2019 BMW X5 Review - Hands Down the Best X5 EVER

About 20 years ago, BMW introduced the first BMW x5 and has since sold more than 2.2 million units. It is one of the most popular premium SUVs out there, but since then there is a lot more competition, so for

2019

BMW has rebuilt the entire x5 from the ground up, so today we will see if all the changes made to this x5 are enough To keep it on top, although this new x5 is a complete redesign, it obviously still has that x5 look, except now it has a more rugged chiseled look. starting from the front, it has a more square kidney grille, you can see those active shutters at the front, the front valence is quite aggressive and sporty, this one is equipped with BMW laser lights, it is actually a blue laser behind and sets. turned into light, this is something cutting edge, this x5 is also equipped with the M Sport package, as you can see, it has these stylish 21-inch wheels, as well as the blue calipers, the M Sport calipers, now you just heard that the vehicle opens and I didn't press anything why because convenience access is now improved you can turn it on or off but it's enabled right now so if you get within about a meter of the car it will unlock so you don't even have to.

You actually touch the door handle more if you walk away, it takes about 10 meters or so, let's drive here, we drove away and it closed, it was actually about five meters, so yeah, get closer and it opens, you know what? I like? feature, the only thing is you have to turn it on or off within the menu and if you have your key fob with you and let's say you're working on the house in the driveway, which I was yesterday, I was washing another vehicle. next to this and

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y time I got close it would open and when I walked away it would close or open and close so it was a bit painful.

I was just too lazy to just put the key somewhere else in the back, I really like it here now. What they've done with the LED taillights, they've got some texture to them, they're not flat now, they're a little bit reminiscent of the Porsche Macan, how their lights are scalloped and then you've got these two actually. Big exhaust pipes, but they're not really exhaust pipes, they're just exhaust finishers. The exhaust pipes are inside, so the pipes aren't really that big, but they have an aggressive, masculine, and really boxy look, like the front, so it's all pretty cohesive. and it looks really nice and updated compared to the previous generation.

I think now in the rear there is a lot going on inside, so we have a two part tailgate, like the x5 above, and you can specify if you want both to open at the same time. at the same time with power or just the top depending on if you're using just a handle or if this one has the actual smart trunk the kick feature so a little kick under the bumper lights flashes and I have it set so that both open. above you can see this electric retractable tonneau cover here which is kind of cool, really cool and almost over engineered but it's part of a package and what you can do is press a button and you can see the floor opens up here and the tonneau cover the tarp is pulling itself in, that's really cool, it's just that something could go wrong later, I don't know, but right now it's great, so you can also press auto to make it go back up and it will go back when you close the lid, which What I also like is the rubber, it has this rubber here, which will really help things not slide at all and you have l

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s here to lower the second row of seats.

It's not equipped with a third row and then you have a compartment that has a gas shock, so it holds up very well where a spare tire would be, but there's no spare tire in there, so you can put other things in there, hide them, there you go It's the rear, the interior of the x5 has a fresh new look, it's very driver focused. First of all, you will notice that it is a completely digital environment. Now there are no analog gauges, which welcomes you, but a twelve point three inch screen. the center and a twelve point three inch screen to highlight the Cobb instrument cluster BMW has incorporated these digital elements in the cabin on this core, the cabin, first of all, points towards the driver, but they have also integrated them very well with the interior design instead of just having to put rectangular tablets in there, they look like they belong there of course with the BMW fit and finish and the materials are top notch.

I've owned three BMWs, but it's really nice to see it's new. design that you have, there is decorative lighting that you can change of course, kind of like the Mercedes-Benz style, all your controls are buttons here for the heating and the seat heating, by the way, not only are the seats heated, so are the They are the armrests. Mercedes has that as a good thing, and if you've never tried it, if you live in a colder climate, it makes a difference. I'm Tanya, so we're open here and we have drink holders. We have cup holders with wireless charging, heated and cooled, so if you want.

To keep your coffee piping hot, you can do it now. Android auto is not yet offered on BMW, however, Apple Carplay is offered, although it is an option, but what I like is that it has wireless Apple Carplay, so there is no need for plugging in or cables. just grab your phone, let's say here's my phone, here's my Apple device and I can put it in the dock so it's wireless, you charge it but it will connect and give me my Apple Carplay for all my music, my entertainment, my phone, all those things. being on that screen, the screens are very, very sharp.

