**BMW's Premium Sat-Nav System**

The BMW iDrive system is one of the best systems on the market to use, according to our reviewer. It's a professional system with a wide screen and is just lovely to use. In fact, the reviewer has praised it so many times in previous reviews that they consider it "one of the best" or even "the best" system available. For those who want to see the full review, click on the link provided. The reviewer also invites viewers to take a closer look at the car's cabin.

**On the Road: Driving Experience**

Now that we've seen the interior, let's hit the road and see how the BMW X5 drives. According to the reviewer, the car handles surprisingly well, especially with the adaptive and sport suspension. When in comfort mode, the car is nice and relaxing, but when you press the "Sport" button, it becomes more responsive and improves grip. However, if you opt for the hybrid model, the added weight of the batteries can make the car feel less agile in the corners.

**Hybrid System: A Double-Edged Sword**

One of the unique features of the X5 is its hybrid system, which allows the car to run on electric power up to 90 miles and at speeds of up to 75 mph. However, this comes with a catch - when you need a burst of acceleration, the 2-liter turbo petrol engine kicks in, making a strange noise. According to BMW, the car should be able to achieve 85 miles per gallon, but our reviewer's test showed only 35 miles per gallon. In contrast, the 3-liter diesel engine is better suited to this car and provides more economical performance.

**Automatic Gearbox: A Mixed Bag**

The automatic gearbox in the X5 is a mixed bag. On the one hand, it's quicker than expected, but on the other hand, when compared to rival manufacturers' diesel engines, it still has some issues with noise levels. The reviewer notes that when cruising at high speeds, the car can be quite loud, especially due to the large tires and wind whistle.

**Visibility: A Key Strength**

One aspect of the X5 where the reviewer couldn't fault them is visibility. With a large back window and wide-angle camera, the rear pillars are minimized, providing an unobstructed view behind the car. Viewers can see this feature in more detail by watching our 360-degree video review.

**Some Quirks and Annoyances**

While the X5 has many strengths, there are some quirks and annoyances worth mentioning. These include large gears on the rear wheels, which may be a problem for those who prefer smaller tires. The phone cradle is also awkwardly placed and takes up valuable space in the cubby area. Furthermore, the parcel shelf is so heavy that it can be used to train your biceps! The wide rear tires may look impressive, but they're pricey to replace - each one costs around £500.

**Cool Features Galore**

Despite its quirks, the X5 has plenty of cool features to make life easier for its occupants. One such feature is the traffic data on the sat-nav, which is updated every three minutes and provides accurate information about road conditions. All models come with self-leveling air suspension at the back, as well as a split tailgate that can hold up to 250 kg - perfect for a viewing platform at the races.

**Additional Features: Thermal Night Vision and More**

Another feature worth mentioning is the optional thermal night vision system, which allows the car to spot objects on the road up to 300 meters away. This system reacts with the reactions of a pro rally driver, helping to prevent skids. For those who want more information about this feature or others like it, click on the link provided.

**Conclusion**

The BMW X5 is a practical and capable car that has its strengths and weaknesses. While it may have some quirks and annoyances, such as noise levels and large tires, it still offers a comfortable ride, impressive features, and excellent visibility. Whether you opt for the diesel or hybrid model, there's an X5 to suit your needs.

