BMW Vision 'EfficientDynamics' - Diesel Hybrid fun?

[Moglet]

Sorry if this has been posted before, I did a search but nothing came up.

http://uk.cars.yahoo.com/15092009/36/frankfurt-concept-bmw-vision-efficientdynamics-0.html

the car you see here is powered by a three-cylinder diesel engine and a couple of electric motors. Not that exciting, you might think, except it's got 356bhp and 560lb.ft of torque, which makes it a bona fide M car......the car achieves 75.1mpg on the combined cycle and 99g/km of CO2. That means you can drive right through London in one of these for free.

Sounds good to me! Even though it's a concept, can you imagine that engine being used in a smaller car? There's no apparent downsides!

 

[homeforsummer]

Well the next 3-series is reportedly using a 3-cyl turbodiesel though whether they attach hybrid motors to it is a different story.

 

[niky]

I thought I'd posted that here... *shrugs* apparently not...

I think it's a fantastic concept... focusing on weight savings, high technology and performance.

And it's a beautiful car, to boot.

 

[Prince.M5]

I think this is a fantastic car!!!

It's beautiful, powerful for a Hybrid... High in technology and also it's lighter!!! It really is environmentally friendly supercar... Should I call it as Supercar?? Anyway, this is gonna be a flagship to BMW...

 

[red7]

Recently read the article in 'Car' magazine about it. The concept has me spellbound. Three small and efficient motors that can can work independently and at varying outputs for efficiency or in concert for huge thrust. Losing the rear seats and more carbon would certainly make this a green supercar.

 

[Verendius]

Technological Genius...
We've come a long way from the days when we could only give a car a top speed of 40mph and 15mpg.
Less than 90 years later, we have a car that can reach 155mph (or more) and produces 71 mpg.