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Cars.co.za review of the XM
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Alex on Autos review of the XM
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AutoTrader SA review of the XM
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CarSauce review of the XM
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Drive.com.au review of the XM
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BMW XM Suffers Rollover Crash at Pikes Peak and Holds Up Well
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BMW XM Suffers Rollover Crash at Pikes Peak and Holds Up Well
Behemothly sized, BMW's XM Red Label took to the Pikes Peak hillclimb to demonstrate its sheer power but the SUV suffered a roll. Watch here.
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CarExpert review of the XM
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Juliet drives the XM
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BMW XM Label Red Reborn as 550 kW Safety Car
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BMW XM Label Red Reborn as 550 kW Safety Car
BMW's XM Label Red will serve as the safety car for the MotoGP 2024 season and is outfitted with a silver livery and Recaro racing seats.
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Fail of the year: why the BMW XM is 2023’s worst car
Proof: BMW customers will not, in fact, ‘buy anything with that badge’
No, it’s not just because of how it looks. The obscene BMW XM is 2023’s biggest miss because it doesn’t succeed on any level. Not even for the company that makes it (yet). Allow me to explain.
As a piece of design, it’s obviously a catastrophe. As a luxury car, it’s too firm-riding and frustrating to operate. As a sports car, it’s too disconnected and clumsy to drive. As a family car, it’s too expensive and not especially versatile. As a drag racer, it simply isn’t that fast in the realm of potty 4x4s. And as a hybrid, it’s a token sop to efficiency.
Some cars (like the M3 Touring) are best in class by a distance. Most cars have their own minor victories and Unique Selling Points. Heck, even an X6 is undeniably impressive to drive, whatever you think of its Styled-By-Quasimodo posterior.
But the XM simply doesn’t work. There is no task you could ask of it that it could complete better than any other car. And in return for a car that’s gazumped and bettered at every turn (Including by BMW’s own X5M), BMW asks that you pay them one hundred and forty-eight thousand and sixty English pounds sterling.
Proof: BMW customers will not, in fact, ‘buy anything with that badge’
No, it’s not just because of how it looks. The obscene BMW XM is 2023’s biggest miss because it doesn’t succeed on any level. Not even for the company that makes it (yet). Allow me to explain.
As a piece of design, it’s obviously a catastrophe. As a luxury car, it’s too firm-riding and frustrating to operate. As a sports car, it’s too disconnected and clumsy to drive. As a family car, it’s too expensive and not especially versatile. As a drag racer, it simply isn’t that fast in the realm of potty 4x4s. And as a hybrid, it’s a token sop to efficiency.
Some cars (like the M3 Touring) are best in class by a distance. Most cars have their own minor victories and Unique Selling Points. Heck, even an X6 is undeniably impressive to drive, whatever you think of its Styled-By-Quasimodo posterior.
But the XM simply doesn’t work. There is no task you could ask of it that it could complete better than any other car. And in return for a car that’s gazumped and bettered at every turn (Including by BMW’s own X5M), BMW asks that you pay them one hundred and forty-eight thousand and sixty English pounds sterling.
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