Top 50 Diesel Cars

[steelcityuk]

Hi All,

A link to MSN. A few french cars on the list.

http://cars.uk.msn.com/features/photos. ... 134&page=1

Steve.

[Peter.N.]

Very interesting that, I have owned one or two of those.

Peter

[steelcityuk]

Hi Peter,

I thought you could have but didn't want to jump to conclusions.

Nice to see the XM making the list.

Steve.

[messerschmitt owner]

no BX or 405 though, which is surprising

[Peter.N.]

Hi Steve

The 404 was the first diesel with any 'punch' but boy was it noisey lovely comfortable seats though and a column change that was as precise as a RWD floor change. Then the 205 redefined diesels, but the first really refined car was the CX DTR, they don't mention that do they? The first british one I saw was the Standard Vanguard, had a Ferguson tractor engine, it sounded lovely (well, to me anyway) but only did about 2000 rpm so they fitted it with an overdrive - so you could overtake the odd horse drawn vehicle.

Peter

[Peter.N.]

I was surprised they didn't include the BX but the standard had really been set by the 205, same goes for the 405, which incidentally I think is the best value for money car on the road today, particularly the td estate, I would rate that second to the XM.

Peter

[Dieselman]

Out of the three cars We currently own, two of them are on that list and the third should be as it's better than the 5 Series td.

[Peter.N.]

A lot of cars are better than the 5 series td, notably a few hundred XMs

[messerschmitt owner]

A lot of cars are better than the 5 series td, notably a few hundred XMs

and a lot of BXs, Xantias, 405s, 406s, 605s, and so on ...

[steelcityuk]

My brother had a 604 but it was the V6 petrol. Very comfy but boy did it rust.

What I don't understand was how BMW produced such great diesel engines from nowhere. Did they produce any diesels before before the 525s? Still I guess Ricardo can probably supply all the tech know how needed.

Steve.