BMW 320d fully complies with all legal requirements: German Federal Motor Transport Authority

Munich. The German Federal Motor Transport Authority
(KBA) today published the findings of tests conducted on the BMW 320d
(Fuel Consumption Combined ltr/100 km 4.3–3.9 (4.1–3.8), CO2 g/km
113–102 (109–99)) and confirmed that the vehicle examined fully
complies with all legal requirements. The tests were carried out
following criticism of the car’s emissions’ performance in December
2017 by the environmental lobby group “Deutsche Umwelthilfe”
(Environmental Action Germany).

 

Klaus Fröhlich, member of the Board of Management of BMW AG
responsible for Development, explained: “As a matter of principle, BMW
Group vehicles are not manipulated and comply with all respective
legal requirements. Our diesel engines are clean. The public and
policymakers can rely on that – and, most of all, so can our customers
and employees.”

 

The findings of the latest KBA tests once again confirm what has been
repeatedly proven by numerous official reviews conducted by
authorities worldwide: The BMW Group has no illegal activities or
technical provisions of any kind that influence the test mode for
recording emissions.

 

This naturally also applies to the recently criticised BMW 320d – as
proven by the results of extensive test-bench and road testing. With
regard to BMW Group vehicles, TÜV Süd already confirmed back in 2015:
“The NOx figures (…) for all vehicles tested are within the
technically explainable and expected tolerance and, in the opinion of
TÜV SÜD, demonstrate very robust emission performance.”

Specifically, this means that the effectiveness of the emissions
control systems required for exhaust gas treatment fully reflect
typical customer driving behaviour. There is no intervention
(“manipulation”) of any kind that could influence vehicle emissions.

The KBA test results also suggest that the emissions readings
criticised by “Deutsche Umwelthilfe” resulted from forced driving
situations and flawed execution of tests, and are therefore not representative.

 

Fröhlich: “The KBA test findings show quite clearly that the vehicle
examined was not manipulated. We therefore find the procedure adopted
by “Deutsche Umwelthilfe” to be unprofessional and its results meaningless.”

 

Corporate Communications

Max-Morten Borgmann, Business and Finance Communications 
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@bmwgroup.com
Telephone: +49 89 382 24118

 

Glenn Schmidt, Head of Business and Finance Communications 
glenn.schmidt@bmwgroup.com
Telephone:
+49 89 382-24544

 

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With its four brands BMW, MINI,
Rolls-Royce and BMW Motorrad, the BMW Group is the world’s leading
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and has a global sales network in more than 140 countries.

 

In 2017, the BMW Group sold over 2,463,500 passenger vehicles and
more than 164,000 motorcycles worldwide. The profit before tax in the
financial year 2016 was approximately € 9.67 billion on revenues
amounting to € 94.16 billion. As of 31 December 2016, the BMW Group
had a workforce of 124,729 employees.

 

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