BMW close to being exempted from New Fuel Economy Standards

nlakind · 07-29-2009, 12:41 PM

great find mark!

E82tt6 · 07-29-2009, 01:12 PM

If BMW and Benz brought their Euro lines here they'd meet the 35.5 standard, but over here, people wouldn't buy a BMW economy car.

stickypaws · 07-29-2009, 01:30 PM

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Originally Posted by E82tt6

If BMW and Benz brought their Euro lines here they'd meet the 35.5 standard, but over here, people wouldn't buy a BMW economy car.

+1

Here's an example: http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/200...-c180k-review/

It's really too bad there's such a stigma attached to 'luxury' brands here in the US.

NightStalker · 07-29-2009, 05:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by philip

HERE:
http://www.m3post.com/forums/showthread.php?t=279471

thank you brotha

quadpipes · 07-29-2009, 08:11 PM

According to yesterday's Wall Street Journal, the Obama administration has proposed to set less stringent fuel economy rules for BMW (and Mercedes and any other car maker that sells less than 400,000 cars in the US). Hmmm. This might not derail BMW's future ///M-plan away from NA engines and towards more FI, but it could change the HP profiles. It will be interesting to watch.

iveman89 · 07-29-2009, 11:02 PM

what was obama administration putting on the table?

valeram · 07-29-2009, 11:16 PM

There was an additional thousand page amendment that nobody read that includes BMW. :-)

Fraggy · 07-30-2009, 05:58 PM

I like and dislike this at the same time.

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