this engine, called iDTEC, will find its way into the new Acura TSX next year.
The key parts of this engine are its super-high-pressure (23,000 psi) direct fuel injection and a variable nozzle turbocharger from Honeywell. That translates to tons of pulling power at low rpm and miserly fuel consumption. Honda's oil burner is rated at only 138 hp at 4000 rpm (with a 4500-rpm redline) but cranks 250.7 lb-ft of torque at just 2000 rpm.
There's no smoke on start-up but some clatter when cold, which ...
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