Most people automatically imagine that a green car won’t won’t be a powerful car. They picture green when they think of the money that can be saved and the environmental impact that buying green and driving green can bring about. However many of them see red when they imagine pulling out onto the major M corridor in their diesel powered car and assume that the get up and go of a petrol vehicle can’t be accomplished by a green diesel vehicle.

We’ll for a time they might have had it right, but now, diesel power is delivering top notch fuel economy while maintaining the quick off the line and acceleration of petrol cars while still getting 40 to 50 mpg.

Even larger family cars and MPV’s are head to head with their petrol counterparts in an economy mini-vehicle and the biggest MPV you can find. Some diesel vehicle manufacturers have even made innovative new breakthroughs in automotive technology while searching for ways to channel the diesel engines output so it no longer takes a back seat.

One manufacturer has invented a Brake Energy Recovery System, that lets no motion caused by diesel energy to go to waste. Start and stop engine timing technology has reduced the actual engine “on time” which in turn automatically reduces overall diesel fuel consumption which increases mileage and wasted fuel during slow downs and idle periods.