BMW’s X5: Worlds first Sports Activity Vehicle
Before 2000, the BMW brand had no presence in sport-ute land. Then BMW introduced their game changing, all new, X5...
Before 2000, the BMW brand had no presence in sport-ute land. Then BMW introduced their game changing, all new, X5...
At the recent Innovation Days Mobility event, BMW unveiled their future plans in becoming the world's leader in volume-produced cars with an electric drive and with a passenger cell made from carbon.
Within just eleven years, one million BMW X5 models have been sold. The anniversary edition, a sapphire black metallic BMW X5 xDrive35i featuring cinnamon brown Nevada leather trim
BMW's plant in Spartanburg, South Carolina recorded another milestone in their 15 year history as the 1 millionth BMW X5 Sports Activity Vehicle rolled off the production line
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The European market will see two additional models in the X5 and X6 line-up. BMW X5 xDrive40d and X6 xDrive40d will be available in Europe starting in Spring.
BMW celebrates today 10 years since the first BMW X5 was displayed at the Detroit Auto Show. BMW was the first to break into the Sports Activity Vehicle market by going with a different design approach than the abundance of SUVs available at that time.