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Old Jun 27th, 2008, 09:20 PM
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Quote: Originally Posted by jimmyt (original)
From Motoringfile.com

the current diesel in the MINI range is a PSA engine and is not capable of a urea injection system that BMW uses on it’s new US diesel offerings without some incredibly expensive engineering and retrofitting. Neither of which make sense for what would be a niche vehicle in the US market.

The engines may emit less CO2 or less overall, but they pump out something else instead,

So maybe BMW should dump the Peugeot motor and install one of theirs instead!

Not here much any more
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