I may have to start saving my pennies for this one guys!! Let's hope it is not too ugly and BMW brings it to the States.


http://www.autocarmagazine.com/news_...p?na_id=214768



Brett Payne
www.Forcedfed.com
925.371.2288

 

holy moly!

 

0-60 in 6 seconds? i think its going to be much faster then that by how they describe the car. closer to 5 seconds i think in a production model...

 

sad if true

 

Nice car, but I'll take the IS500 over it (if they will ever come out)

from Clublexus.com

 

Isn't it a turbodiesel?

 

No. Read the article.

 

BMW says it's a Turbo diesel-YUCK

 

Can you guys actually read?? They have a twin turbo diesel and PETROL engine.

 

Nothing wrong with a turbodiesel.

 

um, aside from having ZERO horsepower

 

bmw? turbo? what?

 

there must not be any fast turbo diesel's on the west coast. I know of street driven 10sec turbo diesels trucks over here, but you gotta remember. I'm from tennessee. there's alot of rednecks here. Heck my turbo diesel had 350whp and 760ft-lbs of torque to the wheels. turbo diesel can make alot of power.


-Chad-

 

how come the is500 hood is like an evo hood

 

nothing wrong with turbodiesels if they are done properly...

This is taken from May's Car magazine (UK)

"Diesel takeover complete

Mercedes has demolished the last oilburner taboo by plumbing diesels into its two-seat roadsters. The SL400 and SLK320 CDIs are Vision concepts, which by Benz tradition means they will soon make production.

The SLK320 uses Mercedes' all new V6 diesel, but with three turbos working sequentially to generate 268 bhp and 465 lb ft of torque - more twist action than a Ferrari 612 Scaglietti. It will blast to 62 mph in 5.3 seconds yet return 38 mpg.

The SL400 uses Mercedes's third generation twin-turbo V8. It gets new turbos and a modified water-cooled air intake that pushes peak power to 315 bhp and 538 lb ft of torque. That's enough to hurtle the big SL to 62 mph in 5.8s - half a second quicker than the current petrol SL500"

I mean there are definite advantages to turbodiesels and lots of potential if done right...