Is the X6 available with a diesel engine in England? It is not in the US.

Yes the diesel is available here, diesel is quite big here and in Europe.
I've gone for the diesel myself, there are a few changes to the cars here in the UK, I don't think the sun roof is available here to mention just one, I wonder why :rofl:

The Sun Roof is available, it's so the rain can get in!

Yeah, its not listed as a sun roof, just rain aperture :D

OK, so if the diesel X6 is available in England (and no doubt in Europe and Scandinavia), and is being built in South Carolina, why can't we in the US get a diesel here? Some press suggest that most Americans don't like diesels, but just look at the number of X5 diesels being sold here...like hotcakes. Is it because we refine less diesel vs. gas here (vs. the opposite overseas), or is it BMWUSA marketing suits assuming that we don't want more diesels. Bummer.

Can't understand why BMW refuse to let you guys have the diesels, seems like there is plenty of interest in them elsewhere and as you say the X5 is getting plenty of sales with that fuel in the US already, maybe the percentage of expected fuel demand was thought to be gas/petrol in the US and diesel in Europe.

I'm not going to sleep tonight, I'll be on the phone to the dealer first thing tomorrow to find out when mine was produced, I really hope its a MY2010 car, been looking at the new sat-nav/I Drive setup, ohh fingers crossed :)

What is the golden date that I need to be hoping mine was built after?

Pretty sure that your vehicle will be 2010 production, because everything built after the August summer break at the factory in SC are 2010 models.

Regarding the lack of available diesel vehicles in the US; most Americans still remember the old smelly diesels from years ago. Therefore, I think that manufacturers would have a hard time selling the population here on diesels (except for those who have had the opportunity to drive a new X5 or 335 diesel!). Also, according to what I have heard, you can either have a 30% petrol/70% diesel mix or a 30% diesel/70% petrol mix in the refining process...but not both. I think we have the former setup in the US, while overseas it is the opposite. I spent a month working in Finland, and saw mostly diesel vehicles from all manufacturers.

Sorry, I meant to say that we have a 70% petrol/30% diesel mix here in the US (according to an acquaintance who works as a lobbyist for the pertroleum industry...for what it's worth).

Can't wait now :D

I was ani-diesel myself until of all people Porsche lent me a diesel BMW one day, sold now though and no going back to manual either :)

I had a similar experience. Drove a 2009 X5 diesel and was very impressed. Drove a MB ML diesel and was not so impressed. Then saw the X6 and went that way. I'll spend a lot more money on petrol, but X6 handles so much better...and is so much more fun to drive. When I emailed my friend/petroleum industry lobbyist earlier today, and got the info about the mixture of petrol to diesel in US vs. England/Europe/Scandinavia et al, I began to see why we don't have more diesel vehicles here. Diesel fuel has been the same or more expensive as premium 93 octane petrol in the US, while diesel is less expensive than petrol in Finland. But the US public will probably never know how the cost of fuel and mixture of diesel to petrol is tied to profit motive and demand.