One strange thing I have to say that I've really noticed is that you have your speedometer and your tachometer on your gauges, but the tachometer goes backwards in a way that you conventionally do. accustomed to a tachometer that goes clockwise, this goes counterclockwise, it's not a deal breaker, it's something you have to get used to, then you get to the iDrive system, this is version number seven, you also have your iDrive controller, you have your touch screen and this system as well. It has gesture control, we first saw it in the BMW seventh series a couple of years ago.

It's been tweaked and works pretty well, you just do it there, but you can do a lot of other things. I can even rotate the screen. immediately if I want like that and I turn it back on I can change the station I can do a lot of things and it works very, very well with the new iDrive system itself it's pretty much one of the

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out there. equipped with a Harman Kardon stereo, you can also get the Bowers and Wilkins system for comfort. I have always loved BMW seats. I really have had them. I had them on my 335, of course, there I had two X three and they are very, very. comfortable they have good support but they are not hard they have a lot of padding I like it I really like it so of course you can equip your BMW however you want.

There are so many different options that this one is even equipped. with night vision on top, a panoramic roof that almost runs the length of this vehicle, this one also has manual side window blinds for the side window which is an option of course there are many different options you can get but how can you understanding it is up to you, okay, and I should also mention that this has soft-closing doors, so that's an option. The first thing you feel is that it's spacious, it's got a lot of headroom and that's why I'm not a fan of some of those co-ops, now those SUV co-ops, because you are. get a bit of a cropped roof, not as much headroom, although if your heads don't touch you just feel like you have a lot more room here, so legroom isn't too bad, decent amount of legroom legs, my knees are quite far away, look, there is an accent. lighting even in the seat here space for three in the back here we have drink holders there heated seats in the rear climate control we have air vents in the middle air vents on the side and yes, also an almost flat floor, so it won't be too much It's bad to put a person in the middle seat, yes many of you who have been watching this channel for a while know that I have owned a few BMWs and in all of them I have three and they all had this particular engine or this engine iteration which is a 3 liter inline twin scroll turbo and obviously I like them because I have three, why because they are one of the

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engines out there.

Listen to the song, it makes 335 horsepower and about the same amount of torque, but it feels like a lot more than that, let's pair it with an 8-speed automatic transmission. I just did a video collab with Zack Spencer from Motormouth, he might know him and we might know him. I have the other channel, the bittersweet channel, where we banter back and forth a bit and talk about this engine and we both seriously agree: Does BMW underestimate their engines or do they just match so perfectly with the transmission that they just make it? it's great, but they feel so crisp and precise, just listen we're in comfort mode right now, so if we want to go into sport mode, let's go into sport mode right now, that will optimize everything, including the transmission.

It's so responsive, it's such a fantastic engine, the torque is there and I feel at home, seriously, thank you. It really makes me want to get back into a BMW. Now there are many new things in this x5. All for the first time, you can get an off-road package, so it comes with the air suspension that you also get with the M Sport package, but it comes with air suspension and you get skid plates. I didn't take it off-road, but yes. I have a friend who was at the launch of this vehicle when it came out and they took it off road and he was very surprised at how capable this x5 was in some pretty tough conditions and you know that says a lot but honestly who? going to buy an x5 and take it off road yeah i think maybe the one percenters out there maybe if that but anyway its available if you want it also looks like the suspension year for premium suv , the new Mercedes GLA just came out and it has the new active body control, so they actually lift the body with this hydraulic system.

It's a pretty wild feeling, very different, I'm sure we drove that and then of course, you know, the new Cayenne has air suspension and it also has PDC and Porsche's dynamic chassis control, which has actuators that turn and hold the really nice car and flat in the corners, very noticeably and which is also available in a similar version in this BMW and if you want you can even go backwards. - Wheel steering as well, this model is equipped with air suspension and you can see on my right side here that you can raise or lower the vehicle now at certain speeds it will do it on its own, so at higher speeds it will lower the car. about 20 millimeters for better handling also when you put it in sport mode, we are in sport mode at the moment, it lowers it if we go back to comfort, it will be difficult to see this while driving, but if we had it stopped when you put it in comfort you can feel that the vehicle actually raises too for loading stuff on a note in the rear you can lower the rear for easier loading with the longer wheelbase and wider track of course this is a great touring vehicle. you're on the highway right now, you could drive for hours and hours and hours with a car full of people and everyone would be comfortable, it's quiet, it's responsive, you've got all that technology and if you really need to do some kind of overtaking you can do it easily, The x5 is available with our suite of advanced driving aids, from forward collision warning, pedestrian detection, cyclist detection, cross traffic alert, all that good stuff, plus it's got a Driving Assistant Pro package with Assist extended in traffic jams, so what does that do?

