BMW 118d gets almost 60 mpg
By Hank Green
The BMW 118d looks good, drives good, and is good. There's no reason not to want one of these. With five seats and a 8.8 second 0 to 60 time, people who are used to BMWs certainly won't complain.
But, using an advanced direct-injection diesel engine, the car manages to get an extremely impressive 59 miles per gallon. Even more impressive, the car is only setting people back about $30k.
Wired's Autopia, however, points on the biggest drawback. If you want to buy this thing in the world's largest car market (the United States), you're out of luck.
While BMW won the World Green Car Award in Manhattan last week, the company has no intention of actually selling the car in the U.S. After finishing with the contest, the 118d went straight back to Germany.
So why do green cars hate America so much? Or is it the other way around...
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