After the midsize SUV craze took off in the '90s with the introduction of the Ford Explorer, Jeep Grand Cherokee, Toyota RAV4 ...

In America, the word "truck" evokes images of freedom, strength, and adventure. Many fondly call their sports/utility vehicles "trucks." But when a German hears "truck" ("lastwagen") he thinks of a ...

The one weak point of road-testing brand-new vehicles is that they're brand-new. We see them at their best, and as rigorous as our testing may be, clairvoyance is not on the menu. We can't predict how ...

Ten years ago, if you were to ask any BMW enthusiast if a sport/utility could qualify for Ultimate Driving Machine status, he would've looked at you cross-eyed. Yet, BMW's clientele, dealer body, and ...

OF THE MYRIAD CHANGES BMW made to its new X5, the most notable one was dropping the 4.6-liter V8. That leaves the 2004 X5 with the 4.4-liter V8 and the 3.0-liter inline six. However, as we discovered, ...

Carsguide reader Ramon Cruz is intending to test drive a 2003 BMW X5 4.4i, which has done 180,000 km, and asks if we could advise him of what he should look for with this model? The surging popularity ...

As far as we're concerned, the base BMW X5 wedges its figurative boot into the fanny of the base Mercedes-Benz M-class. Certainly it does so in the three categories we favor: going, turning, and ...