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      08-08-2006, 11:47 PM   #45
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its SAV....silly. Actually, my wife has an X5 and she loves it. Big, safe, but pretty darn quick.

with all due respect moocow, but "Big, safe, and quick". Isn't that a contradictory statement?
That's what's wrong with people in America. Perception. why is big, safe? and safe for who? the person driving it? what about the person these huge, heavy overpowered machine kill when they hit, or can't avoid in an accident due to the poor handling because of the height and weight. To me it's a scary thought to think of a soccer-mom with kids in the back screaming about their dvd player not working, while on the phone driving a 5000 pound machine with 350hp.
I know I'm generalizing "SUV,SAV" whatever, but......
again, just my opinion.
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      08-09-2006, 12:02 AM   #46
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      08-09-2006, 12:30 AM   #47
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Not bad, but it definitely looks smaller than the previous one. I think I would rather have the new 335i e92 over this though.
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      08-09-2006, 12:38 AM   #49
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why is big, safe? and safe for who? the person driving it?
Well, yes. Safer in general for the people riding inside it, but only when you take into account the physics involving a bigger, heavier thing hitting a smaller, lighter thing. The bigger, heavier thing is going to win. You're right. It's not a fair fight. I hate that too.

I'm definitely generalizing, but I don't like the way a lot of SUV drivers operate their vehicles. Too fast--in both the best and worst of conditions, too many chances taken, too aggressive for what I perceive are the actual handling abilities of their vehicles, tailgating. So, that makes me dislike encountering SUVs on the road.
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      08-09-2006, 12:54 AM   #50
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      08-09-2006, 05:12 AM   #51
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That shifter is ugly as fuck..... I guess the one we saw in that other post wasn't a tester
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      08-09-2006, 10:09 AM   #52
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The new X5, to me, represents something so much more than you could imagine...

To me it represents a sort of fulfillment of the quality products that we all knew BMW could build if they wanted to. It's a fusion of Audi attention-to-quality-detail and BMW performance-and-style...

...this new generation is the most beautiful thing to come out of Munich since, well... the Z8.
I couldn't agree more.

I'm a E46 3 series owner and someone who has found more recent BMW's as very interesting to look at but not necessarily pretty, balanced, or aggressive. In some respects, they've appeared unpolished, unfinished, and unrefined in their detailing...

Well, this is the first new BMW in about 6 years that gives me a tingly, "WOW!" feeling upon seeing the first photos. It has somehow recaptured that aggressive, balanced sense of mission in its styling while still carrying all of the design cues of the modern BMW's. There's also a new sense of refinement, crafting, and detailing that I think has been largely absent from more recent, blunt designs like the 7, 5, and 3. This is especially evident in the interior, which is outright gorgeous and puts the rest of the BMW line to shame (isn't BMW's new interior designer from Audi? I can certainly believe it looking at those photos...).

The contemporary BMW styling language has just (finally) graduated to fully mature and desirable. The 3-series coupe, which I still think looks great, was *almost* there, still being a bit "off" from some angles. But the X5 is the real deal. I believe next up is the new 7 series, then the redone 5. I can't wait! If they carry this X5's sense of purpose, balance, aggressiveness, and refinement of details, they'll be incredible cars indeed!

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      08-09-2006, 11:27 AM   #53
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I like it more and more
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      08-09-2006, 01:53 PM   #54
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Wow, I'm definately in when it's time to replace the current SUV in early 2008.
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yeah just a few chrome/silver accents really add contrast and make it look like an audi interior. im sure theyll charge up the ass for chrome tipped radio knob for our e90s
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Did anyone notice on these pics that the Nav and the radio units are 2 separate entities with full faceplates on the console unlike the current 3 series where if you get the Nav you lose the radio faceplate instead it's accessed thru the Nav.

Why couldn't they do this on the 3 series E90 with the Nav?

The problem with the X5 is gas mileage, if it could get 19/20 city then it would be a consideration.
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      08-09-2006, 09:16 PM   #57
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I must say I like the new sport wheels. They remind me of the Lambo Gallardo wheels, which are just a cast aluminum form of sex wrapped in rubber, ha. Hmm, that just gave me a great metaphor. Tires are like condoms, they should always be on person and car and they keep you safe as long as they don't blow out.
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Maybe thats why they are changing their slogan. I see they snatched the parking brake release from Audi. I like the Q7 interior and exterior better but I know the X5 will out handle it.
Exhibit A: They are not changing their slogan.

Exhibit B: The 7-Series had an electronic parking brake way before the Q7 was even a thought.
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Um, shouldn't this be in General Car Talk forum.
I'm sorry but I just hate ALL SUV's even BMW's.
SUV's are a nuisance on the road, and their poor gas milage contribute to our great demand for gas, makes me pay more at the pump.
Screw SUV's .
Granted it's not as bad as a Hummer, but in the same wasteful family.
Just my opinion.

if you hate hummer's go here:

www.fuh2.com
Not everyone can get by with a BMW station wagon.
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with all due respect moocow, but "Big, safe, and quick". Isn't that a contradictory statement?
That's what's wrong with people in America. Perception. why is big, safe? and safe for who? the person driving it? what about the person these huge, heavy overpowered machine kill when they hit, or can't avoid in an accident due to the poor handling because of the height and weight. To me it's a scary thought to think of a soccer-mom with kids in the back screaming about their dvd player not working, while on the phone driving a 5000 pound machine with 350hp.
I know I'm generalizing "SUV,SAV" whatever, but......
again, just my opinion.
Uh, reality check.

325xi Touring - 3800 lbs
530xi Touring - 3891 lbs
X3 - 4023 lbs
CL600 - 4473 lbs
Old X5 - 4652 lbs
Honda Odyssey - 4655 lbs
A8 - 4729 lbs
S600 - 4895 lbs
760Li - 4905 lbs
R600 - 4929 lbs
Continental Flying Spur - 5456 lbs

Maybe we should just deny people the right to purchase minivans, and luxury cars in general?
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I couldn't agree more.

I'm a E46 3 series owner and someone who has found more recent BMW's as very interesting to look at but not necessarily pretty, balanced, or aggressive. In some respects, they've appeared unpolished, unfinished, and unrefined in their detailing...

Well, this is the first new BMW in about 6 years that gives me a tingly, "WOW!" feeling upon seeing the first photos. It has somehow recaptured that aggressive, balanced sense of mission in its styling while still carrying all of the design cues of the modern BMW's. There's also a new sense of refinement, crafting, and detailing that I think has been largely absent from more recent, blunt designs like the 7, 5, and 3. This is especially evident in the interior, which is outright gorgeous and puts the rest of the BMW line to shame (isn't BMW's new interior designer from Audi? I can certainly believe it looking at those photos...).

The contemporary BMW styling language has just (finally) graduated to fully mature and desirable. The 3-series coupe, which I still think looks great, was *almost* there, still being a bit "off" from some angles. But the X5 is the real deal. I believe next up is the new 7 series, then the redone 5. I can't wait! If they carry this X5's sense of purpose, balance, aggressiveness, and refinement of details, they'll be incredible cars indeed!

- Garris

Amen. Better said than I could manage.
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Go to post #2 for official video of the new X5 in motion. That is so weird how that shifter works, you just tap it and it works, take some getting use to. The interior is the best BMW has done in years.

http://www.x5world.com/x5-e70-forum/...r-quality.html
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      08-13-2006, 12:02 PM   #63
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The shifter thing moves itself :-\
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