BMW 550d

Pov06

Hi,

Anyone ever see any BMW 550d's around Ireland?

I never even realised BMW had a 550d which produces almost 400 hp and 800 Nm of torque.

Would be interesting to see what the tax on them is like. Apparently you can get 8l / 100km out of them :rolleyes:

Oafley Jones

Pov06 wrote: »

Hi,

Anyone ever see any BMW 550d's around Ireland?

I never even realised BMW had a 550d which produces almost 400 hp and 800 Nm of torque.

Would be interesting to see what the tax on them is like. Apparently you can get 8l / 100km out of them :rolleyes:

Don't think they were ever produced in right hand drive. Saw one or two 550i x drives in the States.

Atlantic Dawn

199g/km so €1200 a year but no right hand drive models coming...

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/motoring/first-drives/9214876/BMW-550d-review.html

Cleveland Hot Pocket

Only LHD in f10 guise
The x5 m50d is available in RHD though with the same tri turbo 3.0 setup

Cleveland Hot Pocket

Atlantic Dawn wrote: »

199g/km so €1200 a year but no right hand drive models coming...

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/motoring/first-drives/9214876/BMW-550d-review.html

interesting quote in that article

"for those after a saloon, as this diesel M5 is a super car;"

jimgoose

By Cheeses that is some specific output (125BHP/l) for a diesel. :eek:

Pov06

Seems like a nice enough eco-sportscar

Foxhole Norman

Cleveland Hot Pocket wrote: »

interesting quote in that article

"for those after a saloon, as this diesel M5 is a super car;"

I would say it's the Diesel M5, even if it's blasphemous :pac:

BorneTobyWilde

It's only a 3 litre diesel though.

Foxhole Norman

BorneTobyWilde wrote: »

It's only a 3 litre diesel though.

With 3 Turbos though!

Sure the current M5 is "only" a 4.4 V8 :pac:

Cleveland Hot Pocket

Foxhole Norman wrote: »

I would say it's the Diesel M5, even if it's blasphemous :pac:

Well you'd be wrong then!

BorneTobyWilde wrote: »

It's only a 3 litre diesel though.

What do you drive?

Foxhole Norman

Cleveland Hot Pocket wrote: »

Well you'd be wrong then!

Why?

Cleveland Hot Pocket

Foxhole Norman wrote: »

Why?

It's an m550d and not an m5!

jimgoose

Foxhole Norman wrote: »

Why?

Strictly speaking it's an "M Performance" car, not an "M car". Whatever that means! :pac:

Foxhole Norman

Ah I know the M Performance and actual M cars are hugely different but I would consider it the Diesel M5, it has the performance to back it up!

Slicemeister

Cleveland Hot Pocket wrote: »

Only LHD in f10 guise
The x5 m50d is available in RHD though with the same tri turbo 3.0 setup

Are there any in the country i wonder.

Drummerboy08

There's a couple of those X5's in ireland, Colm Quinn in Athlone has one for sale at the minute.

Cleveland Hot Pocket

Foxhole Norman wrote: »

Ah I know the M Performance and actual M cars are hugely different but I would consider it the Diesel M5, it has the performance to back it up!

You can consider it whatever you want but mrBMW has decided it is not a diesel m5

Slicemeister wrote: »

Are there any in the country i wonder.

I heard tell of a couple.

Foxhole Norman

Cleveland Hot Pocket wrote: »

You can consider it whatever you want but mrBMW has decided it is not a diesel m5

Which is fair enough, leave them Petrol!

Sobanek

People used to call the 335d the M3 Diesel back in 2007 (AutoCar, Auto Bild) so I guess calling the M550d the M5 Diesel equivalent is quite appropriate.

I mean:

M5 0-60: 4.1 seconds
M550d 0-60: 4.5 seconds
Top speed for both is 155mph...