Amazingly impressive from a diesel, yep still idles like a tractor and doesn't rev, but thinking back to what diesels were like years ago, you wouldn't have thought they could develop quite so much.
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New 3.0 litre Beemer diesel with triple turbo!!
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Posted 26 January 2012 - 17:18
Fook knows how that works and it will probably break down but 376bhp/545lb torque, 165g of CO2, combined 44.8mpg and 0-60 in 4.7s in a five series X-Drive.
Amazingly impressive from a diesel, yep still idles like a tractor and doesn't rev, but thinking back to what diesels were like years ago, you wouldn't have thought they could develop quite so much.
Amazingly impressive from a diesel, yep still idles like a tractor and doesn't rev, but thinking back to what diesels were like years ago, you wouldn't have thought they could develop quite so much.
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Posted 26 January 2012 - 17:34
dont think this lot are bmw lovers jez 
bet it'll be amazing to drive but i cant help thinking diesels are for economy and how economical is it gonna be with three turbos!
bet it'll be amazing to drive but i cant help thinking diesels are for economy and how economical is it gonna be with three turbos!
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Posted 26 January 2012 - 17:37
They go VERY VERY VERY quickly 
I've been for a spin
Still fookin uncomfortable though
I've been for a spin
Still fookin uncomfortable though
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Posted 26 January 2012 - 17:44
V70Ben, on 26 January 2012 - 17:37 , said:
They go VERY VERY VERY quickly
I've been for a spin
I've been for a spin
What was the mpg like on your 'spin'?
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Posted 26 January 2012 - 17:50
Sounds like it could be fun!!!!!!
But as you know i really am concerned about Mpg Ben
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But as you know i really am concerned about Mpg Ben
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Posted 26 January 2012 - 17:54
BlackBeast, on 26 January 2012 - 17:44 , said:
What was the mpg like on your 'spin'?
I've no idea - thats not a concern of those driving
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Posted 26 January 2012 - 17:55
Given the way diesel prices are rising, differential to petrol now heading towards 10p litre and suppliers supposidely struggling with demand they might start looking at developing lean burn petrols.
Most of the tech filters over from trucks for the diesels so I doubt it.
Most of the tech filters over from trucks for the diesels so I doubt it.
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Posted 26 January 2012 - 18:11
Yes - its interesting to see stuff like stop start technology coming onto mainstream petrol engines. I'm sure there is far more that they could do to make petrol engines more efficent.
Interestingly, my Saab 9000 Aero had amazing mpg compared to the Volvo - 40mpg on the motorway was fairly easy to achieve. So, if they could do that 16 years ago, they should be capable of better now.
Interestingly, my Saab 9000 Aero had amazing mpg compared to the Volvo - 40mpg on the motorway was fairly easy to achieve. So, if they could do that 16 years ago, they should be capable of better now.
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Posted 26 January 2012 - 18:26
I would like / hate to see the service and repair costs for that if (when) it goes wrong 
I remember seeing the prices Williams BMW charged my old firm for a relatively "simple" 320d when I had to put up with them as a company skip. 18,000 miles and pop, off went the turbo on the first one
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Posted 26 January 2012 - 19:10
GazT4R, on 26 January 2012 - 17:55 , said:
Given the way diesel prices are rising, differential to petrol now heading towards 10p litre and suppliers supposidely struggling with demand they might start looking at developing lean burn petrols.
Didn't Ford do this about 30 yrs or so ago?
I remember having a 79 1.6 Scirocco that would do 40+ and thatw as hoofing it. Haven't really advanced that much
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Posted 26 January 2012 - 19:12
I had a K series Rover that would do 40 mpg too.
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Posted 26 January 2012 - 19:23
IIRC, they'd made amazing inroads into the Lean Burn technology - Then somebody decided everything HAD to have a Catalytic Converter - Not compatible with Lean Burn for numerous reasons apparently.
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Posted 26 January 2012 - 22:25
Plus older cars are much much lighter.
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Posted 26 January 2012 - 22:26
Exocet, on 26 January 2012 - 19:12 , said:
I had a K series Rover that would do 40 mpg too.
Lol - I still have, albeit in a car that weighs 720 kg!
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Posted 26 January 2012 - 22:29
grin factor, on 26 January 2012 - 19:10 , said:
Didn't Ford do this about 30 yrs or so ago?
I remember having a 79 1.6 Scirocco that would do 40+ and thatw as hoofing it. Haven't really advanced that much
Ford did, but they were not the greatest engines.
Don't get me wrong, I'm not a massive BMW fan (I do like some of their cars though), but they seem to be leading the market on performance with economy, both on petrol and diesels.
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Posted 26 January 2012 - 23:10
JezF, on 26 January 2012 - 22:26 , said:
Lol - I still have, albeit in a car that weighs 720 kg!
Mine weighed 1100kg if memory serves
HG lasted 90k before I had to change it, how long has yours lasted?
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Plus older cars are much much lighter.
We were all much lighter in those days!!!!
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Posted 27 January 2012 - 09:47
ooo ya just know thats going to cost big when that goes!
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Posted 27 January 2012 - 09:51
and the gearbox is going to have to be good too would ya say with all that torque.
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Posted 27 January 2012 - 09:57
They recon in short term difference in price between Petrol and diesel will grow, as when most refineries were built, there was little demand for diesel and everyone wanted petrol, petrol refineries cant be converted to diesel, so lots of diesel is imported, and petrol refineries have excess capacity, possibly why coryton refinery has gone into administration
seems amazing that something like a petrol refinery can make a loss of 400 odd million quid
seems amazing that something like a petrol refinery can make a loss of 400 odd million quid
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