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why not the LS2LS7? @ Jan 13th 2008 3:34PM
"clean" Diesels like this one fall into the highest bin of emissions under CARB (and just barely). They can make a few of them, but fleet average requirements mean that they can't become their mainline vehicles.
As to BMW's promise that they'll be 50-state legal next year, well, that's what Mercedes said last year. When this year rolled around we found out BlueTec didn't meet CARB emissions after all and the vehicles couldn't be offered for sale, only a 3-year lease with a promise that the vehicles will be sent out of CARB regions after the time is up (although by then perhaps there will be a way to fix them to make CARB emissions).