Diesel in America: 1300 Miles in a BMW 335d 01/25/2010 America and Europe might have this whole hybrid/diesel thing the wrong way round. You see, hybrids like Toyota's Prius or Ford's Fusion do the best work in stop-start city driving, where their gas engines shut down at traffic lights, and their electric motors ease them up to speed again. Diesels, on the other hand, like cruising at constant velocities, where their highly efficient combustion process allows them to extract the maximum energy out of every gallon of fuel. But Europe's ancient cities are perpetually jammed with diesels idling at traffic lights, while here in America you regularly see hybrids being hustled along freeways at 70-80 mph, their electric motors virtually useless. I've always thought America's vast Interstate network, still one of the largest and least crowded freeway systems in the world, was made for diesels. Which is why I decided to take our BMW 335d long-termer for a road trip through the southwest via Phoenix, Tucson, and Yuma. Click to view full article: http://vocuspr.vocus.com/VocusPR30/DotNet/Newsroom/Query.aspx?SiteName=BMWBriefingCenter&Entity=News&SF_News_NewsID_EQ=31552444&XSL=NewsText&Merge=False
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