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Georg Kacher,
29 April 2013 12:00
Look away now, M Division purists: there’s a new BMW X5 M on the loose. The second generation of BMW’s super-SUV will arrive in 2014, with less weight, more power, and higher performance than the current car. How can you tell this is an M Division BMW X5? The tell-tale cues are quad exhaust pipes (a classic modern M car ...
2.5
Ollie Kew,
17 July 2012 13:51
BMW is certainly giving the new X5 a hard time of it in its pre-reveal testing regime. We've previously spied the 2014 X5 at rain-soaked Nurburgring, and now captured it testing in Death Valley, USA. What can we deduce from these BMW X5 spy shots? Because Death Valley, California is an ideal environment in which to test a car's hot-weather performance, the mule seen ...
3.5
Georg Kacher,
21 June 2012 12:01
BMW's third-generation X5 has been spied testing in torrential rain at the Nurgurgring. The upcoming X5 is set to grace BMW showrooms in 2014, following a Detroit show reveal, according to CAR's sources. What else do we know about the 2014 BMW X5? Given the popularity of the current and previous-gen X5, it's no surprise to see this mule gets familar ...
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Tim Pollard,
06 February 2010 23:00
BMW is sprucing up its X5 SUV with range of cosmetic updates and engineering tweaks. Read on for our handy guide to how to spot the new 2010 X5 and what is new under the metal.How will I tell the new 2010 X5 apart from the old one?The headlamps on the X5 are new, the foglights move, air vents swell ...
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Tim Pollard,
05 April 2009 00:01
We know what they say about attempting to be a jack of all trades – but that’s exactly what BMW’s done with its new high-performance X5M and X6M duo. As the names imply, these are the fabled M Division’s take on Munich’s X5 and X6 SUVs, and with 547bhp on tap from the latest twin-turbo V8 engine, the newest M ...
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Ben Pulman,
23 December 2008 10:00
BMW clearly thinks the time is right to release an official video of the X5 M testing at the Nurburgring. It’s the car, along with the X6 M, that’s caused BMW to can the M3 CSL – and risk alienating a generation of M division fans. So we get this BMW X5 M instead of a CSL? Afraid so. M ...
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Ben Pulman,
12 September 2008 07:30
Had you heard that the BMW M3 CSL is being canned – in favour of faster 4x4s? BMW’s M Division is lending a hand to develop high-performance X5 and X6 models and our spies have snapped the go-faster X6 hot weather testing in the US and the hot X5 pounding the Nurburgring in Germany. Both SUVs are expected to use ...
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Ben Whitworth,
19 June 2008 15:00
BMW is working flat-out to prep its new X5 performance flagship – expected to debut at the Geneva motor show early in 2009 – which borrows the X6’s muscular 408bhp twin-turbo V8 for a 155mph punch. It’s a step closer to the full-blown Motorsport X5 that BMW had vowed it would never build. While there’s nothing exactly sluggish about the current topdog X5 ...
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Adam Towler,
02 June 2008 09:36
Want to see the future of the car cockpit? The X-Wave concept is a showcase for the latest thinking on vehicle interiors from automotive supplier Visteon and technology giant 3M. They’ve teamed up to fit out a BMW X5 – dubbed X-Wave – with new lighting and control interfaces that could revolutionise the look and operation of cars over the ...
