2008 Detroit Auto Show: 2009 BMW X5 xDrive35d by Inside Line

http://www.edmunds.com/insideline/autoshows/detroit/2008/2009bmwx5xdrive35d.html

If the idea of a diesel-powered sedan like the new BMW 335d is too hard to swallow, maybe the 2009 BMW X5 diesel will make more sense to you. After all, it weighs 2.5 tons, so it could use a little extra engine torque. And it's a truck, sort of, so you won't look nearly as silly when you pull up to a pump at Big John's 24-hour Truck Spa on your next road trip.

Then again, the real draw of diesel engines is the fact that you don't have to stop for fuel as often, and the 2009 BMW X5 xDrive35d (as it's so clumsily named) delivers on this promise, at least according to its preliminary mileage estimates. At 19 mpg city and 25 mpg highway, the diesel X5 easily tops the standard X5 3.0si with its 3.0-liter inline-6 gasoline engine rated at 15 mpg city and 21 mpg highway.

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[mikeenwright333]

The title on this video would lead one to believe that it's about the BMW X5 not the f%&*ing X6.

[hardincountytigers]

That's just pocket change for some people.

[B3NY4]

OMFG! XD It's an X6, not an X5... congratulations man!

[manfred05]

Sexy!!! 5/5

[maronni007]

what is your point ... I mean most of the cars can handle 300-400.000 miles and not talking about cold winters etc. so my point is that to buy a car with 200.000 miles is ok, if the owner did not fucked a car.

[XoxFrankieReyesxoX]

60,000

[halflife1994]

how muc? with tax

[12valvepower1]

my wrx is cool

[coolerdude44]

what!?! i have owned 4 so far, and the only one i thought wasn't good value was my 06 nissan altima. but, i have a 5 year old mazda 6, it still looks and feels fantastic, i had a 14 year old accord, and that still felt fantastic.

my 98 camry doesn't feel great anymore, but it's still running with absolutely no problems.

on the other hand, i had 2 american cars, a ford grenada and a mercury cougar, both ended in misery.

[NoGuff]

"have you looked at the interiors lately? they look like they cost the companies $5"

--My Mustang still looks great. And all of the Japanese cars I've owned looked great when new, but after experiencing them for a short while I found they are just as cheap. And I've owned 5, so it's not like I didn't give them a chance.

[coolerdude44]

nope i can't admit that. the american cars are terrible value. why? have you looked at the interiors lately? they look like they cost the companies $5. especially chryslers, dodges, and jeeps.

in fact, i unfortunately was given a commander as a loaner car the other day, and it was so cheap that when you touched the panels around the dashboard gently, the entire dashboard would shake. and that car costs $31,000? more than a pathfinder?

how is that good value?!?!