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All hail the cleanest 3-Series in the history of the 3-Series. BMW has given the 316 saloon a proper greenwash and it's come up smelling of leaves and mulch and stuff.
These are the most important figures: 62.8mpg and 118g/km CO2. That means you pay just £35 in road tax each year and, in theory, go 800 miles between fill-ups.
The less important but more interesting figures look like this: 0-62mph in 10.9 seconds and a top speed of 125mph.
We're fans of BMW's Efficient Dynamics programme. All the green touches work well but don’t take away any of the BMW-ness. So you can have your 3-Series and still wear your Greenpeace badge, slightly askew on the corner of your pretentious beret.
But at £23,330, it ain't cheap. Seems a clean conscience comes at a cost...
Three fall
Cleanest, most frugal 3-Series ever can do 800 miles between refills, says BMW
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StigsIrishCousn commented on this article
at 02:41 pm on 25 June 2009
I presume that's a petrol is it? BMW seem to have totally cracked the balance between sportiness, economy and CO2 but the price is still too high for us lowly Skoda drivers!
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C4_4life commented on this article
at 02:49 pm on 25 June 2009
@StigsIrishCousn LoL, Drivers. If you want cheap and good at the same time, forget Skoda and get a Citroen, possibly C4 like me. They come with BMW engines :)
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Wotski commented on this article
at 04:05 pm on 25 June 2009
It's an odd coincidence that the type of person who would buy this car, is also likely to be the type of person who would relay back to you all the statistics regarding the fuel efficiency and low tax banding. I will do my best to avoid ever meeting such a person.
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Primoz commented on this article
at 04:06 pm on 25 June 2009
I think this can never be a gasoline, the CO2 emissions are just too damn low. Though BMW does make a 16i and i don't remember a 16d...
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AndrewV commented on this article
at 09:18 pm on 25 June 2009
I'm sorry, but if you want a German car with high gas mileage and low CO2 emissions, get a VW. A Diesel BMW just doesn't work. A luxury, somewhat discreet executive/upper end family saloon with a tractor engine.
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