2014 BMW X5 makes its debut

The 2014 BMW X5, the third generation of SUV in its line, has been priced at $53,275. The new SUV brings an automatic start-stop system, speed-sensitive power steering, and a sophisticated navigation system.

|
Lee Jae-Won/Reuters/File
The base model of the new BMW X5, a luxury SUV, will be rear-wheel drive only for the first time in the X5's history. Drivers looking for all-wheel drive can get it if they pitch in a few more thousand dollars.

BMW recently unveiled the third-generation of its "sports activity vehicle," the X5. With a new look, updated technology, and new drivetrain options, the only question left was price. Today BMW priced the new 2014 X5 from $53,725 including a $925 destination charge.

For the first time in the X5's history, the base model will be rear-wheel drive only. Opting for BMW's xDrive all-wheel drive will take the price tag to $56,025. Both of these models are powered by a 3.0-liter turbocharged inline-six cylinder engine rated at 300 horsepower.

For those seeking a combination of fuel efficiency and torque, there's the xDrive35d model priced from $57,525, powered by a 3.0-liter six-cylinder engine rated at 255 horsepower and 413 pound-feet of torque.

Until the new X5 M is unleashed, the top-of-the-line X5 is the xDrive50i with 445 horsepower and 480 pound-feet of torque. Priced from $69,125, it's not cheap, but considering the current X5 M hovers around $90,000 without options, it's far from the most expensive X5 model.

All 2014 BMW X5s feature BMW's automatic start-stop system, 40-20-40 split-folding rear seat, and Servotronic speed-sensitive power steering. On the infotainment and telematics front, the new X5 comes with iDrive 4.2 with navigation and a touchpad, 10 years of BMW Assist eCall service, 10 years of BMW TeleService, and BMW Apps.

The rear-wheel drive sDrive35i, all-wheel drive xDrive35i, and xDrive50i will be in U.S. showrooms in the fourth quarter of 2013. The diesel-powered xDrive35d will join the gasoline-powered models in showrooms a few months later.

For more information, be sure to read our full preview here. Also be sure to check our full review here, once we've slid behind the wheel of the 2014 BMW X5.

You've read  of  free articles. Subscribe to continue.
Real news can be honest, hopeful, credible, constructive.
What is the Monitor difference? Tackling the tough headlines – with humanity. Listening to sources – with respect. Seeing the story that others are missing by reporting what so often gets overlooked: the values that connect us. That’s Monitor reporting – news that changes how you see the world.

Dear Reader,

About a year ago, I happened upon this statement about the Monitor in the Harvard Business Review – under the charming heading of “do things that don’t interest you”:

“Many things that end up” being meaningful, writes social scientist Joseph Grenny, “have come from conference workshops, articles, or online videos that began as a chore and ended with an insight. My work in Kenya, for example, was heavily influenced by a Christian Science Monitor article I had forced myself to read 10 years earlier. Sometimes, we call things ‘boring’ simply because they lie outside the box we are currently in.”

If you were to come up with a punchline to a joke about the Monitor, that would probably be it. We’re seen as being global, fair, insightful, and perhaps a bit too earnest. We’re the bran muffin of journalism.

But you know what? We change lives. And I’m going to argue that we change lives precisely because we force open that too-small box that most human beings think they live in.

The Monitor is a peculiar little publication that’s hard for the world to figure out. We’re run by a church, but we’re not only for church members and we’re not about converting people. We’re known as being fair even as the world becomes as polarized as at any time since the newspaper’s founding in 1908.

We have a mission beyond circulation, we want to bridge divides. We’re about kicking down the door of thought everywhere and saying, “You are bigger and more capable than you realize. And we can prove it.”

If you’re looking for bran muffin journalism, you can subscribe to the Monitor for $15. You’ll get the Monitor Weekly magazine, the Monitor Daily email, and unlimited access to CSMonitor.com.

QR Code to 2014 BMW X5 makes its debut
Read this article in
https://www.csmonitor.com/Business/In-Gear/2013/0625/2014-BMW-X5-makes-its-debut
QR Code to Subscription page
Start your subscription today
https://www.csmonitor.com/subscribe