Griot's Garage BMW

2010 BMW X5 V8 Twin-Turbo

It has been a while since photos of the V8 twin-turbo BMW X5 have popped up on internet. Back in October '07, the 2010 BMW X5 was spotted during testing at Nurburgring. In recent series of photos from the KGP folks, the V8 twin-turbo has been seen again at the 'Ring, but this time, showing […]

Spy Photos: BMW X5 M?

The rumored BMW X5 M has been spotted at Nurburgring these past few days. Even though we have covered this subject many times before, like for example, here and here , we have some interesting new photos. 
Comparing to the  previous spy shots, we noticed a few changes that BMW has implemented, in the front, the […]

Video: Porsche Cayenne GTS vs BMW X5

We're back with our weekly comparisons and this time, the fellows at Fifth Gear have put the BMW X5 V8 head to head with the latest Porsche Cayenne GTS.
Love the Fifth Gear videos and I'm sure will also. 
Who's the winner? You'll see :) 
P.S The X5 really needs a V8 turbo engine

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aFahKHx6j0c

 

BMW twin-turbo diesel hybrid X5

Green concepts! A phrase that you will be seeing a lot in the next few years. Everyone in the car industry seems to be moving towards hybrid cars eventually, and of course BMW is going in the same direction as well. 
At the Geneva Auto Show, the german luxury automaker will be showing off its […]

BMW X5 M -new photos

It certainly seems like the so rumored BMW X5 M it's not just a rumor. A few weeks ago, we were able to show you some spy photos with the BMW X5 M being driven in Germany. Yesterday, the folks at leftlanenews.com managed to get their hands on a new set of photos.  
Some […]

Does X+V=M?

Well, it this case, it does. The rumored BMW X5 M has been spotted again being test driven in Germany. It is still unclear which engine will power this X5 M, the choices are between the V12 engine found in the 760i or the rumored new twin-turbo V8 engine. The V12 delivers 438bhp but it's […]

BMW X5 Lemans

Have you heard of the BMW X5 Lemans? I know I haven’t till recently. The BMW X5 Lemans was a first generation E53 BMW X5, but it was a special design powered by a powerful engine -a 700 horsepower 6.0 liter V12 engine from the BMW V12 LMR that won the legendary 24-hour Le Mans […]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NyXQfMSj5xA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_nX-bxVLrGg

Here is a visual comparison between the older BMW X5 and the new X5. Pretty interesting right? Here is my opinion on the new changes. I love the new front-end, it seems sportier and the headlights have a nicer shape. I also love the back-end, the new design seems to be inline with the other […]

The 2007 X5 Ride & Drive event

This year’s Ride & Drive was held at Arlington Park Race Track in Arlington Heights, Illinois.In attendance daily,were about 200 Sales Managers,Client Advisors,Service Writers and Technicians from the Central Region of BMW dealers. There were similar events going on for the Eastern,Southern and Western region at the same time,during the week of November 6th through […]

2007 BMW X5 Ride & Drive Event

Here are some pictures from the new 2007 X5 Ride & Drive that I attended yesterday. A full article will follow. For more pictures: 2007 BMW X5