New X5 - Innovative Technology and Even More Powerful Engines.
The new, intelligent xDrive all-wheel-drive system, new and even more powerful engines, and the improvement of striking design elements, are the highlights of this model update. As a result, the X5 will remain the perfect vehicle for the sports-minded driver also in future, the individualist seeking to combine the magnificent handling and driving behaviour of a BMW with the unique commanding position and a very wide range of applications and purposes also off the beaten track.
New engines: more power, more driving pleasure, more economy.
Together with its update, the X5 is re-entering the market with no less than three new engines: A new 4.4-litre V8 petrol unit, the new 3.0-litre common rail diesel, and the new top-of-the-range 4.8-litre V8 high-performance engine (available from the second half of 2004). In its performance on- and offroad, the X5 3.0i furthermore benefits from the new six-speed manual gearbox and the xDrive all-wheel-drive system.
The new BMW 4.4-litre V8 petrol engine with VALVETRONIC valve
control,
bi-VANOS and fully variable intake manifold has already
set the standard
in terms of performance and motoring refinement
in the new BMW 7 Series. Now this engine, modified to meet the
requirements of a Sports Activity Vehicle, is presenting its benefits
also in the X5 4.4i. Developing maximum output of 235 kW, the
4.4-litre V8 accelerates this outstanding model to 100 km/h in just
7.0 seconds. Top speed, in turn, is 240 km/h, provided the vehicle is
fitted with a sports package (including V-rated high-speed tyres).
Fitted with H-rated tyres, in turn, top speed is limited
electronically to 210 km/h.