SPY PHOTO: The first good look at the next BMW X5's interior

Looks sleek. Surprised BMW lessened the dash over the NAV, may have probs with glare. Besides that I am sure wood will be in place of the current white sections of dash,

— dblo7 (View Profile)

Posted on 6/29/2006 5:20:32 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 1   

I am glad they smoothed out the iDrive hump. Its really ugly...now if you can get rid of iDrive all together.
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— TauronB2G (View Profile)

Posted on 6/29/2006 8:07:10 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 1   

There's a strong family resemblance to the X3 dash architecture, kind of morphed with the 5 Series. Let's hope they make it available sans iDrive...

— Zino (View Profile)

Posted on 6/29/2006 8:33:47 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 1   

Fully agree with negative comments regarding the iDrive. I'm happy that there is no glare-producing wood trim on the steering wheel. The iDrive must be a product of European thinking, i.e. deliberatetely making the product more complicated and difficult to use. I bought a Philips hard drive video recorder and it is menu driven; however, instead of a single menu there are 3 different menus and correspondingly 3 different tiny buttons to remember on the remote. My advice to all European product planners is: keep it simple stupid!

— EnnNorak (View Profile)

Posted on 6/29/2006 9:31:57 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 1   

Not bad. I think it will look better when the titanium is replaced with BMW's dark poplar wood (or something similar). I somehow think that the nav will change b/c BMW has set all the other navs either above the dash in a pop-up or set into a glare-free box. I doubt they will change from this pattern - especially when this would cleary have a glare problem. Overall though, its a nice change. LOVE the steering wheel and gear shift.

— driverAlex (View Profile)

Posted on 6/29/2006 11:09:19 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 1   

Awful. Real cup holders maybe, but in a really bad spot close to the dash. There was nothing wrong with the old ones. Disproportionate steering wheel with a big ugly air bag hump. Crappy AC vents. The navigation screen is too exposed and will likely be impossible to see in the daylight. Passenger side dashboart is hideous. I don't see a glove compartment ?!??!

Not happy.

— vdiv (View Profile)

Posted on 6/30/2006 4:12:01 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 1   

Not sure if BMW will use Titanium. It is very expensive, either aluminum or wood. The cupholders are a little too close to dash and shifter.

— dblo7 (View Profile)

Posted on 6/30/2006 5:52:10 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 1