Just discussed the issue with a so called BMW genius and he said that the M50d was actually already out of production for four months during the "dieselgate". Then they decided to change the engine a bit, add a turbo and some other stuff to make it "cleaner" and reintroduced it again.
It may be that it will be discontinued for some markets where the green taxation drives the sale numbers down, but the engine itself is apparently not saying goodbye just yet.
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