They all mean well, the professional driving assistance package is your radar cruise control, first of all it keeps your distance from the next car in front of you, plus it has Lane Keeping Assist, so let's go Let's activate it right now, here we go on our On the front screen we can see that it is green. We can adjust our distance with the buttons here and let's increase our speed a little bit. Now we will increase to 100k. If I take my

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off the wheel, it's doing everything on its own. Everything is green right now. and now it flashes yellow and you have real lights, yellow lights right above where your thumbs are and as soon as you hit the steering wheel, it goes off now, if you go too far or too long those yellow lights will turn into red lights.

Then that will disconnect as the system was going to warn you, so now we're in yellow and it's telling me to put my

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back on the wheel. My hands already and soon we turn red flashing red, it's still active right now, but. I'm going to give you a little information now, if I didn't do anything, it started doing it right there, thewarning and it says the vehicle is stopping, so it's a protective measure in case you have it active and maybe have a A medical problem or something didn't hit the brakes but did start applying them.

I could feel it and I will stop you slowly in case there is an emergency, so how about this long traffic jam? helps well, which is if you are on your own road or highway and all the conditions are met, which means the weather is not that bad, for example, so that the cameras can see and everything is working and they can see the lines , but you also need to go at a certain speed below sixty K, I think around forty miles per hour, which is pretty good jam speeds most of the time, you're at that speed and you need to pay attention too, look that with this system there's an infrared camera in the middle of the gauge cluster there and it's monitoring your face it has facial recognition and if you're not paying attention it's not going to work so you have to make sure you're looking ahead and then if you apply the actual control with that steering assist and everything else.

In those conditions, it will turn on green lights here and everywhere else and it will drive itself as long as all those conditions are met, so let's say Cadillac's super cruise system other than super cruise works at higher speeds, This one is just for traffic jams, so yes, you are seeing a lot of this technology and not many other vehicles. I especially appreciate it for the traffic jams and believe it or not, right now it is morning or about mid-morning, so the rush The hour is over I can't believe it. I'm actually looking for traffic and can't find it.

One thing I really want to show you is the cameras on this car. They are pretty amazing. First of all, you can go to 3D. views because it's a 360 camera, you can move the camera and it overlays this x5 graphic around you, it's pretty wild, but also if you pull into your parking lot here there is automated parking, so you can park a lot perpendicular or parallel. of cars have that now, this is interesting, it's a new backup assist, so we're going to press that and we're going to go into drive now, so this might be useful, imagine, let's say we're not a parking lot here.

We are an underground parking lot and there are many poles around and it is narrow so let's pretend that we are going to park between two poles here or this particular car and now look at the front camera, it moves like For us, it is a backup and assistance savages, okay, so now put it in park, so let's say we're going to get out of the vehicle and, you know, the next morning, we even get in our car now, if you want to back up, remember the last 50. meters from where we stopped, so the reverse assist is activated and I'm going to put it on the rear view turning mirrors.

Now I'm operating the brake and throttle, but I'm not steering, so what it does is copy exactly what I did. you did it to get in hands free and then from there you can be on your way. That's only going to be very useful if you're parking inside some moving objects, obviously if those cars moved or another car approached it probably won't. a good thing, but you have sensors that will probably tell you to be careful. I really think BMW has hit it out of the park with this new x5 and that's coming from someone who has driven many of its competitors very recently, such as the Mercedes G le. the Porsche Cayenne, the Range Rover Valar just to name a few, this is pretty much the complete package, you get the style, you get the space, you get the function, you get the technology and of course you get the amazing Drive if you're in the market.

For a premium SUV, be sure to take one of these X5s for a test drive. I guarantee you won't be disappointed if you liked the video, hit the like button and if you want to see more daily

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