525xi AWD or X5?!

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Yes. It now has the same xDrive that the X5/X3 does.

For much better mileage and handling in the 3600 lb 525xi, you're trading worse performance and mileage and the older motor in the 4600 lb X5. I'd go 525xi in a heartbeat, even with the additional cost.

FloydR

Thanks a lot!

Ye, probably I will go with 525xi also. Start to look around....

The last description of the X5 I read called it an "embarassingly ugly pile of junk".

I don't think they are "junk".

Basically all 5 series have xDrive. What's the difference between 525 xi FWD and AWD? Thanks,

No BMW is FWD. If you mean RWD, then the difference is a center electronically controlled differential, a front diff and half-shafts. Total weight is around 225-250 lbs IIRC.

BTW, I have a '01 330xi and, with snow tires, it's unstoppable in the snow.

FloydR

This doesn't sound like a recommendation the way I read it ;)

ouch.