jim beam wrote:
>>
>> GM deserves a lot of credit for being one of the first large
>> automotive companies to develop and push this technology. I'm also
>> glad Honda has gotten with the program.
>>
>>
>> John
>>
> they may have adopted it, but i don't think they developed it. bmw have
> had usage-based metering for a while and real-deal spark spectroscopy
> has been on F1 vehicles for a number of years.

You are quite right that BMW was way ahead in this kind of technology.
GM was the first large scale manufacturer to push it out across a
mainstream product line. I think of BMW as being more of a niche
manufacturer, though with their growth in recent decades I probably need
to readjust my calibration.

John