Diesel cars?
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Smallhorses
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The only diesel car in GT4 is the BMW 120d.
The BMW 330i is a petrol engine.
The BMW 330i is a petrol engine.
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BMW 330i in GT4 isn't diesel. 120D is. I suspect that Jay Leno may be a diesel too but I'm not sure
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you're right. jay leno's tank car is diesel.
Of course i meant the 120d.
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Actually, it is not a diesel. It's just a big-ass, 2000 cu in V-12 taken from an M47 Patton Tank.
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then why is it on gale banks', who is renowned for tuning diesel engines, web site?
http://www.bankspower.com/Leno-tankCar1.cfm
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- Grabsplatter
From Jay Leno: (http://www.popularmechanics.com/automotive/jay_leno_garage/4206704.html)
With its giant air horns, the Patton sounds like a diesel train. Actually, everybody thinks it is a diesel. One hot-rod magazine ran a photo of the car with a caption that read, "Diesel!" Believe me, it has a gasoline engine. Before we modified it, the car ran just fine on regular. Now, I fill it with premium, even though we're limiting the turbos to only 6 psi of boost. We're kicking around the idea of cranking up that boost to see if we can get another couple of hundred horsepower out of it.
With its giant air horns, the Patton sounds like a diesel train. Actually, everybody thinks it is a diesel. One hot-rod magazine ran a photo of the car with a caption that read, "Diesel!" Believe me, it has a gasoline engine. Before we modified it, the car ran just fine on regular. Now, I fill it with premium, even though we're limiting the turbos to only 6 psi of boost. We're kicking around the idea of cranking up that boost to see if we can get another couple of hundred horsepower out of it.
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I don't think the Megane is a diesel. I'm pretty sure the only diesel is the 120d. I did some research on this a while back, 'cause I was looking for more diesel cars.
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We can simplify this by saying that the BMW 120d is the one and only diesel engined car in the game. 
That's why it received so much publicity before the game's release, as (if I recall correctly) it is the first diesel-engined car to be in a Gran Turismo game.
Any thirty-litre engine behaves 'like a diesel', as it produces waves of torque at extremely low revs and not as much power as you might expect, hence Jay Leno's 'Tank Car's characteristics, but it is also a petrol-fuelled engine. Although I didn't know where it came from until now 👍
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That's why it received so much publicity before the game's release, as (if I recall correctly) it is the first diesel-engined car to be in a Gran Turismo game.
Any thirty-litre engine behaves 'like a diesel', as it produces waves of torque at extremely low revs and not as much power as you might expect, hence Jay Leno's 'Tank Car's characteristics, but it is also a petrol-fuelled engine. Although I didn't know where it came from until now 👍
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