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Originally Posted by Bigtop
Yes but the X5 is over a ton. Also, I have friends who have bought brand new american diesels and they still spew black smoke. It still does not answer why BMW are not allowed to sell this new vehicle over here.
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No, it isn't over a ton. A one ton pickup is slang for a class 3 light duty truck, often called an F350, C3500, or Ram 3500, and with a GVW starting at 10,000 lbs. A three quarter ton pickup has a GVW starting at 8500 lbs, and that is where the line is drawn. An X5 has a GVW pretty close to 6000 lbs, so it has to meet passenger car emissions standards, which anything over 8500 lbs GVW doesn't.
As Lemans says, BMW could get the engine certified if they wanted to. They just must not see any reason to do so, likely the costs being higher than the benefits (revenue). That may be partly because they can sell lots of the diesels overseas at much higher prices. They subsidize their sales into the US to sell at very low prices compared to the rest of the world, so I can see them not wanting to bring a vehicle in that they have a high demand for elsewhere in the world.
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