Wondering whether you are buying a US model or not? If it is for back home, and is a US model, then I presume you would get a 2011 since the diesels are said to not be changing until later in the year. If it is not a North American model, then the games that BMWNA is playing probably won't matter; Some countries don't allow this arbitrary renaming of years and simply go by the production date to determine the year.

It will be a US model, since my wife is in the Army and assuming some day we return to the US it only benifits us to purchase the State side legal model.

Thanks for the response..