http://www.duemotori.com/news/events...e_us_debut.php

sample quote:

Comparing the first six-cylinder BMW diesels from 1983 with the most powerful diesel engines of today, one can easily appreciate the progress made. Consider the following facts and figures: Maximum output of the inline-six engine is up 135 percent, maximum torque is up an even more impressive 170percent. And despite this immense increase in power and muscle, average fuel consumption of the 3.0-liter engine featuring Variable Twin Turbo Technology is 20 percent lower than diesel engines of 1983. At the same time, exhaust emissions have been reduced dramatically, thanks to several new technologies. Indeed, a BMW diesel in the 2008 model year generates only 1 percent of the particulate emissions originally contained in the exhaust gas of a 1983 diesel model.

{note that in 25 years the BMW diesel fuel economy was improved less than 1% per year, which is inline with what other automakers such as Honda have sworn to under oath before the US Congress, such as in Chrysler's case the 8% improvement of the 5.7 Hemi introduced in 2003 to the Magnum 5.9V8 introduced in 1993. Even with great effort the engines are hard to make better at a rate of more than 1% per year}

 

[sm=confused06.gif]Interesting.........

Dusty

 

Benz blue tech is like 1000x more advanced with proven reliability.

 

The 2009 model year 5.7 Hemi
has just been shown to the public
and the press release says that the mods
to the 5.7 engine
improved fuel economy by
4%

Four percent improvement in 6 model years
is about the same rate as BMW above.