MINI Cooper D to get 72.4 mpg
Created May 29, 2007, at 10:54 am by domboy
Check it out:
http://www.autospies.com/news/Forget-the-Prius-MINI-Cooper-D-to-get-72-4-mpg-15567/
Interesting that a has some hybrid-like functions...
Figures it's not available in the US right now...
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... according to autoblog:
http://www.autoblog.com/2007/07/24/start-stop-mini-due-in-september-diesel-version-to-match-co2-em/
More info on the MINI Cooper D diesel with "hybridnomics tech" as they call it:
http://jalopnik.com/cars/trickle_down-hybridnomics!/european-mini-to-get-bmws-hybridnomics-tech-263656.php
This is the kind of car I want to see in the US. A clean diesel engine with a proper manual transmission, and the best of the "hybrid" technology to compliment it. Getting 72mpg what's not to like???
They sure try hard to deny that this is a hybrid although it certainly gets a lot of the benefit of a hybrid. If they made it a real hybrid, it could probably get close to 100 mpg.
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