BMW X5 News
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There's a reason stunt drivers are at the wheel of the supercars in those high-speed chase scenes, and it's not just that the actors can't be trusted behind the wheel. It turns out weaving in and out of traffic, even when in a controlled environment, can be dangerous. A wreck of a Ferrari into a Times Square store front on Tuesday followed by an X5 jumping a curb into a crowd of people today illustrates that point sharply. The film, 'The Sorcerer's Apprentice', will star Nicholas Cage when it debuts in summer 2010. It tells the highly plausible story of a student that's brought in to work for...
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BMW Unleashes X5 M And X6 M Performance SUVsWe bet there are still thousands of BMW M fans out there reeling from the fact that the performance division is launch its first ever SUV model, and a turbocharged one at that. Those fans better get used to it fast as BMW has just revealed its new X5 M and X6 M SUVs ahead of their New York Auto...
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Official info and pricing on BMW's U.S. M-Sport packages
High-performance factory packages are a common sight these days, but BMW's ZMP M-Sport packages are more than just big wheels and fancy aero pieces. The details revealed today tell us what equipment is standard in the M-Sport package, which models will get it and how much it will cost. Don't worry...
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Spy shots: BMW X5 M performance SUV
Currently sitting atop BMW’s X5 range is the 4.8is but recent news from the boss of BMW’s M division, Ludwig Willisch, has confirmed that performance variants of both the X5 and X6 SUVs are in development. A performance SUV doesn’t really fit in with the M philosophy of increased...
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Daimler on verge of settling Smart ForTwo clone car suit in Europe
For more than a year now, Mercedes' parent company Daimler has pursued a copyright infringement case against Chinese carmaker Shuanghuan for its Bubble, a blatant knock-off of the Smart ForTwo minicar. A recent holding in a Milanese court has put the German company on the back foot, however, and...
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Shuanghuan Blends X5 And Land Cruiser To Make CEO SUV
China’s isolated auto industry has more than 130 national car manufacturers competing for the domestic market. A lack of designers has seen Chinese car companies stealing the design of Western manufacturers for the development of almost identical copy cars. The new Roewe brand can be...
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We finally have official images of the new BMW X5 which arrives on the market as a 2007 model. The latest version will be bigger than the outgoing X5, growing in both length and width and no doubt adding extra weight as well. Power will come from two new petrol engines, a 3.0-litre inline six with 265hp and a 4.8-litre V8 good for 367hp. The latter will propel the big Bimmer from 0-60mph in a brief 6.5 seconds. A 3.0-litre twin-turbo diesel will also be offered. More powerplants are planned for introduction further down the track and a new performance M model could also be on the cards. New...
