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Originally Posted by Nixon
I'm worried that BMW will screw up their introduction of their diesels the same way Honda blew the Accord Hybrid. A heavy but fast 50k dollar diesel 5-series that gets only 35 mpg is going to have to create a whole new market niche for itself. The X-series diesels face the same problem, magnified by the problem of a shrinking US SUV market. They can't leverage an existing booming market niche. I'm afraid if they hit the diesel market wrong and fail, then they will never bring in the 123d.
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I believe that the diesel niche will soon see a high demand as more and more fuel efficient diesels come out and the price of petrol increases. There is a reason as to why so many cars in Europe are running on diesel and that is because there is a high demand for these engines which give great fuel economy.
Honda did a testing of their diesel engines in their Honda Accords in Europe and managed to pull off 92.3 MPG (Imperial Gallons). I don't think that hybrids will be able to come near that. And if more and more diesel engines were able to pull such great figures as this, then I don't see any reason why the diesel variants would suffer.