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Originally Posted by ezmaass
Agreed - I'm thinking the proactive gearbox thing must be new for 2015. Makes me wonder, though... while it sounds cool, is that just completely over-engineered? The auto start/stop seems to fall into that category for me... seems like it wears the engine (admitted in the manual) as a means to save a minimal amount of fuel... so how much extra am I (a) paying for this technology in the purchase price of the car, (b) paying in engine wear, and (c) paying to repair it all when/if it breaks, versus the fuel I'm saving with it? This proactive gearing technology seems to beg a similar question albeit not to the same degree of concern for me...
We may need to remind BMW of a basic business concept - Return on Investment (ROI)!
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Yes, I pretty much always turn of the ASS when I start driving.
But the reason for all these efforts so save fuel, is because of EU, they are really pushing the carmakers here in Europe to reduse the CO2 emissions from cars.
Here's somthing I googled:
-European Union legislation sets mandatory emission reduction targets for new cars. This legislation is the cornerstone of the EU's strategy to improve the fuel economy of cars sold on the European market. The law is similar to that covering new vans.
The fleet average to be achieved by all new cars is 130 grams of CO2 per kilometre (g/km) by 2015 – with the target phased in from 2012 - and 95g/km by 2021, phased in from 2020.
The 2015 and 2021 targets represent reductions of 18% and 40% respectively compared with the 2007 fleet average of 158.7g/km.
In terms of fuel consumption, the 2015 target is approximately equivalent to 5.6 litres per 100 km (l/100 km) of petrol or 4.9 l/100 km of diesel. The 2021 target equates to approximately 4.1 l/100 km of petrol or 3.6 l/100 km of diesel.-