Auto123 tests the new 2024 BMW X5M on the track, as the luxury SUV shows us it has a real performance bent.
Vancouver, BC - You have to hand it to BMW. This is a company that debuted as a maker of roadsters and sport cars, then eventually graduated to performance sedans and of course and performance SUVs – and now, electrified models.
We started out with comfortable settings but quickly activated sport settings for our steering, brakes, suspension and powertrain and got right to it. No surprise, the available power is delivered in sledgehammer-like fashion, but the dampers are tuned to minimize squat under acceleration, ensuring those fat 295-section Michelin Pilot Sport 4 S tires are squished nicely into the track surface and you’re fired down the front straight. You’ll be grabbing the big, responsive carbon shift paddles in a desperate attempt to keep up to the tune of 0-100 km/h in about 3.
What I didn’t quite expect, however, was that you feel the big SUV’s 5,500-or-so lb curb weight quite readily as you start to throw it through corners. That feeling is magnified as you start to approach the more challenging turns on the track. It’s not like it will have you understeering into oblivion, but I had driven the M8 coupe just before, and I expected the latter to feel more like a slightly taller version of that car than it did.
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