BMW will start selling stop-start cars from next year

BMW is to introduce a stop-start system - which cuts the engine when stopped and restarts it when the driver's foot comes off the brake - from next year.


Various four- and six-cylinder 1-series, 3-series and 5-series models will use a Bosch-developed system, which promises fuel savings of around five per cent. It will be the first time an upmarket manufacturer has offered such a device.

Despite slow sales of Citroën's C2 and C3 Stop & Start, car makers are keen on such systems as they are an easy way to reduce emissions to meet self-imposed C02-reduction targets.

source : autocar.co.uk

 

I wonder what type of extra wear and tear that puts on the engine.

 

Well, with BMW reliability and technology, the engine should last for about 500k miles...

 

that's what i was thinking too. i read that starting engine puts quite a bit of tear and wear?

and if i am in stop and go traffic for 30 miles, boy the engine is going to be so busy