Facts are facts, there are more 3.0s out there - they also out number the V8s for resale by an enormous ratio - the 3.0 is a great engine, but comes up alittle short when trying to muscle around 5000+lbs - as I said earlier, the 4.4 gets the best mileage of all the engines for the X5 - the 3.0 in the new X3 works great - my pick for the future(here in the USA) is the 3.0 turbo diesel - that's what I'm looking forward to

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