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<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=537074303-19072008>Charlie,</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=537074303-19072008>BMW
<U>is</U> building fuel efficient cars - they are just not bringing them to the
US.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=537074303-19072008>A few
months ago a friend of mine postulated that <FONT face=Helvetica color=#000000
size=3>"there's not a German car in existance that gets 35 MPG... much
less an ability to AVERAGE that across the entire fleet..."</FONT><BR>I took the
time to go through the bmw.de web site, and here's what I came up
with:</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=537074303-19072008></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT><SPAN class=537074303-19072008>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=561251800-08122007><STRONG>The following BMWs are getting 35 mpg or more
according to EU mixed driving cycle:</STRONG></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=561251800-08122007><STRONG>535 d auto</STRONG></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=561251800-08122007><STRONG>530 d x (4WD)</STRONG></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=561251800-08122007><STRONG>530 d</STRONG></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=561251800-08122007><STRONG>530 d Touring</STRONG></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=561251800-08122007><STRONG>525 d x</STRONG></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=561251800-08122007><STRONG>525 d</STRONG></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=561251800-08122007><STRONG>525 d Touring</STRONG></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=561251800-08122007><STRONG>520 d (46 mpg!)</STRONG></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=561251800-08122007><STRONG>520 d Touring</STRONG></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=561251800-08122007><STRONG>520 i </STRONG></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=561251800-08122007><STRONG>335 d auto</STRONG></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=561251800-08122007><STRONG>330 d x</STRONG></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=561251800-08122007><STRONG>330 d</STRONG></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=561251800-08122007><STRONG>330 d Touring</STRONG></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=561251800-08122007><STRONG>325 d</STRONG></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=561251800-08122007><STRONG>325 d Touring</STRONG></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=561251800-08122007><STRONG>320 d (49 mpg!!)</STRONG></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=561251800-08122007><STRONG>318 d (50 mpg!!!)</STRONG></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=561251800-08122007><STRONG>320 i</STRONG></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=561251800-08122007><STRONG>320 i Touring</STRONG></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=561251800-08122007><STRONG>318 i</STRONG></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=561251800-08122007><STRONG>318 i Touring (as well as coupes and cabrios
for all the above 3's)</STRONG></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=561251800-08122007><STRONG>123 d</STRONG></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=561251800-08122007><STRONG>120 d</STRONG></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=561251800-08122007><STRONG>118 d</STRONG></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=561251800-08122007><STRONG>120 i</STRONG></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=561251800-08122007><STRONG>118 i</STRONG></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=561251800-08122007><STRONG>116 i</STRONG></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=561251800-08122007><STRONG>X3 2.0 d</STRONG></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=561251800-08122007><STRONG></STRONG></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=561251800-08122007><STRONG>635d almost made it: 34 mpg (mixed
cycle)</STRONG></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=561251800-08122007><STRONG></STRONG></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=561251800-08122007><SPAN
class=537074303-19072008>I understand that BMW will be introducing a couple of
diesels in the US by the end of the year, but they seem reluctant to bring the
"less powerful" models to the US market. No wonder that the 1-series is
expensive when the smallest engine offered is a 3 liter with well over 200
HP....</SPAN></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=561251800-08122007><SPAN
class=537074303-19072008>I'm sure the BMW marketing executives are monitoring
the market carefully at the moment, given the increasing fuel prices. Maybe
we'll se lighter and more fuel efficient BMWs in the US as well in the near
future.</SPAN></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=561251800-08122007><SPAN
class=537074303-19072008></SPAN></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=561251800-08122007><SPAN
class=537074303-19072008>Tor</SPAN></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=561251800-08122007><SPAN
class=537074303-19072008>74 3.0
CS</SPAN></SPAN></FONT></DIV></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Tahoma
size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B>
bmwcsregistry-bounces@idb.ded.forest.net
[mailto:bmwcsregistry-bounces@idb.ded.forest.net]<B>On Behalf Of
</B>cgshawaii@netscape.net<BR><B>Sent:</B> Friday, July 18, 2008 6:40
PM<BR><B>To:</B> the-hound@juno.com;
bmwcsregistry@idb.ded.forest.net<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: [BMWCSRegistry] Check
This New BWM Out Everyone<BR><BR></FONT></DIV><BR>Okay.... but with BMW's
penchant for "customer engineering" (some latent, potentially very expensive,
flaw in each model) what might the first-generation electric Mini do to its
owner?<BR><BR>"Break My Wallet".<BR><BR>I thought the gas Mini was kinda heavy
for a "small" car, though I don't recall hard numbers. Electric power
wouldn't go well with that. <BR><BR>And, of course, BMW WILL NOT
build an economy car... look what happened with the 1 series, base price
upwards of $30K... and not a fuel efficient motor in it, either.
Apparently they have utterly conceded that market to others. Well, it's
their choice. Brand loyalty will only carry so far, but I think they've
gone beyond that too, marketing and selling to ego-driven buyers for whom a
car purchase doesn't represent a major expense.<BR><BR>I think small fuel
efficient cars ARE the future, and large cars will shortly become a thing of
the past. We are seeing, I think (hope?) the end of large vehicles.
Yeah, there are holdouts, and haulers for commercial use will always be here,
but I can't think of anything that would get me into something larger than my
coupe. Mostly I ride a 2-wheeled BMW where multi-child pick and delivery
is not imposed on me.<BR><BR>
<DIV style="CLEAR: both">Charlie <BR><BR>-----Original Message-----<BR>From:
the-hound@juno.com <the-hound@juno.com><BR>To:
bmwcsregister@idb.dedforest.net; bmwcsregistry@idb.ded.forest.net<BR>Sent:
Thu, 17 Jul 2008 3:35 pm<BR>Subject: [BMWCSRegistry] Check This New BWM Out
Everyone<BR><BR></DIV>
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<DIV>Hello:</DIV>
<DIV>This one I would buy in a convertible.............I have been looking for
a 2006 Cooper S White, Silver or Red with a tan or burgundy interior 6
speed. </DIV>
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