04-21-2007, 12:34 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Northern Ireland
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Originally Posted by simon123
going on the 26th to a champagne and canape reception at a country hotel, my dealer will have the new car and its new marketing tool a 12 person hot air balloon to try.
i ordered my car 6 months ago but have to wait till september for delivery, i waited 13months for my 05 car so another 5 months is no problem also the sport will be out then and i may even move my deposit to the 3.5ds if the release date if in 07 and the price is right.
hope you enjoy the car and let us now how the new tweeked diesel and gearbox is.
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Hi Simon,
To shed some light on the twin turbo diesel question......The car will be called the 3.0sd, same as the X3 version and we should expect to see the first models arriving very late 07 or early 08. I have been in touch with a number of dealers trying to secure the earliest date and so far it looks like sometime in Jan 08 for me. However this isn't confirmed as BMW still haven't released allocation numbers to the dealers yet. One of the dealers said that due to the overall high demand for this engine, they have been told that the earliest build date now available is already Jan 08. So if you are looking at the 3.0sd model I would look at getting your name down sharpest.
As for cost, again the dealers have been very vague, but I think it's going to be between £4-£6k on top of the 3.0se price. This is of course for the M-Sport model as the se model wont be launched until later in 08.
I've waited so long for this car that I only hope it will be worth the extra.
Don
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