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**Yugguy** · 19-07-2010, 01:54 PM

If you look at say BMWs latest 535 twin turbo diesel, married to a good auto it's extremely quick yet frugal, immense torque gives you all the lazy muscle you'd want and the excellent auto box gets rid of the issue of narrow powerbands. The advantages of petrol are really narrowing down to just aesthetics - cos basically you can't beat the sound of V8 or V12 petrol.

19-07-2010, 01:54 PM	#20 (permalink)
Yugguy Very Senior Member Torque Junkie Car: Bora TDI PD 170/290 Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Rugby (expat Preston lad) Posts: 2,177	Re: Is Diesel 'cheap' muscle? If you look at say BMWs latest 535 twin turbo diesel, married to a good auto it's extremely quick yet frugal, immense torque gives you all the lazy muscle you'd want and the excellent auto box gets rid of the issue of narrow powerbands. The advantages of petrol are really narrowing down to just aesthetics - cos basically you can't beat the sound of V8 or V12 petrol.