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Petrol isn't dead just yet!
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11-12-2007 12:45am#1
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Some people are no doubt upset that the new VRT system makes petrol engines almost obselete.
BMW has provided petrolheads in the truest sense of the word with a solution: a petrol that pollutes in one case no more CO2 than it's diesel equivalent and in another actually manages to pollute less CO2 than it's diesel equivalent.
None other than the companys famous straight 6's has this most unusual situation.
The 325i Auto saloon and Coupé pollute 170 g/km of CO2, exactly the same as a 325d Auto saloon and coupé.
The 330i Auto saloon and coupé pollute 173 g/km, 2 g/km less than a 330d Auto saloon.
The 525i and 525d have a difference of 6 or 8 g/km depending on what gearbox you use, but they're both in the same VRT band. The 530i and 530d (in Auto guise) have a difference of 2 g/km of CO2, the diesel pollutes 2 g/km less of CO2 at 176 g/km, so again both fall into the same VRT category.
I thought I would mention it because I've seen a few threads on motors about people wanting diesel 6 pot BMWs so that they can save a packet, when their petrols are just as good for CO2 and tax under the new scheme.
Of course this is EfficientDynamics only. Normal rules for non EfficientDynamics models.
Once again, Dr Pischetsieder, thank you.
btw, most people on here are, I wager thinking secondhand, so for the foreseeable future for those, it is indeed the diesels that attract. As soon as the ED models trickle down to used car prices, we'll be there !:DOde To The Motorist
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