2010-06-25
BMW meets new eco design for the sake of the world.
AUTO AND MOBILITY

Global warming and ecological imbalance concerns are the most heated topics you can hear these days almost everywhere with media, politicians, celebrities and many alike all working together to generate awareness among people on this Global issue. Such awareness programs also has left many people earmarked that they place the environment as a key priority among the buying consideration.
This is especially noted among the car buyers. Carbon dioxide and other carbon derivatives and heavy metals are released into the air due to the burning of the fuel. Most of them are produced if they are not ignited properly. These are considered to be the main factors responsible for Global Warming and some of them are even reported as Carcinogens.
Many car lovers and new car buyers, want to have cars that are eco-friendly and at the same time do not want to make any compromise with the driving efficiency. This concern among the consumers have made many auto manufacturers design or redesign their existing engine models so that the impurities emitted due to the burning of fuel become less. Taking this into concern many car manufacturers, including the top notch ones like BMW, have started taking initiatives to get their eco-friendly models in the market.
BMW-3 series 320d saloon is the first series of eco-friendly cars the Top most auto manufacturer, BMW has decided to bring into the market. The company, with its efficient dynamics technologies has managed to design the model which is not only a simple nod to the planet but also an efficient solution to reduce the emissions while maximizing performance.
The 2.0L diesel engine equipped in the car is designed to deliver 163 horse powers. Also the fuel consumption rate of the engine is reported to be 86.9mpg and the CO2 emissions is slashed to 109g/km(which easily fits into the norms of 110g/km).This makes the car not only eco-friendly but also consumer friendly this factor also help in money saving when the car tax time comes in discussion.
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