New BMW M-sports are going to be diesels....opinions?

[n0v0s]

You can get as much power from a turbo diesel as you can a petrol in entry range cars so why not?

But slap on a M5 price tag to a 'mere' diesel (as defined by a large proportion of typical 'petrol heads') and it becomes a different market altogether compared to your usual entry range diesel. The demand for which would make it uneconomical for BMW to conteplate. People in the brand new M5 price bracket have more than enough disposable income to piss up on petrol powered monsters whereas your typical diesel driver has economy and fuel savings in mind somewhere amongst their car criteria.

It's a shame though, A 4 wheel drive, bmw tri turbo diesel with a tinkered map would just fkin WIN.