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      12-20-2012, 09:53 AM   #50
ekelly
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Drives: E70 X5 3.0sd M Sport
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When I first caught eye on the spy photos of the E70 in 2006 I was very worried about the design that BMW was taking with the new X5. At the time, as an E53 owner, I felt the aggressiveness and mechanical feel was going to be lost in the wake of a new customer wanting more refinement and more room. And to a certain extend this is exactly what happened but my 'expectations' of this being a damaging thing were squashed as I feel the E70 was 2x the car of the E53.

This time round, from the spy photos, I am really looking forward to the final design of the F15. Some of the key design elements are now becoming apparent and I like what I see so far.

However, the only thing that has me worried is, with it no longer being the flagship model in the X series line up; new design languages will not be tried on the X5 in the future and it will receive "trickle down designs" from the future X7.

Would love to see rear comfort seats in the F15 or perhaps this is what the future X7 will be catering for.

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