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

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 ...

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 ...

After launching with a single V8 engine in 2000, the first-generation BMW X5 range expanded to include an inline six and a higher-output V8 model over the next two years, but then remained largely as ...

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, ...

Going from 0 to 60 mph in 6.2 seconds is nothing to shout about when you’re talking about sports cars, but when the vehicle is a sport/ute that tips the scales at 4824 pounds, that’s a different story ...

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 ...