BMW M550d XDRIVE first drive..

[S3000]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ma-KBPcwRlc

i think this will be a successful car after MX-5 and the Chipped 335d...

[NadiR]

That is seriously quick! 0-60 in 5 seconds and 0-100 in 11 seconds, if my counting was right.

[Dave Hedgehog]

you would change gear less in a 2 stroke lol

[k15tox]

im impressed with the pull and how high it revs, quick aswell.

well its bound to be with 954 gears

[-Z-]

Nice sound, does it have an LSD and an M button?

[anonymous-user]

Dave Hedgehog said:

you would change gear less in a 2 stroke lol

Oh please don't start all that stuff again!

[ZeeTacoe]

Max_Torque said:

Dave Hedgehog said:

you would change gear less in a 2 stroke lol

Oh please don't start all that stuff again!

Didn't it sound brill though.





unless BMW have fitted the fake noise system to this car and put a petrol V8 as the sample

[StottyZr]

He should have left it in auto instead of changing gear every half a second. Sounded well for a diesel and seemed to go like the clappers!

[versus]

i dont understand the point of this car at all

[crocodile tears]

Dave Hedgehog said:

you would change gear less in a 2 stroke lol

Now can you imagine a m550d MAPPED

versus said:

i dont understand the point of this car at all

do you understand the point of the 330d, 530d, 535d or 335d?

[StottyZr]

versus said:

i dont understand the point of this car at all

As a new car I'm with you. Buy a diesel to "save money" then loose 10k in depreciation in the first year alone

But, after 3years and 90,000 miles up and down the M1 it'll be a great car to snap up at auction.

[Vladimir]

Very impressive.

Soundwise, it's pretty similar to a 35d/40d unit that gets a non stop bashing for sounding boring...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aPTWQEeUuJc

[ZeeTacoe]

Vladimir said:

Very impressive.

Soundwise, it's pretty similar to a 35d/40d unit that gets a non stop bashing for sounding boring...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aPTWQEeUuJc

That's because it does

[Vladimir]

[ZeeTacoe]

Still nursing a semi over your caddy vlad?

[AreOut]

Vladimir said:

Very impressive.

Soundwise, it's pretty similar to a 35d/40d unit that gets a non stop bashing for sounding boring...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aPTWQEeUuJc

you tell me one cannot notice that tractor sound while in car and we can hear it even on a bad quality youtube video? Come on...

[versus]

crocodile tears said:

do you understand the point of the 330d, 530d, 535d or 335d?

Yes, but this car is effectively a diesel M5. Why would you want a diesel M5? Its not going to be fuel efficient (not enough to matter anyway) and its not going to sound better than a petrol engine, and its not going to be that much cheaper either I guess. So why bother?

[sinizter]

You can almost see the fuel gauge dropping.

[davepoth]

Wow, minicab runs to the airport in Frankfurt are going to be amazing when this is released.

[E38Ross]

that's pretty impressive, but for the person who said it would be quicker than an M5 because it has a bit more torque:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wzv2Bc4ylGY (skip to 50 seconds)

it takes the 550d about 30 seconds to hit 240. that's 50% longer than the M5 takes.

i see the point, but it certainly ain't no M5 replacement in a straight line at least. sounds great for a diesel, you can't tell, but you know they've piped the noise through a la M5. and you know what, i wouldn't mind in that car. i'd rather listen to that than a derv lump....it really sounds quite nice. if that is indeed the real noise (unlikely IMO) then fair play.