In a press conference held at the Alvear Palace Hotel, BMW of Argentina presented the BMW X-Raid team that will compete in the World Rally Tour 2008 and the Dakar Rally 2009 (held in January next year between Argentina and Chile). The BMW X-Raid team will compete in a modified BMW X3 powered by a 3 Liter Variable Twin Turbo Diesel engine that develops around 275 PS and 620 Nm of torque.