Press Release: BMW has won 3 accolades at the Environmental Send Association'south Greenish Motorcar Awards 2010.  This year the Environmental Ship Clan examined over 5,000 vehicles to establish the greenest cars on the marketplace for the Dark-green Car Awards 2010.  With course wins in the large family unit, off-road and luxury car categories, BMW's EfficientDynamics programme was praised for offer customers outstanding fuel economy and low emissions without compromising driving enjoyment, across the BMW range.

The BMW 7 Serial successfully combines efficiency and opulence to take the award for greenest luxury automobile.  With only 181g/km CO2 emissions and returning a combined 40.9 mpg, the BMW 740d demonstrates that existence light-green doesn't have to involve sacrificing luxury.

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Emitting just 128 one thousand/km CO2, whilst returning 58.9 mpg made the BMW 320d Touring this years winner of the greenest big family unit car category.  It'southward industry leading economy and family friendly flexibility has cemented the 320d Touring as a firm favourite in the 3 Serial range.

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The final winner, the newest fellow member of the 10 family, has walked abroad with the honor for the greenest off-road car.  The combination of efficient diesel engines, together with Brake Energy Regeneration, Motorcar Stop-Beginning and the choice of ii or 4-wheel-drive means that the X1 lives up to its title of the greenest off-road machine.

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All of the winning models benefit from BMW's accolade-winning EfficientDynamics technologies, which have been offered as standard since 2007.  All the models receive a combination of innovative technologies involving a mixture of Auto Start / End, Brake Free energy Regeneration, Active Aerodynamics, low rolling resistance tires, Electric Power Steering, on-demand ancillary systems and optimum gearshift indicator features.

Stephen Chater, BMW Grouping corporate operations managing director, said: "To have three wins in the Green Machine Awards is a phenomenal accomplishment.  Information technology is a testament to the measures that nosotros've implemented within our EfficientDynamics strategy into every BMW, meaning that nosotros're able to provide customers with the driving pleasure they expect from a BMW, while even so meeting the stringent requirements for fuel-efficiency and low emissions."

Andrew Davis, director at the Environmental Transport Association, said: "With the price of petrol at record levels and greater agreement most the threat to the surround in that location has never been a more than important fourth dimension to make fuel efficiency a deciding factor when choosing a machine."

[Source: BMW ]