Carmaker BMW sticks to their diesel engine in the U.S. amidst the Volkswagen scandal about lying on their emission tests.

According to Car and Driver, BMW's director of research and development said that they are not at all concerned about Volkswagen's woes and will continue to sell their cars with diesel engine across the U.S.. NOx emissions have been largely seen on car brands such as Porsche, Audi and Volkswagen. An excessive NOx emission is said to be dangerous to the environment, and despite some news from a German newspaper citing BMW as one of the cars that have breached the standard, Dr. Klaus Fröhlich of BMW insists that they will not stop selling.

 

In his statement, he said, "We have no reason to give up on diesel in the United States. It's still one-third of the X cars we sell there, they're strong on diesel. The customers that have had diesel cars from us are really diesel fans."

Despite the German newspaper hinting on BMW violating the emission code, the company remains confident knowing that the California Air Resources Board and the EPA did not see any violation on the part of BMW.

Frolich also said that there is no significant difference between the U.S. standard and European standard when it comes to emission testing, that is why he thinks that the company's engineering department will not have a problem making their diesel engines.

Currently, BMW sells diesel engine cars in the U.S., particularly their 3-series, which consists of the 328d xDrive sedan and wagon, the 5-series that includes the 535d with rear- or all-wheel drive, the xDrive35d and the xDrive28d. Fortunately, BMW has not suffered in terms of sales after the great scandal that broke about Volkswagen's emission problems.

Meanwhile, BMW recently introduced the idea of putting cameras instead of mirrors on their latest models. During the Consumer Electronic Show (CES), BMW introduced the conceptualized i8 Mirrorless and said that their idea of a mirrorless car is nothing like you've seen before. This is probably to address questions about other brands that have divulged on the same idea before the unveiling. According to Digital Trends, the idea is still in question whether the government and its related agencies will appeal positive to the new BMW concept. This is after it was revealed that federal and state regulations require a car unit to have at least one exterior mirror on the driver's side as well as the rear view mirror.