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I thought it was a pretty good commercial. Wait 10 or 15 years and see what a BMW diesel looks like.
It does open the door for MB or VW to run an ad showing previous BMW diesels sitting in a junkyard while Mercedes diesels or diesel Jettas are still running around.
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Maybe it will get more people in this country interested in diesel. Although I doubt it since BMW is dumb on pricing them.
Cool yes, worth the extra $5k to buy up front, the extra maintenance over the gas engines, and than having to spend an extra .30 cents a gallon on fuel, nope. But cool none the less. In this regard MB owns them, for slightly more than what a 335D stickers for you can get a CDI.
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The only time I yelled at the television the entire game.
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I just hope getting more people interested in Diesel's won't give the oil companies an excuse to hike prices due to more demand......then again since when has a legitimate excuse been needed to price gouge!
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I was really happy to see a passenger diesel advertised in the US at all. A harbinger of good things to come. Let's keep our fingers crossed for that diesel-electric hybrid E Class!
However, I couldn't believe BMW's X3 commercial. "Designed in America. Made in America." Really? Your selling point for a GERMAN CAR is that it's designed and made in the US? If I'm getting an American car, why do the parts still cost three times as much? Smooth move, BMW. I'm sure Joe the Plumber can't sell his Chevy fast enough.
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Oil changes I would imagine. (When was the last time you saw the owner of a new(ish) BMW changing their own?
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I laughed.
To me the point is that today's diesels are high performance, not like older diesels which are (more) noisy, (more) smokey and (truly) relatively slow. If I had that kind of money to spend on a new car I would definately give the BMW a look. I drove a jetta diesel wagon the other day.
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(good point about owners of new BMWs though)
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) it's still permissible to tell someone what you really think, corporations as well. Lets face facts, the C class diesel is LONG overdue in the North American market, especially any class diesel station wagon. Until MB USA answers, the ball is in their court...
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