BMW X5 - Third-generation SUV packs a big punch in tri-turbo diesel guise

摘要

To appreciate the original BMW X5's impact on the market, you have only to consider for a moment which other SUVs were available to buy in 1999. The Land Rover Discovery looked like farming equipment and had all the durability of a falling comet. The Toyota Land Cruiser could brush off a comet strike, but only because it was the size of a continent. The Mercedes-Benz M-class was still a body-on-frame calamity; the Lexus RX wasn't, yet drove like it might as well have been. Only the Jeep Grand Cherokee had the right image - and that was American.