[Vwdiesel] A Diesel Beemer?

[Eyvind Spangen]

On Tue, 11 Mar 2003 05:52:37 -0800 (PST), you wrote:

>On the way to work this morning I saw a BMW that had
>an insignia on the trunk lid that read "524 td" (the
>"TD" was in lower case letters). I was dierectly
>behind it, but saw absolutely no smoke on
>acceleration, and could not really hear the motor. The
>BMW was at least a 1986 (had the center brake light
>required by NHTSA on '86 and later MYs), and was a
>small Beemer, about the size of my Jetta. Nice shape,
>too. I was aware BMW sold the newer and larger TDs
>here with the same engine that occasionally found its
>way into a Lincoln. I was not aware of any others,
>though. Was it a diesel?

Yes, it was. The 3-series and 5-series was offered here in Europe with
an inline-6 diesel engine, both with and without turbo.. I don't
remember the power output, but I think it was about 100 hp without
turbo and 115-120 with.. Some of the turbo cars found their way to the
US too..


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MVH
Eyvind Spangen