P38--L322 moving over

Hardly, The X5 drives like a 5 series and you can really throw it into corners with almost no body roll, when pushed really hard the back end will start to drift out just like a rear wheel drive sports car.

The weight of the 4WD system keeps the center of gravity low and the huge tyres find plenty of grip, its a fantastic car to drive as just about all BMWs are but like the rest of them its just not designed to go off the bitumen.

To beat it on road would take one of the new supercharged Range Rovers and they're twice the price of the X5. Obviously any Range Rover would beat it off road.

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Originally Posted by rc42

The weight of the 4WD system keeps the center of gravity low and the huge tyres find plenty of grip, .

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The huge (and expensive) tyres are there to overcome the weight issues.

I would think the stiff suspension does more for handling. And boy do they handle too! !!

But yes, they are a soft roader- a very nice one though.

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Originally Posted by BigJon

The huge (and expensive) tyres are there to overcome the weight issues.

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If you are talking about the "huge (and expensive) tyres" on an X5, mine is the Sport model with 19" X 9's on front and 19" X 10's on the rear.
A full set cost me $780 delivered to my door, I don't think that's expensive.

I too went from a p38 to a nice td5 d2,not in the same class.Now have an l322 td6,econmical and a dream to drive.:)