When it arrives in late 2008, the 2009 BMW xDrive35d will be the first diesel BMW SUV sold in the U.S. Designed to meet strict Bin 5 emissions standards and for sale in all 50 states, it will be powered by a diesel variant of the automaker's 3.0-liter twin-turbo inline-six packed with 265 horsepower and an impressive 425 lb-ft of torque. The engine will reportedly propel the xDrive35d from 0-to-62 mph in 7.2 seconds and BMW expects the xDrive35d to achieve 19 mpg city and 25 mpg highway, which is a substantial improvements over its gasoline counterpart.

Although the engine's power is down slightly from its European version, which has an output of 286 horsepower and 428 lb-ft of torque, that model is not fitted with BMW's new emissions control system, which allows it to meet the U.S. regulations. Called BMW Advanced Diesel with BluePerformance (a much more complicated name for a system similar to Mercedes-Benz's BlueTec), the emissions control system consists of a standard oxidation catalyst housed in the same unit as a particulate filter, which has been placed right after the exhaust manifold and a selective catalytic reduction (SCR) catalyst with AdBlue urea injection designed to greatly reduce nitrous oxide and other diesel particulate emissions.

2009 bmw xdrive

2009 bmw xdrive

2009 bmw xdrive