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* Pricer sticker price (~15% pricer seems to be the norm)
* Diesel is more expensive than premium, for a value minded consumer, an Hybrid that gets better MPG and runs on low end gas is cheaper to operate.
* Fuel economy of Hybrids in city is still better (on highway mileage, they are on par)
* There is always the possibility that the state of California will declare it as "known to cause cancer" because of the particulate problem and ban them, which would eventually trickle to all states. Since there are little cars in the US, it is a valid concern (in europe, it is much less, since that would in effect irate half the population).
That being said, I'd buy an F31 320d as a family hauler, if it were priced appropriately.
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