#Bmw x5 xline drivers
This 30d engine version of the X5 is expected to account for around two thirds of all sales, although it's an indicator of the diesel downturn that BMW expects the 3.0-litre turbo-petrol 40i to take a quarter of sales, the remainder being taken by the flagship 400hp 50d model.Ĭompany car drivers will be sure to keep an eye on the X5's expanded engine line-up due in summer next year though, as that will include a plug-in hybrid badged as 45e alongside a 40d diesel and a 50i petrol. By comparison, that's about half the comparable figure on the 5 Series. The oversized grille isn't to everyone's taste (although we don't mind it too much) but the rear end looks a little anaemic to our eyes, with its narrow lights not entirely unlike the old Jeep Grand Cherokee.īMW expects 30% of X5 buyers to be businesses and, historically, the X5 has always attracted a high percentage of user-choosers. So it's little surprise that this new X5 is longer, wider and taller than its predecessor, to remain positioned between the X3 and forthcoming X7. After all, the smaller X3 is now actually bigger than that first-generation X5, while the even larger X7 will go on sale in spring 2019. But this new model arrives into a very different market for BMW. More than 2.2 million worldwide sales later and we now have this fourth-generation X5 boasting even better luxury and performance as well as improved off-road ability.
The first real sporty large 4×4 to arrive in showrooms, it's no exaggeration to say that the X5 was a game-changer when it first arrived in 1999. The superlatives for the BMW X5 come easy as well as thick and fast.