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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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@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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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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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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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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AndrewV, BMW have some of the best diesel engines around. Plus executive cars are often diesel, as it means cheaper running costs for the companies that lease them. However the new VW Group diesels are reputed to be very good.

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@ Primoz: it is, though. Eficient dynamics is just that darn good. @AndrewV: You are clearly talking out of your nether regions. The VW diesels (four pot) sound like tractors, no matter what you do (they are, other than that, not bad tho). The straight six BMW diesel plant, especially their three liter beast (and especially in the mental 35d version, as in the 535d or the 335d) is just too good to be true. Jeremy even had to drag out a 545i to be able to demonstrate that petrol was still king (shows how scared he was of the more fair 535i vs 535d fight, imho). As a good driver's car, you really can't go far wrong with the excellent diesels BMW has got. If you wan't top of the line sportiness, go for the petrol, but for a decent one (V8, M, take your pick).

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Yes, StigsIrishCousin, the 316d (that's 3 1 6 DEE) is clearly a petrol car. No, wait a sec...

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So it's the eco-version of the entry-level version of the entry-level BMW saloon? Erm, I'm all for using less oil and stuff, but YAWN.

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They should make the eco-version interesting! i mean a driving enthusiast will not wan't one of these, not because they are dreadfully slow but because they just look borrrrinnggg. Put the M-spec bumpers on it and lower it. maybe a splitter under the bottom. I mean if you can go faster round corners you are less likely to brake and then accelerate therefore saving fuel! providing you are not speeding drastically in the first place or going to cause danger to other people obviously! haha

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