2009 BMW X5 xDrive35d Review – Advanced diesel technology meets the luxury SUV

Three words: SHUT UP MITCHELL!

— Carboy (View Profile)

Posted on 8/6/2009 8:43:11 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 3   

Mitchell -

This is an X5.

Get a Japanese car?...boring !!

— EL34 (View Profile)

Posted on 8/6/2009 9:07:49 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 2   

"Ask an American what they think about diesel engines and you’re likely to get one of the following looks: a blank stare"

lol not in my experience, diesel has always been around in North America. Maybe not in small cars with no balls, but any self respecting person knows about America's long standing history of diesel trucks.

— Joe_Limon (View Profile)

Posted on 8/6/2009 10:31:32 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 8   

also, meant to add. LOL Mitchel +1

— Joe_Limon (View Profile)

Posted on 8/6/2009 10:32:52 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 3   

ooop his post is gone, was he banned?

— Joe_Limon (View Profile)

Posted on 8/6/2009 10:33:38 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 3   

"...Get a Japanese car?...boring !!"

The GT-R says 'hi'.

— StarSearch (View Profile)

Posted on 8/7/2009 8:48:55 AM | reply to this comment | Votes: 1   

StarSearch -

I was driving on Jamboree Blvd. and MacArthur Blvd. in Newport Beach and in the left turn lane across the street were 3 late model Porsche 911's. A Nissan GT'R would have looked like a garbage truck next to them.

Please, don't bother me with those Datsons.

— EL34 (View Profile)

Posted on 8/7/2009 11:28:36 AM | reply to this comment | Votes: -1   

BMW is #1.

— EL34 (View Profile)

Posted on 8/6/2009 9:06:24 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: -1   

I love the diesel X5. Why buy the V8 you only get to 60 MPH a half second faster (6.4 vs 6.9) and the fuel economy is much better (14/19 vs 19/26), more torques, and oh yeah it's thousands cheaper.

— theoptimisticpessimist (View Profile)

Posted on 8/6/2009 9:22:42 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 1   

Nice.

— ThierryHenry14 (View Profile)

Posted on 8/6/2009 10:33:31 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 3   

What is an X5 going to do with 425ft.lb of torque?
A Ford F350 V8 only has 325ft.lbs
The 7.3L V8 diesel only has 525ft.lbs.
The Ford chassis is rated for up to 17,000lbs towing, the X5 6000lbs max.

Where a 4 cylidner diesel would suffice, BMW tosses in an oil wasting 6 cylinder diesel because their customers are a little limp between the legs.

As for impressive handling, so what, still doesn't handle like a sedan. The X5 will never do any corner carving.

Just an engine for clueless people who want to beleive they're getting in on the "green" car ideology.

X6 is a useless vehicle, that's why its selling so crappy now that the initial hype has fizzled out. It can barely outsell the "forgot they made it Lexus GX".

— huu76 (View Profile)

Posted on 8/6/2009 10:58:36 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: -10   

No you don't. The Prius gets more from less, not wastefully more from disgustingly more. The Prius doesn't brag about torque like the Germans do about their diesels bolted to cars that can't use the torque, Prius brags about how little it needs.

Also, mileage is a benefit to everyone. What's excessive torque going to do on a chassis that can't handle it? That's like welding on 4 extra cylinders for the heck of it. Won't use'em, but they make me look cool.

Stop being miffed that I've made you see the light and that hybrids are the future. Just get over it and move on and enjoy the wonderful world hybrids help allow :)

— huu76 (View Profile)

Posted on 8/6/2009 11:23:47 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: -8   

2009 BMW X5 xDrive35d

fucked up name

— Enforcement (View Profile)

Posted on 8/7/2009 12:53:25 AM | reply to this comment | Votes: 6   

@huu76: What are you talking about??? "What's excessive torque going to do on a chassis that can't handle it?"

Do you really think, that a X5 can´t handle this torque? Ever driven such a car? Ever pulled a trailer with a Prius or other hybrids? Compare the gas mileage between a hybrid-SUV and a Diesel-SUV at higher speeds and then you will understand why all people in Germany and other european countries prefer the Diesel.

— tom43 (View Profile)

Posted on 8/7/2009 5:58:02 AM | reply to this comment | Votes: 2   

There are only 2 true diesels in this world: Shaq and Vin.

— StarSearch (View Profile)

Posted on 8/7/2009 8:52:27 AM | reply to this comment | Votes: -1   

If you can't figure out how to use the new iDrive interface for Nav (or anything else) you're seriously challenged and probably shouldn't be driving a motor vehicle.

— phantom330 (View Profile)

Posted on 8/7/2009 9:32:32 AM | reply to this comment | Votes: -1   

Just got back from Norway Yesterday were my vehicle rental was a Prius with 22,000km on the clock.

My opinion on the Prius is that if you are the kind of person who lives in the city, works in the city and hardly ever drives out of the city and do not care one bit about spirited driving then you will be happy with the prius.

If you do any driving out of big cities or have to go on Motorways then the prius is absolutely not for you.

I hated the stupid thing, engine was on 90% of the time to charge up the battery, which never showed full charge and was quickly emptied when you get moving. During a 90 min period when parked with the AC on LOW the engine switched on 18 times to charge the battery a little (to 2/8 bars) Would have made more sense to fully charge the battery before switching off for longer.

When driving the engine is actually louder and harsher than any small diesel i have driven in the last 5 years, Performance can best be described as asmatic and there is no handling to speak of.

Golf TDI, Megane TDI, C5 TDI, A3 TDI. All these are much better vehicles than the prius and i think the Congestion Charge Exempt status of these Hybrid Vehicles gives TOYOTA an unfair advantage in the marketplace.

— I95SPEEDINGTICKETS (View Profile)

Posted on 8/7/2009 11:08:32 AM | reply to this comment | Votes: -1   

tom43,
You completely missed my point (not surprisingly). Putting that much torque is akin to putting a jet engine on a tricycle and then trying to pull a cement truck. Not gonna happen but its nice to know the sales invoice says you got lots of torque.
The Prius wasn't designed to pull boats.
Read my comment before and you'll see that I said a 4 cylinder diesel would have been fine for the X5.

Why don't you compare a diesel SUV mileage with the RXh or Highlander hybrids.

Europeans don't know jack, I'm getting sick of all this "just trust them, they're German, their marketing dept knows what they're talking about. Just blindly follow the fuhrer.

Maybe gov't incentives to help move lower cost, more profitable diesels has something to do with their popularity, the kind of incentives that are made possible by corporate bribes to European gov'ts.

Europe's refusal to abandon dinosaur technology is a large reason why they're pretty much irrelevant in the 21st century, always stuck dreaming about past glories while N.America and Asia (except Korea) move forwrd and forget Europe even exists.

maikoazu,
Sure, whatever you say. Convenient you just happen to own both. I'm sure your .62g vehicle tears up the Nurburgring too.

— huu76 (View Profile)

Posted on 8/7/2009 9:24:40 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: -4