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Originally Posted by seattle
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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.
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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. |
