BMW X5: Does our blinged-up SUV tow the line when faced with manual labour?

摘要

Once a year I have to haul a couple of tonnes of wood from the barn where it's kept to the barn where I work in order to burn said wood and keep warm. I use a trailer and in previous years have hooked it up to the back of my trusty 33-year-old Series 3 Land Rover. The route out of the field involves a slippery, grassy and muddy slope, but the Landie is equipped with a set of Goodyears developed to get the British Army through the Bosnian winter, and I'd back the combination to tackle anything this side of K2. But the X5 on its fat and absurdly entitled Dunlop SP Sport Maxx GT rubber? That might be a different matter. On optional 20in rims, this is a seven-seat diesel SUV with a wider rear tyre section than that of a Ferrari 458 Speciale.