20d/30d/30sd fuel consumption

[Gordy007]

Hi all,
Looking to buy my first X3 and I'm trying to decide between the 2litre or 3 litre diesel engine (year 2007 to 2009ish). I know the 30d/sd will be more on tax and insurance but I'm wondering what the real world mpg difference is likely to be between them both?
I'd be doing around 12,000 miles a year.
Anyone's experiences much appreciated

[StuBeeDoo]

It all depends on what sort of journeys your 12k/yr is going to be made-up of. Lots of stop/start commuting/shopping/school runs = 2.0. Majority of rural/motorway runs = 3.0. Remember diesels take the thick end of 10mls to get fully up to full operating temperature - especially in winter.

[marti]

if your worrying about MPG dont buy 3.0ltr , Ive just got myself an F12 6 series convert which they say does 53mpg so far only achieved 42mpg...but thats on country roads...

[X5Sport]

The advice from the pre WLTP testing started properly last year was that you take the official figures and subtract 25-30% to get ‘real’ figures. It has held true with all of my recent BMW cars since 2005.

[yes_its_neil]

I get 28 mpg around town and 40 on the open road, give or take a tad with my 2009 3.0D. Hope that helps. (Imperial mpg by the way) We've been metric here in Australia for years, so I had to do a quick conversion. Approx 10 & 6.5 -7 litres per 100 kms