04-20-2014, 05:15 PM | #1 |
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Not sure if anyone else has seen this, but I figured I would post it given it's the only review out there.
It's not the greatest review, but it has some useful insights. http://www.autoexpress.co.uk/bmw/x3/...x3-2014-review ***Update*** I also found this one: http://www.thecarconnection.com/over...x3-series_2015 |
04-20-2014, 07:20 PM | #2 |
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Reading these two reviews - one from the UK, the second from the US - prompts me to ask a question about the 20d/28d engine in the LCI X3. I had always assumed that the 28d engine as used in US/Can spec X3, and the 20d engine as used in other markets in the LCI X3 were the same engine. But are they?
From my reading elsewhere the 20d engine in the LCI X3 is the first application of a new family of BMW diesels where it has been give the BMW engine designation of B47, replacing the N47 engine that has ben around since 2007. As the UK article points out, this has boosted the power of the new engine by 8 bhp (or 5kW) and 20 Nm to 188 bhp/400Nm. However I notice the spec of the 28d engine as used in the US/Canadian X3s is only rated at 180 hp/280lb-ft - which just happens to be the spec of the old superseded N47 engine. So my question is whether anyone can confirm the BMW engine designations of the 20d and 28d engines as used in the LCI X3? Tony |
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04-21-2014, 06:59 PM | #3 | |
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They do sometimes retune engines for other markets, but this is the same engine used in the 328d, which is the same engine in the 320d. |
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04-21-2014, 07:31 PM | #4 | |
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http://www.bmwblog.com/2014/02/07/ne...-code-engines/ And so my question remains. Is the diesel engine being used in the US and Canadian markets in the X3 28d the new B47 or the soon-to-superseded N47 engine? Its not just the power numbers that don't match up - its also the torque values. Tony |
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04-22-2014, 05:40 AM | #5 |
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The parts system should be updated next week, then we should hopefully be able to check
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Out of interest, do you currently have a F25 X3 and are you trading that in for the new one? If so, are they offering a decent trade in? |
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04-22-2014, 10:38 AM | #8 |
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Further UK review found here-
http://www.whatcar.com/car-news/2014...review/1290829 Mentions the new 2.0d engine. |
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04-22-2014, 10:58 AM | #9 |
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The x3 review on this page from Australia may answer some of your questions.
http://www.carsales.com.au/news-reviews-advice/reviews/ |
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http://prodcds.bmwuniversity.com/cou...U%20Engine.pdf |
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04-23-2014, 02:16 PM | #14 |
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Thanks a lot for those links...
Very interesting to read that this new engine is "not too noisy" (finally !) and very punchy ! Can't wait the delivery (july in Switzerland...) |
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04-24-2014, 10:25 PM | #15 |
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In the US it's the N47. It just received CARB approval and you can see the N47 engine code in the approval doc: http://www.arb.ca.gov/msprog/onroad/..._u2_diesel.pdf
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