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Originally Posted by oz555
Diesel BMW are not "lower order" cars. In Europe people buy diesel totally loaded (and it is much expensive than American versions - i.e. X5 M50d is around 160.000 USD). Second, we drive much faster on the highway than Americans, way beyond 100mph. If You drive 125mph diesel double MPG (12l/100km instead 24l/100km). BMW is German brand and yet they buy 70% diesel cars (very good equipped).
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I put "lower order" in quotes, as that is how they are seen on this forum, relatively speaking. What's funny is that for all this obsession with power, the ones driving at 170-200 km/h steadily, reliably day in day out are Europeans buying 320ds which are doing under 3,000 rpm at those speeds.
Good point about diesel economy at high highway speeds. Regardless of the car, petrol economy seems to fall off sharply above 160-170 km/h whereas diesels in my limited experience are less affected. Diesels are not my cup of tea at all, but there's no denying their effectiveness at speed. Good thing too, because 50% of
global 3 series production is the 320d. They simply can't get that wrong!