Ever since the BMW X5 first debuted way back in 1999, it has acted as one of the German manufacturer’s most popular offerings. It was envisioned to take on the emerging sports-SUV market, which was becoming a big business in the run-up to the new millennium. The X5 combined the sporty, engaging handling normally reserved for lower-riding conventional cars with the high-riding practicality of an SUV.
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