[Vwdiesel] A Diesel Beemer?

[Duncan L. Forbes]

Kenneth you are correct.

BMW imported the 524td for the years of 1985 and 1986.

It used the 6 Cyl. 2.4L M21D turbo diesel engine.

I didn't look up the stats on how many they imported but I believe it is a
pretty rare beast here in the US.




Kenneth E. Oldrid wrote:
> I believe BMW released the 524 turbo diesel from 85-86 in the US. It is an
> inline six cylinder.

> Quoting Nate Wall <natewall1 at yahoo.com>:
>
> > 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?
> >
> > --Nate
>