From Reuters
GENEVA, March 5 (Reuters) - BMW AG (BMWG.DE: Quote, Profile , Research), the world’s largest premium carmaker, will begin selling diesel-powered cars in the United States next year, its chief executive said on Monday.
“Next year we are also going to offer our diesel vehicles in the U.S. — another step in protecting the environment,” CEO Norbert Reithofer said in a speech to the Geneva Auto Show.
Wolfsburg / Geneva, 05 March 2007 - Volkswagen is mobilizing one of the most environmentally-friendly cars in the world to be used as shuttles for the Geneva Motor Show starting tomorrow: the Polo BlueMotion. The successful best-seller – production volume has tripled since being introduced in mid-2006 – gets by on only 3.9 liters of diesel over 100 kilometers. Its CO2 emissions are only 102 g/km. That’s nearly a magical number in the context of current discussions on global warming. For this reason, exactly 102 Polo BlueMotions will be available during the press days to be used as shuttles for journalists and business visitors. And that has symbolic value.