PLENTY OF SHOCK AND AWE BUT IS M'S NEW FLAGSHIP TOO COMPROMISED?

摘要

SHOULD WE be surprised that the long-awaited successor to the elegant and iconic BMW M1 supercar of the 1970s is a gigantic and obscenely powerful SUV? Not really. Love them or hate them, SUVs are what people are buying in 2023, so who can blame BMW for wanting a bigger slice of the 'super SUV' pie? It's clearly a lucrative segment and one bursting with other eye-catching rivals like the Lamborghini Urus, Aston Martin DBX, Porsche Cayenne, Mercedes-Benz G-Class and the Bentley Bentayga. No, what's more surprising about the new BMW XM is that it's not terribly convincing. That in itself is odd.