XSeries-forum

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

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.

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...

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.

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