Is this legit? A diesel X6 in the States?

[v.ru]

What a pity! This is the one X6, I think, I would LOVE to get my hands on... guess, we're back to waiting, huh?

[X5Sport]

Can you folks still only get a diesel X5 then?

[Bora20]

Originally Posted by X5Sport

Can you folks still only get a diesel X5 then?

X5 35d and 335d only...it is all very sad

[Fraser]

Originally Posted by Bora20

X5 35d and 335d only...it is all very sad

Yep, you're missing out on all sorts of good things that we get here in Oz: 40d in X6, 40d and 30d in X5, 30d and 20d in X3, and 23d and 20d in X1. You can get diesels in 1, 3, 5 and 7 Series vehicles. Eight years ago BMW didn't sell any diesels in Australia (the E53 3.0d was the first in 2003) and now it sells more diesels than petrol models across its entire fleet, and in X models it's something like 80 percent diesel.

[Bora20]

Originally Posted by Fraser

Yep, you're missing out on all sorts of good things that we get here in Oz: 40d in X6, 40d and 30d in X5, 30d and 20d in X3, and 23d and 20d in X1. You can get diesels in 1, 3, 5 and 7 Series vehicles. Eight years ago BMW didn't sell any diesels in Australia (the E53 3.0d was the first in 2003) and now it sells more diesels than petrol models across its entire fleet, and in X models it's something like 80 percent diesel.

Oh I know what we are missing, the problem is the 98% of the buying public does not.

Diesels are purchased in higher percentages in Canada than in the USA, but we tend to follow what BMW USA offers, not what our own market is calling for.

I don't think that I have seen a gas VW Golf/Jetta for years, and every X5 I see is a 35d.

[Fraser]

Originally Posted by AlexK

Well, at least we can get them at more sane prices

Well, that's very true but all cars are expensive here in Australia not just BMWs. That's why Australia's national car fleet is quite old (by Western standards) as people tend to keep cars for longer . Still we have it much better than the Kiwis. They make our cars look cheap.