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Originally Posted by SkipSauls
It was likely the N55 motor with the 8 speed automatic, which would probably be good for 0-60 in the mid 5 second range. Since you were in the mountains the turbo would have had and advantage over the M5 NA motor.
From those angles the X3 looks pretty good. I'm hoping that the spy photos and renders are wrong, and that they don't go the ML GLK route and ruin the front end. It seems the Germans are trying to keep the the small SUV/SAVs being considered too "feminine" by making them chunky and blocky.
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The N55 would have had the exhaust tips on the separate sides of the car. BMW has reiterated time and time again (in interviews as well as in practice) that they are doing turbo cars with exhaust tips on both sides - 135i being the exception. (Haven't we seen spyshots of the X3 with the exhaust on both sides as well?) If it was a diesel, it was the 30d engine, and not the 35d.