3 Litre Petrol - Emissions

[dibbly_dobbler]

Hi All.
I'm a little confused ! After the budget changes I had a look on http://www.vcacarfueldata.org.uk/ved/  to see how my 130 stood relative some other BMWs...

All 6 cylinder manual :

• 130 = 197g/km (5 door)
• 330 = 173g/km (4 door)
• 530 = 182g/km (4 door)
• 630 = 188g/km (coupe)

As far as I know the 1er is the lightest/smallest (ok not by much) and it's basically the same engine in all of them so how come it has the highest emissions (by a fair margin !) ?

[pete]

I'm not sure if the 130i has got the Efficient Dynamics treatment yet. I know it hasn't got stop-start, but have the new ones got the brake energy regeneration, clutched alternator, and all that sort of thing?

My 130i pre-dates those changes, but I'm still happy it falls well below the Band G and £25 congestion charge threshold!

Pete

[dibbly_dobbler]

pete said:

I'm not sure if the 130i has got the Efficient Dynamics treatment yet. I know it hasn't got stop-start, but have the new ones got the brake energy regeneration, clutched alternator, and all that sort of thing?

My 130i pre-dates those changes, but I'm still happy it falls well below the Band G and £25 congestion charge threshold!

Pete

Yes - the facelift 130 has all the gubbins other then the stop/start thing. Mine is also pre-facelift and so is just over 200g/km I think ? (The VED website shows new models only I think). Thing that confused me was how the 330 is over 10% less ?

[E30M3SE]

Have a look at your V5, that will show exactly what the g/km for your car is.

[dibbly_dobbler]

E30M3SE said:

Have a look at your V5, that will show exactly what the g/km for your car is.

True - my pre-facelift 130 appears to emit 221g/km which seems rather a lot... But the new model (197g/km) only moves down one band saving £40 per year so nothing to get too excited about