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Citroen fits new 3.0 V6 HDI to C5 and C6

By Tim Pollard First Official Pictures 15 June 2009 09:50 Citroen has announced its most powerful engine in a production car – the new, expanded 3.0-litre HDI turbodiesel. It's the PSA-Jaguar Land Rover developed engine, previously available as a 2.7.The new 3.0 HDI will be fitted to the C5 and C6 in late summer 2009, replacing the 2.7. It produces 237bhp, up from 205bhp in the 2.7, yet fuel economy and CO2 both improve by around 15%.What's new on Citroen's 3.0-litre V6 HDI?The V6 gets a third generation common-rail injection system, a diesel particulate filter system and an alternator that recovers energy during braking.Both C5 and C6 3.0 HDI V6 models average 38mpg and emit 195g/km of CO2.The V6 turbodiesel was jointly developed by Ford (when it owned Jaguar Land Rover) and PSA Peugeot Citroen and is built in the Blue Oval's Dagenham, UK, diesel facility.

Audi, Bugatti factories are detailed in cable TV shows

Fans of the Audi R8 and Bugatti Veyron sports cars--a group that includes all of us here at AutoWeek--have the chance on Monday night to go behind the scenes and see how these road rockets are built. The National Geographic Channel, available on cable and satellite TV systems, tells all about the Audi R8 on an episode of Ultimate Factories that airs at 10 p.m. Eastern.

Bufori Geneva to show at Beijing Motor Show

Bufori Geneva will be at Beijing this month The Bufori Geneva arrived at the 2010 Geneva Motor Show and Bufori are to show an updated version at this month’s Beijing Motor Show. We have to confess that Bufori sent us information over the weekend on the Bufori Geneva and the news it was going to be shown at this month’s Beijing Motor Show. But we didn’t really see it as car news.