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Definitive BMW X5 Diesel Derivatives

Definitive BMW X5 Diesel Derivatives

Author: Tomas Yoko
Date: 2016-11-25
Test-driving the BMW X5 was sensational from so many perspectives. It goes way beyond just the luxury of the German marque, the impression is generated from a seamless synergy of the sum of all the parts. From the reassuring feedback of the dials and indicators to the soft feel dashboard and tantalizing interior lighting.

It all comes together with the ultimate purpose of the mamba SUV, which is the job of moving you across the terrain, and with the X5 it does not matter too much what the terrain is.

I drove the X5 xDrive 50i, an eight-cylinder TwinPower inline turbocharged petrol engine. But word is out that the BMW diesel engines are even more powerful and zip, even with their impressive mass, from standstill to the one hundred mark in under six seconds.

The xDrive 30d drops the hammer and sprints form 0 to 100 in just 6,8 seconds. The TwinPower Turbo technology pushes a massive 190kW and 560Nm for those of you who care for figures like that. And figures like 5,9 litres of diesel per 100 kilometres are figures everybody likes.

However as I said earlier, there is so much more to the X5, the way it handles all that power with such grace and simplicity, the way it takes everything you throw at it and calmly produces the performance that dreams are made of.

The driver aids, the technology assistance that you for the most part will be completely unaware of and the instinctive feel of the placement of the dials and switches. It is almost as if they knew what you would be thinking when they designed the X5.

SMG Umhlanga have amazing deals on the X5 range, you can tailor make your own plan with them. So take an X5 for a test drive, call SMG Umhlanga on 031 - 502 9800 and change the way you think about driving.