BMW's new X5

A couple of days ago, BMW unveiled the ‘new’ X5, only there’s hardly anything that can brand it as a completely new product. It’s just an update for crying out loud! There are a few aesthetic modifications that are of such a great magnitude that they fall in the ‘barely visible’ category. There’re are other changes too, like – “Optimally enhanced intelligent four-wheel drive technology BMW xDrive and a widened choice of driver assistance systems and BMW ConnectedDrive.”

Well, amidst all this cosmetic foolhardiness, one would feel good if at least BMW gave some more poke to the SUV; and they have. There are new engines on offer that deliver power ranging from 245bhp to a whopping 407bhp! Now that is some serious firepower.

There’s a proper book that’s been written about the changes that have been made to the BMW X5, but we could hardly be bothered by the change in paint job and the brake lights or the design that represents “supreme sportiness elegantly showcased.” Who writes that sort of mind-numbing crap anyway?

There have been some revisions to the overall package and some changes have been made to the dynamics of the SUV which should make the X5 even more pleasurable to drive. We should soon be getting the new version in India and the pricing, we suspect, will not vary too much from the BMW X5 sells for currently.