MINI Cooper D to get 72.4 mpg

[domboy]

Check it out:

http://www.autospies.com/news/Forget...2-4-mpg-15567/

Interesting that a has some hybrid-like functions...
Figures it's not available in the US right now...

[domboy]

... according to autoblog:

http://www.autoblog.com/2007/07/24/s...-match-co2-em/

[domboy]

More info on the MINI Cooper D diesel with "hybridnomics tech" as they call it:

http://jalopnik.com/cars/trickle_dow...ech-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???

[ex-EV1 driver]

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.