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BMW X5 4.4i Facelft

It only seems that the best enemy is good, just as it seemed that there was nothing to improve in the BMW X5.
This car was created at a time when Chris Banlal’s ideas had just gained shape, when sports and utilitarian cars only began to occupy the first lines of sales ratings, and in the sector itself the most severe competition between the manufacturers. The very concept of SUV began to gain a new meaning, heavy frame machines with mechanical locks and combat pendants began to give way to high -speed and comfortable universals that did not want to knead clay, only occasionally leaving for nature. Mercedes already had ML, and in Munich they were preparing to deliver a response to them and became X5, which appeared in 1999.
 
Not five years have passed, and the life cycle of the first model ended. The concept of X5 falls out of the designer strategy of Banlla, so in the new car there is no so many bold and controversial solutions as in the 5th or 7th series. The emphasis on light cosmetics, which should make the already holistic appearance of the alternate even more perfect and appropriate time. Based on this, the updated X5 did not become a revelation, but on the contrary, retained all the features of his predecessor, diluted with new details. Family nostrils increased in size, which now dominate the design of the front line in the same way as a huge hood with the proprietary name PowerDome, which closes the updated V8. Svet glasses appeared on the headlights, like on sedans. All in order for X5 to look even more uncompromising and merciless to competitors. But the most interesting thing is that the profile of the car has lost its rapid aggressiveness: the hood line on an updated car breaks sharply than on its predecessor. It seems that the X5 nose was slightly flattened. But this is the only change in the profile of the car, the fifth X was and remains a classic sports SUV. A slightly transformed lanterns, a new spoiler on the door of the trunk and slightly altered mulberry trunks.
 
Inside, everything is still. This is not a reproach, and at the end of the previous sentence it would be quite possible to put an exclamation mark: the salon X5 was and remains the salon of the real BMW. It's nice to feel that you are familiar with everything here. The location of the functional keys can be learned by any BMW pre -reform model and find them in the same place in the X5 cockpit. Conservatism? By no means! The Bavarian SUV rejects the IDRive joystick with his whole essence. The interior X5 remained the classic for which millions of buyers love the brand as a whole. But there is another classic feature of the Bavarsa powerful traction engines.
Drestyling car was considered one of the standards in the class dynamics class. With a V-shaped eight with a volume of 4.4 liters and a capacity of 286 hp The car accelerated to 100 km/h faster than ML 500, which has almost 10 extra horses. Now, in the arsenal, X5 is an even more powerful motor with a capacity of 320 hp, having, like the previous engine, torque 440 Nm, and a new adaptive 6-band KP with STEPTronic function. Thanks to these innovations, the SUV accelerates to hundreds per 7 s, and the maximum speed of x5 with a sportspack 240 km/h.
 
From now on, the XDRive system, which first appeared on the BMW X3 (see No. 1, 2004), is used in the all -wheel drive transmission. It is interesting in that it is able to predict the situation and take preventive measures to ensure security. On the younger BMW SUV, this system pleased us, now the turn of the senior comrade has come.
 
Under the growing rink of the engine, the car accelerates powerfully and confidently. Leave the smoothness of acceleration to American sedans. Here is pure adrenaline and an incredible sense of superiority over other participants in the movement. It is worth touching the gas pedal, and the car responds with another power impulse. The new gearbox gently and quickly eliminates the ranges in both modes, although in manual mode it still independently switches up in the red zone of the tachometer. You feel like a driver of the tank on which the jet engines were placed. The massive X5 with the ease of the sports coupe accelerates to 200 km/h and continues the attack.
 
We left for an even, rolled ice school of the BMW driver’s skill with the stabilization system on the electronics stabilization system will not give the driver a head start if he decides to go through the speed with speed and without discharge of gas: it will not pass as a second, as the engine speeds fall, the brake mechanisms will be barely audible, it will be hardly audible, And the car will smoothly slow down the classic script. But if the DSC is turned off, then XDRive will quickly respond to the beetle and redistribute the moment on the front axle. Now the rear -wheel drive habits of X5 before this are stretched by all four wheels and in the final stage predictably hits the tail. Fast, easy, effective!
 
Of course, it should be said about the price of an updated car, and it is, of course, considerable. The most affordable X5 with an 8-cylinder engine costs 86900 euros, and in the top equipment Luxury 93400 euros. Those who wish to become the owner of this machine want to advise you to be patient and go to the intended goal or to opt for a 3-liter version for only 69,900 euros.
Some technical characteristics BMW X5 4.4i Facelft
(manufacturer data)
Dimensions, mm 4667x1872x1707
Base, mm 2820
Front/behind, mm 1576/1576
Diameter of the turn, m 12.1
V8-valve gasoline engine type
Working volume, cubic meter. cm 4398
Max. Power, L.S./rpm 320/6100
Max. moment, nm/rpm 440/3700
The transmission is automatic 6-band
Tires 235/65 R17
Max. speed, km/h 240*
Acceleration time 0-100 km, with 7.0
Fuel consumption (EU), l/100 km 18.2/10.2/13.1
Tank volume, l 93
* With a sport packet.
 
Maxim Rakitin
Photo by Konstantin Kokoshkin
 

 

Source: Avtopanorama magazine