2007 BMW V5

[ToniCipriani]

http://thehollywoodextra.blogspot.com/2006...007-bmw-v5.html

...Separated at birth??

[Dragon]

Similar, especially the front end, but nothing more than many cars these days. If you would have posted it with a Vibe to compare, I never would have thought it looked like one.

The bimmer is 10X hotter though IMO

Edited March 23, 2006 by Dragon

[titan]

Yeah, the Bimmer is 10X hotter.

[Sixty8panther]

The bimmer is hot but so damn bmw-generic that it looks like a 5-series chop.

[pow]

It is a 5-series chop.

[ToniCipriani]

The bimmer is hot but so damn bmw-generic that it looks like a 5-series chop.

OK, OK... I know it's a chop... You didn't have to post three times didn't you?

[Robert Hall]

BMW's answer to the R-class, it looks like..

[vinz96z]

BMW's answer to the R-class, it looks like..

That was exactly what I thought. I've been seeing more and more of the R class on the road too. Still a little odd looking though...

[stickmax]

I can't understand why BMW needs the V5 and the X6 (or for that matter what the difference between them is supposed to be).

[Robert Hall]

I can't understand why BMW needs the V5 and the X6 (or for that matter what the difference between them is supposed to be).

The V5 is a wagon, BMW's answer to the R-class... and the X6 is supposed to be a 4dr 'coupe'...BMW's answer to the CLS, it looks like...BMW is just keeping up with the Joneses so to speak...pursuing the same market niches that M-B has expanded into..

Edited March 25, 2006 by moltar

[Flybrian]

That's the X6?

Doesn't look very coupey to me.

[stickmax]

There seems to be some debate as to what the X6 is. I've heard two stories:

1) It's essentially a BMW CLS as seen above. A so-called “four-door coupe.”

2) It's a more “athletic”, FX-like version of the X5.

The picture below represents the second interpretation.

[Flybrian]

Interesting, but very unattractive. Both of them. Those doors need to go back on the 1997 LR Discovery from whence it came.

[Robert Hall]

There seems to be some debate as to what the X6 is. I've heard two stories:

1) It's essentially a BMW CLS as seen above. A so-called “four-door coupe.”

2) It's a more “athletic”, FX-like version of the X5.

The picture below represents the second interpretation.

I've heard both also...the 2nd one would be more consistent with something named X6, i.e. SUV/crossover.. I saw a completely different interpretation in a British car mag that looked like a sleeker X5.

For the CLS competitor, I'm not sure a good name would be, as there isn't any room between the 5- and 6- series..

[Flybrian]

BMW 5.535i

[Intrepidation]

Wow, that first Illustartion is sexy...a new BMW that looks sexy? Is the sky falling or what?

[Paolino]

I don't really care for it much. The rear looks like it'd have poor visability, and the arse looks like it's up in the air.