My Dealer in Ireland (which is just an offshoot of BMW UK) told me that BMW will only allow them to order around 15% of their X5 allocation as SD.

My dealer says that he will only be able to get 3 initially.

He told me about the SD last February so I told him to put my name on the list and gave him €1000 to try and secure the order. I have since actaully placed the full order, but as yet my dealer has not been able to confirm production.

On the value of the SD, I am dissapointed that the Irish/UK spec on the SD is a lot lower than in most other countries. If you look at the international X5 info you will see that things like the Xenon's etc come as standard on the SD elsewhere. It seems to be like the 4.8 of diesels!