BMW X5 M50d

[LeMansX5]

Originally Posted by xoutpostking

So what about pricing, on par with the true M gas versions?

I posted German and UK pricing in this thread - http://www.xoutpost.com/bmw-sav-foru...w-x6-m50d.html

[LeMansX5]

New official pics of X5M and X6M are posted in this thread - http://www.xoutpost.com/bmw-sav-foru...-x5m-x6-m.html

[xoutpostking]

Originally Posted by LeMansX5

I posted German and UK pricing in this thread - http://www.xoutpost.com/bmw-sav-foru...w-x6-m50d.html

50d X5M, just shy of 110K US...... oh......

I rather take the 87K X5M, for more horses and more torque and less "diesel noise". Thanks but no thanks.

[LeMansX5]

Originally Posted by xoutpostking

50d X5M, just shy of 110K US...... oh......

I rather take the 87K X5M, for more horses and more torque and less "diesel noise". Thanks but no thanks.

European prices never equate to US prices if you are doing direct conversion. BMW prices differently. Check the prices of M3 coupe and X5 M in UK and compare that to US prices.

[alexmish]

I find it hard to believe they managed to achieve such great fuel efficiencies while increasing power.... Who needs hybrids any longer !?

Looking through technical data, I see 13.0 for Tank Capacity... Not sure what units are, but it must be a typo...?

[LeMansX5]

Originally Posted by alexmish

Looking through technical data, I see 13.0 for Tank Capacity... Not sure what units are, but it must be a typo...?

Seems like it. For M550d it shows tank capacity of 70 l.

[xoutpostking]

Originally Posted by LeMansX5

European prices never equate to US prices if you are doing direct conversion. BMW prices differently. Check the prices of M3 coupe and X5 M in UK and compare that to US prices.

you are right sir, wonder if they do sell them here, what would the prices be....

[JCL]

Originally Posted by seattle

Does that mean the current 35d engine will not be updated for F15?
I was hoping we would at least get the 40d - proven and tested elsewhere, but the US.
Current 35d is pretty awesome and above the rest in the US, but I have the feeling the competition (MB, VW, Audi) will catch up pretty soon.

It is worth noting that the 40d is a version of the N57, a very modern 3 litre diesel, while the 35d is a version of the M57, which came out in 1999 or so.

BMW introduced the N57 in the new 3 and 5 series, and the new X3, concurrent with the recent platform changes, and then promptly dropped the diesel models from the US offering, likely due to poor sales of the 335d.

I agree that the F15 X5 will have the N57, but it may or may not be any of the 35d, 40d, or 50d variants, that remains to be seem.

It will be interesting to see what card BMW plays next with diesel introductions in North America. They have to get some volume to pay for the federalization process required, and the most likely way to do that is to focus on a four cylinder diesels in the 1, 3, x1, and X3 models. By limiting their diesel offerings to the 35d, they greatly restricted their potential volume IMO.

[LeMansX5]

Diesel cars in US are picking up sales. Diesel X5 sales in US are not bad. Between half to one-third of total X5s sold each month in US are diesel X5s.
BMW is in process of federalizing the diesel engine for X1, when it comes to US.

[soldmystang]

Originally Posted by xoutpostking

50d X5M, just shy of 110K US...... oh......

I rather take the 87K X5M, for more horses and more torque and less "diesel noise". Thanks but no thanks.

i've driven a loaner 335d. they didn't tell me it was diesel when i picked it up. while i noticed the acceleration didn't seem the same as other 335i cars i had driven i would not have looked at the trunk lid were it not for the access port on the left rear quarter panel that i noticed.

doesn't sound anything like a diesel. doesn't smell like a diesel. and i own an F350 SuperDuty diesel. imagine my suprise.