Nov
21
BMW set new LPG record - of a different kind.
November 21, 2007 |
Environmentally friendly? Perhaps not, but still
an interesting development none the less. Is this a vision of the
future - in that car manufacturers will continue to sate our lust for
big engined, over-powered saloons and sports cars - but drinking lpg this time?What you are looking at might just be that future, this is BMW new
record beating 198mph LPG 3 series coupe…. spot the odd word in that
sentance?
In combination with their long running tuning partner AC Schnitzer
(responsible for some of the fatest, meanest and most awe inspiring
BMW’s to date) BMW smashed the LPG speed record at the Nardo test track
in Italy.The power in this 3 is from a different animal all together - an M5.
Except, i naddition to the normaly quite adequate 500bhp in the M5, ACS
have taken it upon themselves to INCREASE the power to 544bhp in this
LPG model. Alternative fuel AND a 10% increase in power? Believe it.
Now, all this may be still in the big vat of concept that BMW and ACS
keep bubbling away somewhere in Germany - but it does look encouraging.
Yes, this car with all its impracticalities and gigantic power unit may
fly in the face of trying to find alternative, more sustainable,
greener fuel sources..
BUT, if the development of LPG cars
such as this can continue the switch-on of manufacturers to this
alternative fuel.. surely it has to be a good thing for all of us.
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