A good friend of mine has a fairly well loaded X5 on order. The dealer now reports that the pwer open/close thingie for the rear hatch won't be ready until April. So he has to accept his order (due soon) without it or wait until spring.
The question that came up is this: Will the new X5 still have the "clam shell" design in the tailgate? My friend likes the "shelf" that is created when he "opens the clam". With a power option (that is delayed anyway), it's suspect that they'll carry forward the "claim" design. Or will they?