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      12-02-2019, 11:19 AM   #234
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Originally Posted by solstice View Post
It’s not the owners that care it’s BMW to comply with fuel efficiency measures. Again look no further than the replacement of a bespoke NA 4l V8 revving to 8.5k rpm with a 3l FI i6. Did M enthusiasts want that? Did they want a numb EPS instead of a communicative HPS? No.
I guess this is the problem with buying your performance car from a large auto maker. Smaller manufacturers don't seem to have any problem with these regulations - does McLaren make ecoboxes? Does Ferrari?

It also seems to me that Porsche are able to find ways around it - and they certainly don't have the sales volume of BMW to be able to hide a few performance cars in the fleet average mpg statistics.
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