I was one of the US BMW enthusiasts who wanted BMW to bring us more diesels.
This is a case of "grass is always greener."
After 1 week with a F11 520d m sport, I can say the diesel is honestly crap, and a N20 528i (which is my mothers car in the US) is leagues better and nearly as efficient.
The 520d only averaged 30 mpg US over 1800 miles. 38 highway 24 city...not better than our 528i. If fact the 520d was insanely laggy and downright SLOW. Only good for slow city driving. The autobahn was borderline painful. I got used to it but we have the cream of the crop in the US with the N20/N55/N63. Smooth, insanely wide power band, efficient, minimal turbo lag and great sound. The diesel had a narrow power band with no power until 2000 rpm, dying off at 3500 rpm in addition to sounding like a baby tractor.
What we need is a F11 535i in the USA!
