Diesel BMW coming!

[Dieselnut59]

BMW Says 3. 0L Twin-Turbo Diesel U. S. -Bound

BMW North America

E-mailed with the local dealer who said the 3. 0L INLINE 6 will be available later this year, as a 2009 model in the car and SUV in USA! I love that BMW still uses high torque inline 6 engines (gas and diesel), whereas Mercedes has gone to V-6's for gas and diesel.
Check out the torque numbers for the 3 liter turbo diesel versus the 3 liter turbo gasser! 127 MORE ft/lbs of torque, only 14 less horsepower and 15 more miles per gallon! Why have we not seen this SOONER!? This is NOT a new engine. Has been in Europe for years! ULSD is here, bring on the diesels! No more excuses greenies, it says this thing is 99% clean, approaching a zero emission vehicle! Can your hybrid pos claim that??

 

[Skydiver]

This is great news. Now how can we lower these high diesel prices?

 

[GCroyle]

Automotive Diesel Trivia

I just checked an automotive aftermarket industry file called a "Valid Table" and BMW sold in the US market (not Grey Market) a 524TD 2. 4L in 1985-1986 and MB's first US market diesel offering was the 190DB and 180D in 1960.



But, the oldest record in this file is for a 1952 Borgward Hansa 1500 1. 8L naturally aspirated (no turbo) 4 cyl.



The smallest engine award goes to the Smart Fourtwo 2005-2006 L3 at 0. 8L.



OK, I was getting PC crazy this afternoon.



FWIW

 

[TFucili]

Interesting. It's too bad Chris Bangle ruined the looks of the BMW line. Maybe he'll get a job designing toasters or something.

 

[EGroeneveld]

I received the press release e-mail from BMW last week about the diesel. All I could think was about fr$k*n time someone got some brains. I wish they had done this sooner, I cann't buy a new vehicle for a couple years, since we bought my wife a Camry Hybrid a couple of years ago. We did look at the MB CDI but did not want to spend $52+++ k for a dang car. I wonder if I can add to my fleet, without getting shot when I get home:-laf