Official U.S. prices announced for BMW 335d and X5 xDrive35d

BMW's first U.S. diesel was spotted testing earlier this year in California's Death Valley in the form of a slightly disguised 3-series sedan packing a twin-turbo 3.0L straight-six oil-burner. The new diesel is the 2009 335d sedan, which is set to arrive at the end of the year as part of the facelifted 3-series range. The diesel version of the X5, the xDrive35d, will also be making its debut, and official U.S. pricing for both of the diesels was announced during a webcast today. The 335d will start at $44,725, a premium of about $2,500 over a similarly-equipped automatic transmission 3-series sedan. 2009 BMW 3-series facelift