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Old 04-26-2016, 09:41 AM   #3 (permalink)
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The question in my mind is how much of this result was because of front end aerodynamics, and how much was from tuning the engine for optimal highway driving MPG?

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Instead, they came up with an aerodynamic (and probably detuned) 318i, which won its category by doing 105.72 miles per (imperial) gallon.
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