SIZE MATTERS; BMW's new X5 is bigger and better.(News)
AutoWeek, November, 2006
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Byline: WES RAYNAL "Don't think of it as a truck, think of it as a performance machine.'' Those are the words of BMW North America boss Tom Purves, and the car he was talking about is BMW's new X5. And by the way, adds Purves, don't call the new X5 a sport/utility vehicle, either. It's a sport/activity vehicle.
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Whatever Purves wants it called, this X5 is significantly different from the outgoing model, which stayed in the market essentially unchanged for a whopping seven years. The latest X5 might not look all-new at first glance, but park a new one next to the old one, and ...
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