Welcome back everybody mark with exotic car play place coming back at you today
to compare this beautiful x3 m40i which of course was lent to me by the great
folks at edmonton BMW but let's get down to it now I've been getting calls from
the dealers both dealers actually knowing hey do you have an x5 right now
and I say yes of course I do I have an e70 x5 diesel so they call
and they ask hey are you willing to trade that in and so the questions asked
a few times now do you want to trade in your E70 X5 for this while so the
question in my mind is prompted is this a better vehicle and how does this
really compare so that it can replace my x5 yes 5 is the next scale up of course
but it's also that way in terms of price - this is a great vehicle I have a
growing family a lot of my kids now are grown up do I need the full space of the
x5 anymore not sure so it comes down to can I make do with an x3 m40i and let's
compare the two and we'll talk about which one I think is actually nicer or
better
a styling of course this one has magnificent 21 inch wheels they're
beautiful absolutely amazing now on my x5 it has 19 inch wheels which is much
smaller probably cheaper to get replacement wheels for and tires but
that's one advantage disadvantage then we look at the front of course the x5
having the old-school headlights are getting a little faded little dull then
in general are not LED so there's well a little bit bland the new x3 has these
beautiful adaptive LEDs that's a nice upgrade look at the grill difference
between the x3 and my x5 as well as the overall layout of the bottom spoiler
much more aggressive here on this car then of course you have the general
styling which one do you prefer do you like the x3 or do you like my x5
so we go around the taillight configuration is a little bit cleaner on
here although I have the nicer tail lights on my generation east 70 like
it's it's also a very attractive tail light on the E70 the bottom setup
here of course I've got the dual pipes on the E70 just as you see here on
the x3 m40i looking at the rest of this a very attractive look overall which one
would you say is the better look now this one of course has the panoramic
sunroof but so does the x5 also have the panoramic sunroof and so then we look
inside what do we got here we got full power which I have in the x5 leather
seats very similar in a lot of senses all the technologies there in both
vehicles now in terms of the overall look look at the dash layout in here
you've got a lot of nice finishing lots of different elevation changes lots of
different texture changes you've got this stitch look right here whereas on
the x5 it's more of a continual type of lay out on the dashboard you've got the
upgraded iDrive system much much better than the even the one I have in the E70
sure now look at the dashboard you've got the digital layout here very
attractive as well as the lighting on the door look at that purple lighting
the accent lighting do not have that on the E70 although that being said like
sitting here and looking across the x5 has a wee bit more room across then you
know then this does in here in the e in the x3 again is at the end of the world
I find myself you know with adequate space in here lots of foot room no issue
there and to be honest with power options seats nice finishing on the door
of course everything is here that you could possibly want you look up
everything is pretty typical nothing out of the ordinary of course but again the
newer iDrive system that's the big thing here you've got the sport features I
also do not have any way to manually well you've sort of have in the E70
you have the older style of shifting versus the x3 here which has a very nice
shiftable transmission even though it's an automatic it's not a DCT or anything
it is very nice to shift and actually drives very very briskly so that's a
nice setup I must admit that's the single part that
I think I really like better is the gearbox and the fact that this has less
turbo lag now my other x5 of course you know as a diesel turbo diesel and it has
large amounts of turbo lag this car is a gas turbo but does not have any
noticeable amount of turbo lag making this car much more nice to drive on that
sense
and then we look in the back seats here of course don't mind my camera gear
again you've got more of that accent lighting it's just really sharp and
really improves the ambience overall now going down here in the x5 you've also
got the controls in my x5 you have the heated seats just like you do here and
the heating controls but you'll notice there's only one DC outlet there whereas
in my x5 I actually have two so there's a little bit of a compromise there as
well I must tell you getting into this thing is much more difficult and I
mentioned one of my other videos access in here is a little more involved like
it's a little tighter getting in here then it is in the x5 where there's a lot
more room in this mid-drift area now the other thing that the x5 has that this
thing does not is mine has the optional third-row and looking at the back here
there's no third-row here it's literally just the hatch space and that's the
space I think largely that you're giving up with the x3 whereas the x5 has extra
capacity or the third seats depending on how you prefer it now I know the third
seat the third row seating was an option anyway but there is just not much more
room with the five generation the five series of the X car now of course
overall I would say very similar I mean there's not a lot different from here to
the x5 I would say the comparisons are very very similar the big thing is just
access into this backseat area where it gets a little bit now the one thing I
like better in here again the x3 is these pull downs you pull out and that
seat just drops right from here so easy from here where is the x5 you really
have to reach in with the back of the seat and pull a handle and flip it up
and so you're reaching way across the whole back of this thing and pushing it
forward so it becomes a little bit more cumbersome to deal in the x5 to push the
seats down if you're loading some bigger luggage this is much more user-friendly
with this little pull handle which you have on both sides by the way just like
that so this is much nicer I would honestly
of course you have you know lots of quality here you've got lots of space
storage space because there's run-flats you have room there overall this is you
know a very comparable layout you don't give up much with the x3 from the x5
other than a little bit of storage room and of course a third row seating so
again in summary really the big thing comes with the technology is what you're
seeing in here over the x5 you've got all these Lane Assist
systems pedestrian warning systems a lot of things that you don't have on the e
70 which are kind of nice you've got the cruise control the adaptive cruise
control in here you know even this though heated steering wheel I also have
in the x5 so we're not giving that up you realistically the big thing is all
the safety features you're getting all the extra assist programs in here and
you're getting the improved iDrive system which is it's much much better
than the old one of course a lot better so you let me know guys what do you
think x3 or keep the old x5 so everybody I hope you enjoyed the video I hope that
summarizes it for you which one is actually the better vehicle in your
opinion you let me know I'd love to hear in the comments section below which one
you like better of course mine's the older generation
e70 but of course here the new stuff but it's a smaller vehicle so let's talk
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