BMW 725Ld arrives in India for homologation

A recent report on imports states that the BMW 725Ld has arrived in India for homologation purpose. Thereby, indicating on its possible debut in the country sometime soon. Interestingly, the new 725Ld gets a smaller 1995cc diesel engine and we believe that it might be offered as a base variant among the 7 Series variants in India.

The engine in the BMW 725Ld is expected to get the B47 four-cylinder common rail diesel engine offered by the German automaker. Owing to a smaller engine capacity, post launch, the BMW 725Ld will be surpass the Delhi-NCR region’s ban on the registration of cars that are powered by over 2.0-litre diesel engines. This will also mean that the new BMW 725Ld will also have an upper hand in luxury car market where other leading automakers like the Mercedes-Benz and Jaguar are yet to come up smaller diesel engine options. In terms of features, the 725Ld will share similar features with the regular 7 Series. A detailed report on the specifications will be known in the coming days.

As for the pricing aspect, the 725Ld expected to be offered as a base variant, we believe that it might be priced lower than the current 7 Series range. Apart from Delhi-NCR region, the BMW 725Ld will also gain a stronghold in Kerala and other cities where NGT has been petitioning to ban the registration of over 2-litre diesel engine cars.