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: ennow this is not a very normal way to start a car review but then this isn't a particularly normal bmw x5 because it's actually a plug-in hybrid version now I try not to fall over to feel a bit dizzy after doing that now you might be interested in this car if you don't want a diesel but you still want good economy one thing you have to be aware of though is that all the electrical stuff the batteries for the hybrid system is stored under the boot so that means that well the boot capacity is about a quarter less than the normal x5 plus you can't get the 7 seater version because there's nowhere to put the seats you do have a little bit of storage area there which is probably just about big enough to hold your spare battery pack for your phone but you do get a flat load floor I really like the fat you got the split tailgate as well it does make it easy to slide things straight into the back and any problem with it is you have to put it back up if you want to fold the rear seat backs down yes did it and then as you can see you get a flat ish low bay you can't slide items all the way to the back now one things I like about this car is the space in the backseat so I'll just put these in their original position move across now there's loads of knee room there's loads of headroom also you get 3-way folding seats so you can carry two passengers and skis through this hatch if you want to slight problem with this car though is you can't recline the seat backs and can't slide the base that you can in a Lexus RX 450h but this is actually the best car in its class pretty much for three in the rear because this seat it's about the same height as the outer ones you've got a pretty much flat floor and lock in the middle with three people it's absolutely fine if you want further proof of that you can click up there on the car to watch out in-depth practicality videos when it's up with three people in the back of this car how easy it is to fit a baby sitting just how much stuff you can fit in the boot at this BMW x5 so let's move into the front of the car because it's just a spacious as the rear that is not a problem what is is the fact that well mmm yes compared to some of its rivals this car is a little bit dull here on the inside it really is starting to show saij I can't fault the quality though I mean wherever you touch there's always some soft touch material it does feel very high quality and there's not any dodgy bit of trim to let it down and you can't find anything that just seems cheap it's a very very expensive feeling car it's also got very good storage spaces as well pretty much you've got huge door bins you can fit easily one big bowl and there's room for another bottle and some more if you want and equipments pretty good so right across the range you get things like electrically heated leather seats you also get this premium sat-nav there then with the wide screen the professional system and it's just so lovely to use BMWs iDrive I've said it so many times in normal reviews it's one of the best systems if not actually the best system on the market to use absolutely love it now if you want to see our full in-depth review of it you can click up there on the card and also in that video you can have another look around this cars cabin now though it's time to hit the road to see what the bmw x5 drives like on the whole this build of x-5 drives really really nicely you can get it with a choice of different suspensions and I reckon you should go for the adaptive and sport suspension because when you have it in comfort mode it's nice and relaxing but you press the button down here go to sports mode and it what it stops any kind of body roll improves the grip and this thing just handles surprisingly well for such a tall big heavy vehicle now I say it handles really well it does so long as you don't have this hybrid model because with all the batteries in the motor the go with the hybrid system you add a lot of weight 250 kilograms and that does make the car feel more cumbersome in the corners so just get the normal one another problem is a hybrid system itself right so you've got electric motor onboard this car and it can power it for up to 90 miles and at speeds of up to 75 miles an hour the only problem is that if you want to some burst of acceleration and you put your foot down then a 2-liter turbo petrol engine 4-cylinder for the Mini Cooper S kicks in make what our strange noise now BMW claims that you should be able to get 85 miles per gallon but according to trick computer I'm only doing 35 miles per gallon and really you should be able to get similar economy from the 3 liter diesel engine you can get in this car and it suits it much better what's really well with the automatic gearbox and it's it's quicker as well the only thing is that when you compare it to a 3-liter diesel from rival manufacturers it is still a little bit noisy in fact on the whole this x5 is quite a loud car to travel and you get lots of Tyre roar tires are just so huge and there's quite a wind whistle as well which can be annoying its speed one thing I can't fault though is the visibility so got a large back window you should be able to see as well because the wide angle of this camera they want the rear pillars on that obtrusive they don't create too much of a blind spot and you can see further detail on that by clicking up there to watch my in-depth 360-degree video watch on your mobile phone move the phone around you should be able to look all around the cabin so on the whole the x5 is rather good to drive but it does have some annoying traits here's five of them there's a necessary large gears little sights as you might find in an summer store this stupid phone cradle just eats into this cubby space movies furnaces for anyway for a reversing camera you have to spend 400 pound extra on every single model it's not standard the parcel shelf is so heavy you can use it to train your biceps these wide rear tires may look pretty mean but they're cost up to 500 quid each to replace however there's still plenty to like about the x5 here's some of its cooler features the traffic data on the sat-nav is super accurate and it's updated every three minutes and it will definitely see you're right all models get self-leveling air suspension at the back the split tailgate can hold up to 250 kilo so you can use it as a viewing platform at the races the car would automatic canister with the reactions of a pro rally driver to help prevent a skid the optional thermal night vision can spot things in the road up to 300 metres away and then will illuminate them the like so then overall what I think this BMW x5 was quite interesting how this hybrid version is completely silent at low speeds it's just a shame that all models are quite noisy at high speed and their interiors just seem a little bit dated but you know this is a hugely practical car and in diesel version it's very good to drive if you click up there you can get more information and reviews on various different cars and find out the best deal you can get a new car a car Wow co uk thanks for watching if you enjoyed this video please like it share it and subscribe to out click over there you can watch our detailed practicality infotainment on 360 degree passenger ride video to the x5 and if you spot the easter egg in the video it