Originally Posted by
Ochdx
Heh, diesel is $4.90 a gallon here in brooklyn, vs regular at $3.60.
BMW will sell like two or three of these diesel cars.
why compare with regular. what bmw takes regular? answer None.
in CA I see $4.07 for super and $4.49 for Diesel. given that the diesel is expected to give 40% more MPG it's good trade off. 535d is rated at 38MPG in the UK (converted from UK gallon to US gallon) vs 535i gas model which gets 26MPG. that's nearly 50% increase when compared to the gas model.
I'm comparing UK rating with US rating since the US rating hasn't been released yet but the comparison holds water.
BMW will likely up the diesel model in the coming years with the new CAFE standard and they hope to eventually make up 30% of all the models sold in NA.