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Originally Posted by mario486
I have said this before, I highly doubt BMW will launch with a 4-cyl in NA. Historically they have never offered the small engines in that market. And it is a market that likes big engines. Also going by recent press releases they expect to sell 2000 X1's in Canada and 8000 in the USA per year Even if these figures are conservative they are small compared to European sales which alone topped 70 000 in the first year. Europe is far more likely to get the small eco-engines first and seeing as they will also be available in the other models supply will be limited, initially anyway.
So I stand with my original opinion that BMW will launch with a I6 2.8 Xdrive in auto. Following up with variations on this, say 2.5i/3.0i/3.5i. The T4 may follow eventually but its not going to be this year.
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According to a Jan 18th article in
The Car Connection (see url below), it is the 4 cyl 2.0L twin-turbo which debuted in Montreal this week and will be the only 2.8 offered in Canada and the USA.
http://www.thecarconnection.com/mart...n-x1-xdrive28i