2015 BMW X3 xDrive28d Diesel - Car and Driver
There are three turbocharged engines—a 240-hp 2. 0-liter four. and a 180-hp, 2. 0-liter diesel four, which offers improved economy but less refinement. Instrumented Test – 2015 BMW X3 xDrive28d Diesel BMW’s recent face lift of the X3 might have gone largely unnoticed, but this particular X3 won’t. Powered by BMW’s N47 four-cylinder turbo-diesel, the xDrive28d makes its presence known with considerable clatter and rumble. it’s supposed to ride the slowly rising tide of oil burners in the U. S. Even though BMW continues to tout the X3 as a Sports Activity Vehicle, this one has the workaday sound of an honest-to-goodness off-roader. And the ZF-sourced wide-ratio eight-speed automatic does an okay job of masking delays in initial response, meaning before the turbo is spooled up. The gearbox does a lot of shifting—perhaps too much for our tastes—but the X3 accelerates briskly... The diesel’s 0-to-60-mph time of 7. 9 seconds and 125-mph top speed are entirely unremarkable and are indicators of this X3’s reluctance to play. It’ll cruise along happily at a steady pace, and it delivers good fuel economy—we observed 28 mpg during our drive—but you’ll need to look elsewhere for excitement. BMW’s xDrive all-wheel drive is standard, but don’t make any plans to. Source: www.caranddriver.com
