According to all the BMW guys at the show a diesel should be avalible in every model soon.

Fantastic! A 330D with the sport package and SMG trans, M3 handling with Prius fuel consumption.

Or a 535D like this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uE9y1zHeejY

Its pretty quick as you can see.

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2023 Ram 1500
2007 Tiara 3200

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=asJdJzn2eHY&feature=related

Its a heck of a lot faster than a MB, unless MB decided to bring over their V8 diesels.

What engine is that? If thats an I6 thats impressive.

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2023 Ram 1500
2007 Tiara 3200

man, it must be tough to come to the US after driving like that. I hope they buy good tires.

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1982 300CD Turbo (Otis, "ups & downs") parts for sale
2003 TJ with Hemi (to go anywhere, quickly) sold
2001 Excursion Powerstroke (to go dependably)
1970 Mustang 428SCJ (to go fast)
1962 Corvette LS1 (to go in style)
2001 Schwinn Grape Krate 10spd (if all else fails)

Its an I6. I LOVE that thing! It sounds so awesome (diesels that defy their character in both acoustics and performance).

Why can't Mercedes make a six like that these days? For their time, the 60x diesels were the most powerful in the world (power per displacement) when they were first introduced. The BMW 535D's engine, IMHO, is the true successor to the 603/606 engines.

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1987 300SDL (324000)

1986 Porsche 951 (944 Turbo) (166000)

1978 Porsche 924 (99000)

1996 Nissan Pathfinder R50 (201000)

Cool vid. But weird, because it's a right-hand drive model. I thought German market cars were all lefties.

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'91 300D 2.5 Turbo 330K
'00 VW TDI Golf, 190K
'67 BMW R50/2
'73 Norton Commando Interstate

Personally I would never buy a bmw diesel. Remember the 80's diesels they made? Junk compared to an mb. The fact that mercedes keeps pushing diesels in the us despite the emission laws, rising cost of diesel, and their bad image makes me feel like they really are confident in what there doing. I dont think bmw has sold a diesel here since the 80's, but I may be wrong

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1.Either so P.O.d I couldn't enjoy the performance.
(costs Too Much to rent the track)
OR
2.Driver's License gone in the first day.
(And you know GSP would write you up for "attempting to elude",when they
had to scramble a rotary wing to catch up to you.)

None of that would apply on Georgia's Official Race Track I-285

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'84 300SD sold
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I think I'd rather have a somewhat slow diesel C- or E- class with manual everything. I know, never happen.

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83 300D Turbo with manual conversion, early W126 vented front rotors and H4 headlights 401,xxx miles
08 Suzuki GSX-R600 M4 Slip-on 26,xxx miles
88 Jaguar XJS V12 94,xxx miles. Work in progress.
99 Mazda Miata 183,xxx miles.

Very quick
I want to move back.....I worked there a while

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1985 300D----Sold
1985 300TD---Sold
1983 300SD---Sold

Not likely. The 6- and 7-Series will probably not get the diesels.

The six series currently does have a diesel, the 635. I just read a review on it. It probably wont come to the states though, so you are right on that front.

The review kind of hinted that it wasnt the best chassis:engine match.

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93 300D 2.5 Turbo, Black/Palomino 273K
09 E350 Black/Black 41K

Just saw a 635d pulling away from the Hotel Bristol in Paris the other day..man that is a sweet ride, and it was dead silent at idle as well. No idea how it drives though..a little to rich for my blood

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1982 300TD 210K miles ("The Replacement" aka "The Anvil") - SOLD
1979 300SD 245K miles (never ending project)
2007 Pinarello F3:13
1995 Ducati 916 (SOLD, sniff)
1999 Ducati 900SSie (SOLD)

BMW has a new 7 coming down the pipeline, they were probably talking about the new one.

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2007 Tiara 3200

if the price is right i would spring for one of those

I would guess about $55k, probably a bit more since the dollar is so weak.

BMW tacks on a lot of dumb options, like active steering, navi, flappy gear box. Usualy the base versions with just the sport and maybe premium package are the way to get them.

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2007 Tiara 3200