BMW X5 M and X6 M Confirmed with 550hp via Microsite Oops

There was humour attached to my post. I never said the Cayenne or ML were not without a point. And it almost goes without saying that they are compromised, because such vehicles can hardly stray off road so don't need the ground clearance, which only serves to give a higher centre of gravity then needed, placing a need for greater electronics and hardware to counter the body roll, which adds weight, which then means more power is needed to make it go and larger brakes to make it stop, which adds weight... the enemies of performance, agility and efficeincy, which I recall is what the E30 M stood for. Regardless of whether you like 4x4s or not, such vehicles are barging in the opposite direction of the way the car industry needs to go, which is lighter weight and greater efficeincy. How would you argue against them being compromised? OK, all cars have compromises, but surely there are fewer in an M3 or M5 Touring, if it's space and performance you need.

I agree 100% with Bristol. These are just tools for someone to show off. No real purpose.

:( like Porsche and Diesel...

I would've loved for more naturally aspirated engines from BMW, but they are going for fuel efficiency as well as performance, and these 2 vehicles will be the epitomy of them. Whenever these come out, I'd love to see comparisons between the Cayenne and X5/6 M. I am a little biased towards BMW, but I am saving it until I see numbers and actual tests.

Yes...but you don't need a 550bhp twin-turbo V8 4x4 to do so, thats his point....not that 4x4's are useless.

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do you have ANY idea what you're talking about? the X5 has been around for a while now and it's a well established fact that they are rubbish off road. just because they are improving it's performance doesn't mean they'll make it better off road. in fact the opposite is likely to be true.