was the album x5 or stereonow this is not a very normal way to start a car review but then this isn't a particularly normal bmw x5 because it's actually a plug-in hybrid version now I try not to fall over to feel a bit dizzy after doing that now you might be interested in this car if you don't want a diesel but you still want good economy one thing you have to be aware of though is that all the electrical stuff the batteries for the hybrid system is stored under the boot so that means that well the boot capacity is about a quarter less than the normal x5 plus you can't get the 7 seater version because there's nowhere to put the seats you do have a little bit of storage area there which is probably just about big enough to hold your spare battery pack for your phone but you do get a flat load floor I really like the fat you got the split tailgate as well it does make it easy to slide things straight into the back and any problem with it is you have to put it back up if you want to fold the rear seat backs down yes did it and then as you can see you get a flat ish low bay you can't slide items all the way to the back now one things I like about this car is the space in the backseat so I'll just put these in their original position move across now there's loads of knee room there's loads of headroom also you get 3-way folding seats so you can carry two passengers and skis through this hatch if you want to slight problem with this car though is you can't recline the seat backs and can't slide the base that you can in a Lexus RX 450h but this is actually the best car in its class pretty much for three in the rear because this seat it's about the same height as the outer ones you've got a pretty much flat floor and lock in the middle with three people it's absolutely fine if you want further proof of that you can click up there on the car to watch out in-depth practicality videos when it's up with three people in the back of this car how easy it is to fit a baby sitting just how much stuff you can fit in the boot at this BMW x5 so let's move into the front of the car because it's just a spacious as the rear that is not a problem what is is the fact that well mmm yes compared to some of its rivals this car is a little bit dull here on the inside it really is starting to show saij I can't fault the quality though I mean wherever you touch there's always some soft touch material it does feel very high quality and there's not any dodgy bit of trim to let it down and you can't find anything that just seems cheap it's a very very expensive feeling car it's also got very good storage spaces as well pretty much you've got huge door bins you can fit easily one big bowl and there's room for another bottle and some more if you want and equipments pretty good so right across the range you get things like electrically heated leather seats you also get this premium sat-nav there then with the wide screen the professional system and it's just so lovely to use BMWs iDrive I've said it so many times in normal reviews it's one of the best systems if not actually the best system on the market to use absolutely love it now if you want to see our full in-depth review of it you can click up there on the card and also in that video you can have another look around this cars cabin now though it's time to hit the road to see what the bmw x5 drives like on the whole this build of x-5 drives really really nicely you can get it with a choice of different suspensions and I reckon you should go for the adaptive and sport suspension because when you have it in comfort mode it's nice and relaxing but you press the button down here go to sports mode and it what it stops any kind of body roll improves the grip and this thing just handles surprisingly well for such a tall big heavy vehicle now I say it handles really well it does so long as you don't have this hybrid model because with all the batteries in the motor the go with the hybrid system you add a lot of weight 250 kilograms and that does make the car feel more cumbersome in the corners so just get the normal one another problem is a hybrid system itself right so you've got electric motor onboard this car and it can power it for up to 90 miles and at speeds of up to 75 miles an hour the only problem is that if you want to some burst of acceleration and you put your foot down then a 2-liter turbo petrol engine 4-cylinder for the Mini Cooper S kicks in make what our strange noise now BMW claims that you should be able to get 85 miles per gallon but according to trick computer I'm only doing 35 miles per gallon and really you should be able to get similar economy from the 3 liter diesel engine you can get in this car and it suits it much better what's really well with the automatic gearbox and it's it's quicker as well the only thing is that when you compare it to a 3-liter diesel from rival manufacturers it is still a little bit noisy in fact on the whole this x5 is quite a loud car to travel and you get lots of Tyre roar tires are just so huge and there's quite a wind whistle as well which can be annoying its speed one thing I can't fault though is the visibility so got a large back window you should be able to see as well because the wide angle of this camera they want the rear pillars on that obtrusive they don't create too much of a blind spot and you can see further detail on that by clicking up there to watch my in-depth 360-degree video watch on your mobile phone move the phone around you should be able to look all around the cabin so on the whole the x5 is rather good to drive but it does have some annoying traits here's five of them there's a necessary large gears little sights as you might find in an summer store this stupid phone cradle just eats into this cubby space movies furnaces for anyway for a reversing camera you have to spend 400 pound extra on every single model it's not standard the parcel shelf is so heavy you can use it to train your biceps these wide rear tires may look pretty mean but they're cost up to 500 quid each to replace however there's still plenty to like about the x5 here's some of its cooler features the traffic data on the sat-nav is super accurate and it's updated every three minutes and it will definitely see you're right all models get self-leveling air suspension at the back the split tailgate can hold up to 250 kilo so you can use it as a viewing platform at the races the car would automatic canister with the reactions of a pro rally driver to help prevent a skid the optional thermal night vision can spot things in the road up to 300 metres away and then will illuminate them the like so then overall what I think this BMW x5 was quite interesting how this hybrid version is completely silent at low speeds it's just a shame that all models are quite noisy at high speed and their interiors just seem a little bit dated but you know this is a hugely practical car and in diesel version it's very good to drive if you click up there you can get more information and reviews on various different cars and find out the best deal you can get a new car a car Wow co uk thanks for watching if you enjoyed this video please like it share it and subscribe to out click over there you can watch our detailed practicality infotainment on 360 degree passenger ride video to the x5 and if you spot the easter egg in the video it was the album x5 or stereo\n"