BMW dropping 35d engine?

[CrgT16]

I apologise if it was discussed but perusing BMW website for my wife's next car I noticed the new 5 series is not being launched with a 35d engine.

Is it because diesels are not as appealing at the moment? Is it just because it is new? Anyone in the know here? I am not too bothered as I wouldn't consider it but just find it interesting.

[Fox-]

They never release the full engine range right off the bat. It was the same with the F10, the 535d followed a few months later.

[alpinab3]

I guess it will be called the 40d and Im sure they will add it later on.

[CraigyMc]

alpinab3 said:

I guess it will be called the 40d and Im sure they will add it later on.

40d and 50d, depending on number of turbochargers and other gubbins.

They are both i6 3 litre diesels.

[CrgT16]

Makes sense I guess.

[CraigyMc]

alpinab3 said:

I guess it will be called the 40d and Im sure they will add it later on.

The *40d already exists in the 7-series - 316bhp.

It's only a matter of time.

[Hennerz1994]

I'm not sure how true this is but I was taking to a BMW salesman the other day at my golf club and he said bm are looking at stop making Diesel engines by 2020 or something like that.

[Master Bean]

BMW salesman at a golf club. That is too funny

[anonymous-user]

Hennerz1994 said:

I'm not sure how true this is but I was taking to a BMW salesman the other day at my golf club and he said bm are looking at stop making Diesel engines by 2020 or something like that.

It's wouldn't surprise me really. The world will soon be anti diesel; any benefits taxed out of existence coupled with the push to EV

[335d]

Hennerz1994 said:

I'm not sure how true this is but I was taking to a BMW salesman the other day at my golf club and he said bm are looking at stop making Diesel engines by 2020 or something like that.

I think that is highly unlikely. In the UK BMW have recently said they expect 95% of G30 5 Series sales to be diesel. I expect 2030 is more like it for stopping making diesel engines.

[aeropilot]

CraigyMc said:

alpinab3 said:

I guess it will be called the 40d and Im sure they will add it later on.

The *40d already exists in the 7-series - 316bhp.

And the X5

[moffat]

aeropilot said:

And the X5

And the 640d ;-)

Diesels will go in time... this is my last thats for sure.

[aeropilot]

moffat said:

aeropilot said:

And the X5

And the 640d ;-)

Diesels will go in time... this is my last thats for sure.

I'm just about to take delivery of my first diesel after 36 years of driving only petrol

[GTEYE]

335d said:

Hennerz1994 said:

I'm not sure how true this is but I was taking to a BMW salesman the other day at my golf club and he said bm are looking at stop making Diesel engines by 2020 or something like that.

I think that is highly unlikely. In the UK BMW have recently said they expect 95% of G30 5 Series sales to be diesel. I expect 2030 is more like it for stopping making diesel engines.

2020 sounds like pie in the sky (less than 3 years away!!) but 2030 sounds more plausible, and even then I think we'll see a phased reduction rather than complete elimination.

Lets not forget diesel is easy to knock at the moment, but petrol/hybrid/EV all have their issues too.... Raised CO2? Where will all those toxic materials in exhausted Li-Ion batteries go? Enough charging points? Enough electricity generation? There's a whole manner of questions that I think mean we won't quite see the end of diesel just yet. And the new tech will give future governments lots of future nasty things to tax as well....

[XMT]

I always wondered if they would put it in the G30 5 series, the 530d is bloody quick as it is.

[CraigyMc]

XMT said:

I always wondered if they would put it in the G30 5 series, the 530d is bloody quick as it is.

The F10 had the M550Xd, with 381ps from the same 3 litres of capacity. We never got it in the UK 5er, but it exists.

Harrismonkey did a video review of it a while ago.

[aeropilot]

CraigyMc said:

XMT said:

I always wondered if they would put it in the G30 5 series, the 530d is bloody quick as it is.

The F10 had the M550Xd, with 381ps from the same 3 litres of capacity. We never got it in the UK 5er, but it exists.

The engine exists in the UK......under the bonnet of the X5 M50d.

[CraigyMc]

aeropilot said:

CraigyMc said:

XMT said:

I always wondered if they would put it in the G30 5 series, the 530d is bloody quick as it is.

The F10 had the M550Xd, with 381ps from the same 3 litres of capacity. We never got it in the UK 5er, but it exists.

The engine exists in the UK......under the bonnet of the X5 M50d.

The key part of my statement was "5er", but yeah, sure it's here.

That engine runs 2500bar injectors. I wonder what the next step is.

[CraigyMc]

CraigyMc said:

That engine runs 2500bar injectors. I wonder what the next step is.

Just checked and can answer my own question, at least for the new triple and i4 engines: 2700 bar initially.

Apparently 3000 bar is the next stopping off point after that, which is 44000PSI and already used in some heavy trucks.

It's also midrange as far as water cutting tools go on sheet metal!

[VerySideways]

CraigyMc said:

It's also midrange as far as water cutting tools go on sheet metal!