The 1000cc vs 1300cc

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Originally Posted by bronsin

Presented as a public service.

It's really not, it's missinformation.

The very article that you touted is comparing an ecoboost motor to a diesel. an ecoboost is a turbocharged motor and has quite a price premium on the run of the mill gas motor that comes in the base model. your price delta just got smaller.

on top of that, I noted that emissions was an issue in the states. the thing that kills the mileage of diesels in the states is the emissions standards (politics)

you have to look past the AMERICAN bubble. the figures that I stated above are actual cars getting high 50s and low 60s for MPG. what is the best we can do without a hybrid right now? 40s...on a good day. that's more than the 15% you are saying.

the OP isn't even in the US....that's my point.


*****edit****

Mini cooper (in the UK)

Mini Cooper 14,900 52.3mpg
Mini Cooper D 16,180 74.3mpg
Mini Cooper S 18.180 48.7mpg

this truly is apples to apples. this isn't american cars to european cars. it is european to european. there is your roughly 50% mileage savings at a cost of around 1,300 (pounds I think) (or rougly 10% premium over the gas one).

http://www.mini.co.uk/model-range/hatch/mini-cooper-d/ (site to back it up since I guess I need one)