BMW 5 Series > Toyota Prius
Thread Starter
#CustomUserTitle
Joined: Mar 2002
Posts: 63,855
Likes: 1
From: glass case of emotion
BMW 5 Series > Toyota Prius
http://www.goodcleantech.com/2008/03...us_in_mpgs.php
That is bad ass.
It looks like that is exactly what happened on a 545-mile London-Geneva run, when a diesel-powered BMW 5-series posted better MPG stats than a petrol-based Toyota Prius hybrid. The BMW 520d with a 2.0-liter diesel engine and regenerative braking posted an impressive 41.9 mpg - about 0.9 mpg better than a full hybrid Prius. The difference may not seem huge. But given that the Prius weighs about 500 lb less, BMW's fuel economy lead was significant enough to raise new questions about which drivetrain technologies are more environmentally viable and should become the future mainstream of sustainable transport.
Joined: Oct 2000
Posts: 44,908
Likes: 0
From: Location Location
so the 320d would have absolutely killed the prius and the 120d which is even lighter still would have decimated the prius....
i wonder what the yet even still lighter MINI D would have done :chuckles:
IBhybridlovers
i wonder what the yet even still lighter MINI D would have done :chuckles:
IBhybridlovers
__________________
'00 Dakar Bus CRS Edition
LCD Squad #0001
'00 Dakar Bus CRS Edition
LCD Squad #0001
Originally Posted by WiLL
...I really wanna get out and shoot people.
Thread Starter
#CustomUserTitle
Joined: Mar 2002
Posts: 63,855
Likes: 1
From: glass case of emotion
gas is needed to power the crop harvesting machinery.
because corn is needed to make ethanol, animal feed prices go up.
now, you'll have expensive food.
It's a never ending cycle of pain.
because corn is needed to make ethanol, animal feed prices go up.
now, you'll have expensive food.
It's a never ending cycle of pain.
Last edited by e3NiNe; Mar 19, 2008 at 07:53 AM.
Joined: Oct 2000
Posts: 44,908
Likes: 0
From: Location Location
biodiesel! take the used fry oil from the tens of thousands of fast food places and put it in the diesel cars FTMFW!
__________________
'00 Dakar Bus CRS Edition
LCD Squad #0001
'00 Dakar Bus CRS Edition
LCD Squad #0001
Originally Posted by WiLL
...I really wanna get out and shoot people.