BMW is looking to improve their sales of the X3 SAV and with a yr left before the new trunk manner is launched, they just released an entry level X3 using a 2.0 liter iv-cylinder diesel engine which outputs 143 horsepower at 4,000 rpm.

The maximum torque is 350 Nm (258 lb-ft) at just 1,750 rpm and the new BMW X3 xDrive18d accelerates from 0-60 mph in just ten.3 seconds and has a top speed of 195 km/h or 121 mph.

The X3 xDrive18d is just available in Europe.

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BMW X3 xDrive18d Press Release

Munich. Fascinating agility on all kinds of terrain is now condign more economical than ever before. Introducing a new entry-level version of the BMW X3, the world'due south most successful manufacturer of premium all-cycle-bulldoze vehicles is once more setting the standard for efficiency in a Sports Activeness Vehicle.

The new BMW X3 xDrive18d is powered by a two.0-litre four-cylinder diesel delivering an ample 105 kW/143 hp. Average fuel consumption of the new model in the Eu test cycle is a mere 6.two litres/100 kilometres, equal to 45.half-dozen mpg imp. In CO2 emissions, this means a rating of but 165 grams per kilometre. This makes the BMW X3 the nearly fuel-efficient all-wheel-bulldoze vehicle in its segment also in this performance class. And information technology almost goes without saying that the BMW X3 xDrive18d in serial trim naturally fulfils the EU5 emission standard.

All-round driving pleasance and supreme efficiency accept made the BMW X3 a 18-carat trendsetter, contributing significantly to the car's worldwide success. Indeed, it was the BMW X3 which for the first time carried over the features and qualities typical of a Sports Activity Vehicle into a new segment, total sales of the X3 now amounting to more than 500,000 units. For a long time the BMW X3 was the merely premium vehicle in its form, and to this day information technology remains the epitome of driving dynamics on the road every bit well as agility and supreme traction off the beaten track. And last only certainly not least, the BMW X3 offers an unparalleled balance of performance and fuel economy throughout the unabridged contest segment of BMW X models.

Superior all-bicycle-drive technology, powerful traction and premium quality
now with fifty-fifty greater all-round economy.

The attractive combination of all these features is now borne out in nonetheless another first-class rendition in the guise of the new BMW X3 xDrive18d. The benefits of BMW's intelligent xDrive all-bike-bulldoze applied science, the spontaneous development of power typical of BMW'due south diesel fuel engines, and the uncompromising quality of a 18-carat premium model at present come with an even higher standard of economy.
The BMW X3 xDrive18d is powered by a four-cylinder diesel engine featuring an all-aluminium crankcase and common rail direct fuel injection developing maximum output of 105 kW/143 hp at 4,000 rpm. Maximum torque of 350 Newton-metres (258 lb-ft) at but 1,750 rpm ensures truly outstanding traction and pulling ability at all times. The new BMW X3 xDrive18d accelerates from a standstill to 100 km/h in simply x.3 seconds and has a top speed of 195 km/h or 121 mph.

In conjunction with BMW EfficientDynamics naturally featured every bit standard, the superior all-circular efficiency of the diesel engine ensures the outstanding economic system of the BMW X3 xDrive18d. Offering boilerplate fuel consumption of but 6.2 litres/100 kilometres (equal to 45.vi mpg imp) and a CO2 rating of 165 grams per kilometre, the new model is fifty-fifty more economical and cleaner than the former leader on the efficiency scale, the 130 kW/177 hp BMW X3 xDrive20d (6.five litres/43.5 mpg imp/172 grams). And merely similar its "bigger brother", the new BMW X3 xDrive18d naturally fulfils the EU5 emission standard.

The highly successful BMW X3: efficient, lasting in value, reliable.
The introduction of the new BMW X3 xDrive18d increases the number of engine variants available in this SAV from BMW to no less than seven. The client has the choice of iii petrol-engine models with power output ranging from 110 kW/150 hp to 200 kW/272 hp and 4 diesel models culminating in the 210 kW/286 hp BMW X3 xDrive35d as the most dynamic performer in the range.

Like all engine variants the new BMW X3 xDrive18d also comes as standard with BMW'southward intelligent xDrive all-wheel-drive organization. This permanent, electronically masterminded all-wheel drive ensures variable distribution of drive power front-to-rear, promoting both driving dynamics on the road and safe, secure traction off the beaten track, with drive power constantly going to the wheels where it can be converted most effectively into actual driving forces on the road.

Thank you to the outstanding and truly convincing qualities of xDrive also available in many other BMWs, BMW remained the earth'southward nigh successful manufacturer of all-wheel-drive vehicles in the premium segment besides in 2008.

Over and higher up such outstanding efficiency and fascinating agility, the BMW X3 also offers truly fantabulous reliability. In 2009, for example, the X3 was lauded for the 2d fourth dimension in a row with the renowned Yellow Angel Accolade by Deutschland's and, indeed, the globe'southward largest motoring club, the Allgemeine Deutsche Automobilclub (ADAC), for outstanding all-round quality. Proceeding from the findings of ADAC's breakdown helpers famous throughout Germany as "Yellow Angels", this leading motoring club one time once again best-selling the BMW X3 as the well-nigh reliable vehicle on the road in Germany.

Last simply certainly not least, BMW'southward SAV besides comes right at the summit in terms of lasting value. In the category of off-route vehicles the market observers at EurotaxSchwacke ranked the BMW X3 No i in their AutomobilForecastIndex 2008, confirming that of all vehicles in this segment BMW's SAV shows the everyman pass up in value.