Eleven years after it launched the X5, BMW is celebrating 1,000,000 X5s built. When we think of luxury SUVs we always think it started with the Range Rover. Which of course it did. But it’s easy to forget that what we think of as a recent phenomenon – the performance luxury SUV – was spawned […]
BMW 5 Series GT and 740d xDrive press release
BMW xDrive on All Engine Variants of the BMW 5 Series Gran Turismo and the BMW 740d. Munich. BMW, the world’s leading manufacturer of premium cars, is consistently enlarging its wide range of all-wheel-drive models. Starting in June and, respectively, September 2010, all engine variants of the BMW 5 Series Gran Turismo will also be […]
BMW 5-Series GT to get xDrive – BMW 740d xDrive announced
Despite the general consensus that the BMW 5 Series Gran Turismo is an almost superfluous niche, BMW are pressing on by extending the range with the option of AWD xDrive. We really don’t ‘Get’ the BMW 5 Series GT. To be fair, we haven’t driven one so it’s a viewpoint from afar. But we can’t deny it […]
BMW X5 – luxury used car of the decade
The motor trade bible – CAP – has declared the BMW X5 to be the luxury used car of the decade. The X5 has been a big hit in the UK since its launch a decade ago. More than 65,000 X5s have been sold here in that time, and it was the first BMW to […]