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Jul 7, 2011 | 07:00 AM

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Drewbrese

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From: Boston

I also wish Mini imported the diesel engines here, but probably will be forever out of luck.

Jul 7, 2011 | 07:41 AM

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flatlander_48

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Carlisle

I do agree with you... it is going to get worse... and I have seen it happen alread with regards to the Smart Car.

We have had the Diesel version of the Smart car in Canada for the past 3 or 4 years.

Now that the Smart car is available to the USA market, the Diesel engine has been discontinued for Canada because the USA did not want it. I was told this point blank by the service manager at a Mercedes dealership in Toronto.

Somehow I think the real translation of that is:

They tried it on speculation, but ultimately Canada didn't have enough sales for critical mass by itself. Without US sales, it made no sense to continue.

Jul 7, 2012 | 04:44 AM

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thomasmarteen

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My new X5 Xdrive 35D is totally badass, w/ 425 ft lbs of TQ its faster 0-60 than my R56 S, I average better mileage too and its clean.

Jul 7, 2012 | 12:58 PM

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Btwyx

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I drove a Cooper-D around France on our vacation this year, it was as fun as any MINI. It is like driving a Cooper-S as long as you don't rev over 4.5k, massive torque, but runs out of puff early (just like break in).

Now I see they are offering the Cooper-SD in Europe with the 2.0l engine. That sounds like a total monster, only 143hp, but 224ft-lb of torque. That's more torque than a JCW on overboost (the JCW only has 207 on overboost). I'd love to try driving one of those sometimes.