Mine goes into production next week, week 45. I know in the UK there are significant allocation problems for the 3.0sd as there has been much higher demand than anticipapted for it (I am sure this is partly because it is not much more expensive than the 3.0d). I did read somewhere that only 15% of diesels were going to be sd's.

I am very lucky to have my allocation as I haven't had the order in for long. Lucklily I have an excellent relationship with my dealer as I have been dealing with the same guy for 12 years and he's now Head of Sales. He actually told me not to order a 3.0d back in April before the X5 was launched in the UK as he had been told then that the Efficeint Dynamics upgrade was coming. Customer loyalty does pay every now and again