Is this legit? A diesel X6 in the States?
 

This is a listing for an X6 35d up for a lease takeover in the States - is this a mistake? I mean, it must be, right? :stickpoke
2010 BMW X6 xDrive35d lease $995.00 - Park Ridge, Illinois 60068

Nope - completely legit. The 35d has been available in the US for a while after BMW got the engine and emissions control systems homologated across all of the States.

That version has been dropped in Europe and replaced by the 40d with more power and a different turbo setup.

No, it is a mistake. It is likely a 35i. No diesel X6 models sold in North America.

(hint: check the VIN number, it says 35i)

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?

Can you folks still only get a diesel X5 then?

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.

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.

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.

A quick look at the tachometer shows it's a petrol.

Two reasons why diesels aren't as quick to pick up popularity. One, not a lot of promotion of the benefits, thus not a lot of public knowledge of modern diesel offerings. Two, the refineries' output in the US is biased towards petrol, hence diesel costs more than regular gasoline. Prices can vary by market- in the Southeast diesel is slightly below or on-par with premium fuel.