SPIED: Place YOUR Bets — What Will Make It Stateside First? An X3 xDrive20i OR X3 xDrive28d?

Oh-kay, folks. Time to break out the tinfoil hats.

Well, not exactly.

Today we received some fresh spy shots courtesy of our man in the field, Fred Khaz. While roaming SoCal he spotted an interesting BMW X3. At first glance everything appears to be seemingly normal.

That is until you realize two things:

1) It's wearing "DST," California distributor plates, and
2) It has a single exhaust pipe.

While that may not seem like a big deal to most folks, it's actually a pretty good indicator that BMW is testing out a new powerplant. To be more specific, I'd wager it has to be either the 2.0-liter four-cylinder gasoline motor found in the new 320i, OR, it has to be the new 2.0-liter four-cylinder DIESEL engine seen in the 2013 New York Auto Show 328d.

What would YOU rather see in the BMW X3?

atc98092 - 4/5/2013 8:10:52 AM

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A diesel would put it on my list to look at. That's the only thing that would. The Audi Q5 will have the V6 TDI later this year, although I'd prefer the 4. I think the Q5 V6 diesel will have far more power than I need, and I'd prefer the mileage improvment of the smaller engine. Just have to wait and see I guess.

Firewombat - 4/5/2013 12:45:44 PM

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Or how about a Q5 3.0 FSI Quattro S-Line or maybe a Q5 2.0 FSI Quattro or maybe a GLK 350 CGI 4matic? Get over yourself, douche

Firewombat - 4/5/2013 12:49:14 PM

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Not sure if this is the same in other countries, but in South Africa the BMW X models have oval-shaped exhaust pipes for petrol models and round-shaped exhausts for diesel models.

Like the round shaped pipes featured in the 328d test drive in an article in this site today.

So here, looking at this car, it would be a petrol model, maybe a xdrive 20i? And not the xdrive 20d