Too Fast, I'm Furious [ a.k.a. nocturnal EMISSIONS ]?!....uh oh, 1st VW....now, BMW EMISSION issues.....?

[NewtonMP2100]

.....forget Vin DIESEL......1st Volkswagen EMISSION issues....now BMW.......??


BMW Drops on Report That X3 Diesel's Emission Exceeded EU Limit

....BMW AG said it doesn’t cheat on emissions tests, responding to a report in German magazine Autobild that the X3 sport utility vehicle exceeded the European limit for air pollution.

The stock fell as much as 9.7 percent, the most in more than four years, on concerns that the luxury-car maker would be enmeshed in the diesel-emissions scandal that led to the resignation of Volkswagen AG’s chief executive officer on Wednesday.

A four-wheel-drive variant of the BMW SUV had emissions more than 11 times the European limit when road-tested by the International Council on Clean Transportation, the same group whose tipoff led U.S. regulators to investigate a gap between the emissions VW and Audi diesel-powered cars in the testing lab and on the road, Autobild said.


“The BMW Group does not manipulate or rig any emissions tests,” the Munich-based company said in a statement in response to the report. “We observe the legal requirements in each country.”

BMW said it’s not familiar with that road test and that there’s no system in its cars that responds differently to tests than it would operate on the road. Volkswagen has admitted to installing software designed to circumvent regulations by turning on full emissions controls only when the car detects it’s being tested.

Two other studies by ICCT showed that BMW’s X5 SUV and 13 other BMW vehicles tested comply with legal requirements on emissions of lung-irritating nitrogen oxides, BMW said....


has a can of worms been opened now.....and will other cars companies follow....?!

[OWC Jamie]

Very few diesels are passing independent road tests.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/r...imits.html


smelly cars, smelly cars, how are they misrepresenting you

[Filliam H. Muffman]

Hey there X3. Is that an emission problem in your pocket or are you just glad to see me...

[Lux Interior]

The bad emissions from BMW owners are usually coming out of their mouths.

[sekker]

Always seemed a little too good to be true. No special technology in these 'clean diesels', just incremental improvements.

[Speedy]

Go electric!

[N-OS X-tasy!]

billb wrote:
smelly cars, smelly cars, how are they misrepresenting you

miley-laughing001:

[N-OS X-tasy!]

This could be the reason why Mazda has not yet brought its new diesel engine to the U.S. It was slated to do so in the Mazda 6 a couple of years ago, but it delayed the introduction a number of times and finally backed away from it completely.

A noteworthy feature of the new Mazda diesel is that it does not require or utilize a urea system to reduce emissions.

[Gareth]

N-OS X-tasy! wrote:
A noteworthy feature of the new Mazda diesel is that it does not require or utilize a urea system to reduce emissions.

That was the "noteworthy" feature of the VW engines in question as well...