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"  While Volvo isn&amp;#039;t completely overlooking hybrid technology, they are a European car company\u2014and Europeans buy diesels. So it makes sense that the Swedish automaker would focus on oil burners for ways to get big results in lowering CO2 emissions and reducing fuel consumption. The introduction next month of the 2008 Volvo C30 1.6-liter turbo diesel at the Frankfurt Motor Show is, for obvious reasons, being tagged as the Efficiency Concept. The Efficiency boasts an 8-percent drop in fuel consumption, thanks to a new Powershift gearbox coupled with a lowered chassis height, new rear roof spoiler, underbody aerodynamics and low rolling resistance tires with special wheels. The mixture of these small yet worthy alterations translates into a CO2 emissions reduction from 129 g/km to below 120 g/km. That may not knock your socks off, but it qualifies as an environmentally friendly car in some countries\u2014namely Sweden. The Powershift gearbox, which will expand into the Volvo S40 and V50 models after 2008, is an updated version of the European Getrag-Ford dual-clutch automated manual transmission, similar to Audi&amp;#039;s DSG. With the double clutch, there is no disruption in torque delivery, allowing for nearly instantaneous upshifts and downshifts. &amp;quot;We are firmly committed to lowering the fuel consumption of our conventional petrol and diesel engines,&amp;quot; says Magnus Jonsson, senior vice president for research and development at Volvo, adding that the Poweshift will help improve efficiency across the company&amp;#039;s entire model range. Unfortunately, Volvo has no plans to introduce the Powershift or the diesel into the U.S. market. Apparently certifying the new engine for the U.S. market is too expensive at this point. And they&amp;#039;re unsure if there is enough customer support to back the effort. Too bad. We think both the transmission\u2014and the diesel\u2014would do quite well here. \u2014Brittany Marquis "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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