BMW has been selling diesel engine cars in the  European market for twenty-three years, while the US market has only been  getting gas engines (except for the brief availability of a 5-series diesel in  the mid-1980s). Two-thirds of their sales in Europe now are diesels and in 2008  they will be coming here. BMW diesels offered in the US market will be  fifty-state legal Click Read to see the full BMW press release (thanks autobloggreen.com)