What is it with BMW X5 drivers?

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400bhp

400bhp

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Linford said:
The X5 is like a 5 series Beemer with a suspension lift, bulkier body and an AWD system. That doesn't make it anything like a Landrover, and it certainly isn't a capable 4x4 in a utility role.

Before the X5's came along, what sort of car do you think these people were driving ? - a good guess IMO would be probably a mondeo, or a vectra.
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I did ask earlier, but the older versions were just e39 5 series on stilts weren't they? I think the new one has its own platform?
 
Scruffmonster

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400bhp said:
I did ask earlier, but the older versions were just e39 5 series on stilts weren't they? I think the new one has its own platform?
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I think that the current one still shares a chassis with the 5 series. It's not a 5 series chassis per se as I think the 6 series is built on the same thing. The days of one unique chassis per line are long gone.

EDIT: Just found myself a thing called Google. (Glibness aimed at myself) Turns out that the 5, 6, 7, X5 are all essentially the same chassis.
 
Linford

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Scruffmonster said:
I think that the current one still shares a chassis with the 5 series. It's not a 5 series chassis per se as I think the 6 series is built on the same thing. The days of one unique chassis per line are long gone.

EDIT: Just found myself a thing called Google. (Glibness aimed at myself) Turns out that the 5, 6, 7, X5 are all essentially the same chassis.
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All have a monocoque chassis though, and that is something which just isn't up to the job where a real 4x4's abilities are required.
 
Linford

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2168853 said:
It's a 4x4 v Tonka Toy thing
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In that case mine is a tonka toy. You can keep your 4x4 ;)
 
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DrLex

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Linford said:
All have a monocoque chassis though, and that is something which just isn't up to the job where a real 4x4's abilities are required.
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An opinion that JLR don't agree with, having just launched the new Range Rover with an aluminium monocoque chassis. (I'll readily concede that you'll be unlikely to find one off-road other than at a shoot or a point-to-point, but the capability is there.)
 
Linford

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DrLex said:
An opinion that JLR don't agree with, having just launched the new Range Rover with an aluminium monocoque chassis. (I'll readily concede that you'll be unlikely to find one off-road other than at a shoot or a point-to-point, but the capability is there.)
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They have used it to save weight.
I have designed ally extrusion tools in the day job for nearly 20 years for my sins so i have a little bit of insight in the limitation of the material.
The disco4 has a regular steel chassis as it was designed with utility in mind. I've never seen a vogue pulling a trailer at any of the hundreds of horse meetings iive done over the years. Id be interested to see the towing capacity of a new one
 
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DrLex

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Linford said:
They have used it to save weight.
[...] Id be interested to see the towing capacity of a new one
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Undoubtedly, given that the 420kg saving is trumpeted in the press releases. They also mention that the towing rating is unchanged at 3,500kg. FWIW, I often see a v.recent AutoBiography RR at Pony Club pulling an Ifor 'box.
 
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