Update: This simply could exist a test mule for the European market and not an indication that the X3 30d is coming to the U.s..

Our friend and spy lensman Palbay just spotted the beginning BMW X3 3.0 diesel fuel on U.S. soil. The diesel prototype was spotted in the Spartanburg area and makes for an interesting find since BMW currently but offers the xDrive35d model in North America.

BMW has yet to announce whatever plans of introducing an X3 diesel in the U.Southward. and these photos will create even more speculations around future models in the X3 line-up. The test mule spotted also features the aggressive and sporty looking G Sport Package, but with a unlike choice of wheels from the one shown in official photos and at the Paris Motor Testify.

The three.0 liter diesel fuel engine establish in the X3 xDrive30d fabricated its debut this by yr when the F10 530d went on sale. and shortly after BMW began offering the turbocharged 3.0-liter inline-six engine in the X5 xDrive30d model.

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Last December, BMW announced that the X3 xDrive30d will debut in Europe this jump. With the 3.0 liter direct-half-dozen engine, the X3 xDrive30d outputs 245 horsepower and 400 lb-ft of torque, apartment-lining from 1750 through to 3000 rpm. Information technology has an all-aluminum crankcase, mutual rail direct injection of the last generation and a thermodynamically optimized turbocharger with variable intake geometry. The fuel is upwardly to 1,800 bar placed in the combustion chambers, which allows for peculiarly efficient combustion.

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The turbo diesel fuel engine helps the X3 accelerate to 100 km/h in six.2 seconds and a maximum speed of 155 mph. Thanks to BMW BluePerformance technology it fulfills the EU6 emission standard and it offers impressive fuel consumption, half dozen.0 liters per 100 km, approximately 39.2 mpg and CO2 emissions of 159 grams.

In the U.S., BMW has only one diesel fuel engine that passed all the 50 States emission regulations, and that is the 3.0 liter twin-turbo diesel establish in the 335d and X5 35d models. It is unclear at the moment if BMW is pursuing the homologation of a new diesel powerplant or this is simply a image used equally a test bed.