Diesel X5 to hit US by mid-October

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Originally Posted by Quicksilver

Lot's of threads devoted to the pro's and cons regarding this choice. In the final analysis though the customers are going to decide if it's worth it to embrace the technology despite the cost.

It is indeed the customer's choice at the end of the day. Interestingly, JD Power & Associates said that diesel for passenger cars will jump from 3% in 2007 to 14% by 2017. That's 1% of additional purchasers moving to diesel every year. Not a crazy shift but certainly a trend that will improve resale values of diesels bought now.

Given BMW's history with diesel, they will be one of the companies that does this better than anyone else:
http://www.bmwusa.com/Standard/Conte...cedDiesel.aspx

Like you said, I'm looking at diesel for multiple reasons but mostly torque and emissions. Really looking forward to seeing pricing - hoping BMW will not be aggressive in order to establish a diesel market for their cars here.