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by skyth  - Top 200
Jun 29 '01 - Updated Apr 11 '06
Author's Product Rating:  Recommended: Yes 
Pros: Excellent handling, good HP on the 4.4L.
Cons: Still an SUV.
The Bottom Line: Creme de la creme. cheers,
Eftal Sogukoglu
BMW has come up with a new categorization in this auto market of seemingly uncategorizable cars. They call their entry into the SUV market a Sport Activity Vehicle (I call these car-like SUV’s). Unlike a truck based SUV, X5 is more like an ...
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by LSMillers - Top 500
Nov 20 '00 - Updated Jul 29 '01
Author's Product Rating:  Recommended: Yes
Pros: both well built, car-like SUVs
Cons: X5: not as much utility; MDX: not as safe
The Bottom Line: If you want a great all-around SUV, get the MDX. If you want the ultimate all-road driving machine, go with the X5.
We're currently vacillating between an Acura MDX and a BMW X5 3.0i as our next vehicle, and for us it's been a tough choice. We highly value safety, utility and versatility, and each model has much to offer in these categories. Although we've plunked...
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by ndahbar
Jun 26 '01
Author's Product Rating: Recommended: Yes
Pros: + Great looks
+ Excellent powertrains, brakes
+ Spacious seating area
Cons: - Pretty expensive for many people, especially outside of North America
- Cargo area
The Bottom Line: If you need AWD and can afford it, the best car to have in the city, PERIOD.
This is a review of a 2001 BMW X5 4.4i. Here are the options on the test vehicle:
Sport Package
Activity Package
Xenon lights
In-dash CD player
Autodimming inside and outside mirrors
Moonroof
Privacy Glass
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by ryanitv
Mar 25 '01 - Updated Apr 24 '01
Author's Product Rating: Recommended: Yes
Pros: Handling, sedan-like feel, no luxury tax
Cons: Relatively small storage area, touchy brakes, AC controls
The Bottom Line: The perfect vehicle for those who'd normally avoid a truck or SUV.
[See Update At Bottom]
I am not a truck person, by any stretch of the imagination. I prefer smaller cars (I have a 2000 Z3 and a 2001 330i) and always found trucks/SUVs too bulk and unresponsive to even consider going in that direction....
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by neilsahgal
Apr 19 '01
Author's Product Rating: Recommended: Yes
Pros: see review
Cons: see review
The Bottom Line: There is no point to look at any other cars when purchasing. BMW has mastered the automobile in all shapes and sizes
STRENGTHS:
I was going to buy a Merc M series until I took the X5 for a test drive. I also own a 750iL and 540i BMW and this little beast drives every bit as well as these higher-priced sedans. I was blown away. I am 6'6" tall and most vehicles make...
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by RONinPC - Top 500
Aug 30 '04
Author's Product Rating: Recommended: Yes
Pros: A sportscar-like ride, tons of power, huge brakes, safest cabin intrusion rating of all vehicles.
Cons: Gas milage, odd shift ratios on the manual transmission.
The Bottom Line: If you are looking for a mountain car with highway performance, this is it. Fast, comfortable, quiet, safe. What more could you want? Gas Milage is a downer.
My wife had to give up her company car a few months ago, corporate downsizing took away the minivan. This left us in a predicament, as we wanted a newer car; but not the associated payment. If we were going to buy a car, it either had to represent an ...
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by cubedme
Aug 09 '01
Author's Product Rating: Recommended: Yes
Pros: SAV (Sport ACTIVITY Vehicle)
Cons: Requires premium fuel, price
The Bottom Line: The X5 is a great, sporty, and luxurious car filled with features. I highly recommend this car.
BMW sure made a winner with the 2001 X5. It catches everyone's eye when you drive it down the street. If you're concerned the car will ride like a truck, it doesn't. It designed to move and feel like a car with the performance of a sports car....
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by sabrinasolomon
Jun 08 '03
Author's Product Rating:  Recommended: No 
Pros: Handles well in bad weather; one of safest cars on road; fun to drive
Cons: Too many defects in the interior of the vehicle
The Bottom Line: I'm tired of owning this car because of too many tiny defects. I wish I'd leased it, because I'd hand the keys back and find another model to drive.
I purchased my 2001 X5 just less than three years ago, and 22,000 miles later it has been at the service department ELEVEN times for annoying defects:
1)a passenger outside door handle was jammed, preventing the window in that door from rolling up...
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by jiggaben
Oct 06 '00
Author's Product Rating: Recommended: Yes
Pros: Exceptionally powerful and fast. Fun in the corners. Tight, quiet ride. Quality build and details. Digital sound system is fantastic.
Cons: Smallish storage space. Relatively more expensive. And gas mileage
The price? Well, base MSRP (which is what it’ll cost you for the foreseeable future) is $49,907 with the $570 destination charge included. This is WITHOUT options. However, the Sports Package would add $2470. Suffice it to say the X5 has a VERY long list...
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by DOOLS
Jun 15 '00
Author's Product Rating: Recommended: Yes
Pros: Performance, comfort, navigation sys., safety
Cons: None
There were two events in my life that drove the purchase of the BMW X5. One was the fact that our little family was growing and my wife's convertible Mustang is obviously not a family car. Further, the Mustang has been a magnate for collisions having...
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by JKester
Mar 30 '01
Author's Product Rating: Recommended: Yes
Pros: Handling, Refinement, Handling, all the right sounds and smells.
Cons: Price for what you get.
The Bottom Line: For the financially able, it is unparalleled from a driving standpoint. An excellent value it is not.
In the current SUV market, any observer can see that there is a distinct trend toward vehicles that are half minivan and half SUV. This is because the general public now associates minivans with commonality and many drivers are also fond of the added...
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by hdd3md
Jul 24 '00
Author's Product Rating: Recommended: Yes
Pros: Technology/Performance/Power/Ergonomics/Options
Cons: Availability
One cannot disagree that BMWs are the Ultimate Driving Machines. Having seen the X5 earlier this year, I placed an order in Chicago on May 30th, and received the X5 some 7 weeks later. Having upgraded from a 1993 E36, I must confess that the X5 team...
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by wflanagan
Nov 25 '00
Author's Product Rating: Recommended: Yes
Pros: Drives great, solid, safe vehicle..
Cons: On the expensive side
Originally, I started out looking for cars to complement my 1998 Toyota 4Runner, and was settling down into the Audi/Mercedes/BMW camp. As I got close to execution, I took a day to go and test drive the Audi, Mercedes, and the BMW 5 series one more time...
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by hyunkimo0
Jan 01 '01
Author's Product Rating: Recommended: Yes
Pros: Powertrain, interior, transmission, high seating position
Cons: tailgate, sport package ride may be too harsh for some
To tell you the truth, I would have never bought the X5, had it not been for my son's constant pestering for me to at least give it a test drive. Frankly, I thought it was ugly like the Mercedes ML320, and I had no desire to drive it.
But all...
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by chingers
Feb 12 '01
Author's Product Rating: Recommended: Yes
Pros: Safest vehicle in its class, luxurious, great handling, great looks.
Cons: Expensive, wait list, gas consumption.
The Bottom Line: To own one is to love one!
I waited months for my X5, well worth the wait. If you are already interested in an X5, you might be agonzing over what options to get... I did. The sports package lowers the car and improves handling a great deal but makes for heavier steering and a...
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