Price Car BMW X5 35i

BMW X5 35i Design

Since the X5 is crafted in the United States, the automaker chose to stage the international media launch for the 2011 model in Miami, where Leftlane got the chance to check out its new powertrain lineup and other tweaks – not to mention an opportunity to visit some alligators who did their best to convince us that leather should always be made from cattle (see photo gallery for our new friends).

A muscular station wagon, the X5 is a basic two-box design featuring strong shoulders, short overhangs at the front and rear wheels, and loads of interior space for the often-weekly visits to Home Depot or area antique shops.

The iconic twin-kidney grille returns along with a slightly revised front fascia. Fog lamps have been repositioned, and silver-contrast trim rings have been replaced with body colored trim surrounds. A new matte-finish skid plate offers at least the appearance of underside protection while LED corona rings around the headlamps serve as daylight runners.

BMW X5 35i Engine

The X5’s caboose is similarly reconfigured and features redesigned tail lamps, a reshaped bumper with tailpipe surrounds, and a silver matte-finished skid plate in rear, as well.

Look closely or else you’ll miss the changes – but to Bimmerfiles the world over, the sum of the parts helps identify the latest and greatest.

The model expected to be the bigger seller of the two will be the X5 xDrive35i with its TwinPower turbocharged inline six-cylinder engine with Valvetronic, which instead of twin turbos, as before, now utilizes a twin-scroll single turbo for more efficiency. The end result is a 3.5-liter engine which puts out 300 horsepower and 300 lb-ft of torque. BMW says that the six-cylinder sprints to 60 mph in 6.4 seconds, a hefty 1.4 second improvement over the outgoing model. The six-cylinder can tow up to 6,000 lbs. and has an overall curb weight of 4,960 lbs. BMW hasn’t released EPA figures

Price: from $103,900.

Engine: three-litre 24-valve variable-valve twin-turbocharged petrol six-cylinder.

Transmission: eight-speed automatic, all-wheel drive.

Power: 225kW @ 5800rpm.

Torque: 400Nm between 1200 & 5000rpm.

Performance: 0-100km/h 6.8 seconds. Top speed 235km/h.

Fuel consumption: 10.1litres/100km, on test 14.9, tank 85litres.

Emissions: 236g/km.

Brakes: four-wheel ventilated discs, with stability, brake assist, hill descent and traction control systems.

Dimensions: length 4857mm, width 1933mm, height 1776mm, wheelbase 2933mm, track fr/rr 1644/1650mm, cargo volume 620/1750litres, towing capacity 750kg unbraked/2700kg braked, weight 2070kg.