You may wonder if this is a joke...well it isn’t! It is true! The 2.0 liter diesel engine of the Bmw showed better fuel economy than the well-known eco-friendly Toyota Prius. Some of you may see this camparison between the two cars ridiculous but if we look at the CO2 emissions of the two vehicles we see that there are almost equal: the Bmw delivers 41.9 mpg while the Prius, with almost 250 kg lighter, delivers 40.1 mpg.
The test between the two cars was made on the London-to-Geneva route. The Bmw equipped with a series of energy-saving features like the battery recharge when braking, good aerodynamics, low rolling resistance in a word the so-called EfficientDynamics showed no problems on the road and by the end of it also remained with a third of its tank in reserve.
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Who the f*ck gave anyone the idea that the 5 series will give a better gas mileage than the Prius? First this isn’t even a fair competition. Why?- because in order to get the full capabilties of the Prius, it would have to be driven around in urban areas to get its full potential in order for the batteries to recharge. Since the BMW runs directly on diesel, the people who testing the cars would not have been afraid to test it against the Prius in real driving situations.
Second, BMWs are known for their gas guzzling qualities and to think that the 5 series with their 5L engines will beat the Prius in gas economy is about as ridiculous as it gets. This BMW has a 2L diesel engine, to say that the 5 series with their gasoline engines can achieve the mileage of the Prius is absurd to the point of lunacy.