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Originally Posted by Michael Schott
More troubling to BMW is the comparo in the same issue with the fairly new X5 which came 4th of 4 vs Volvo, Range Rover and Audi. In only it's 3rd year it was trounced by the Audi and Volvo, especially in handling and fun to drive. To me this shows that BMW is sitting on it's laurels as the sales leader and ignoring the enthusiast market.
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It was pretty shocking to see the X5 come in dead last. Even behind Range Rover and Volvo! The horror!
It's sad to see the X5 go that direction. We owned a 1st gen and still own the 2nd gen and they were both really nice SUVs. The steering in the 1st gen was excellent, but the 2nd gen's wasn't as nice even though it's hydraulic. I've seen this story before though with the 5-series. From the E39 "best car in the world" awesomeness to slowly getting lower and lower ranked with each successive generation. Now it's not a surprise when I see a 5-series ranked dead-last in a comparo.
I hope that's not the route BMW plans on taking the 3-series.