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      02-07-2011, 07:23 PM   #42
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Originally Posted by erhanh View Post
I'm sorry, but I'm mad at BMW for not bringing their more economical smaller diesel engines. Who needs 335d? Bring us 320d...
I asked this of Larry Koch, the former M brand manager, and he advises that the reason they did not bring in more diesel models is because they need to pay for testing for each configuration of motor. So BMW NA picked a motor that can go in the 3 series, 5 series, and the X3/X5 models.... I can see that strategy initially, since they probably had a lot of concerns about diesels still being a sales flop in the US but the diesel motors have been good sellers from what I have heard. Hopefully in the next generation of vehicles we will see the smaller diesel motors like a 320/120/X1 model as well.

is this the first clean diesel commerical from BMW? The 335d has been available for a couple of years now.
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