| 2008 Bmw X5 4.8i Review 18/07/2008 07:46. “cedes-Benz went to the same lengths two years earlier when it launched its M-Class, dubbing it an AAV, or All-Activity Vehicle, right from the start.” // Auto12318/07/2008 02:07. It may look like a small crossover SUV in design, but BMW's X3 is
unlike any such vehicle in its chassis dynamics and performance.
BMWs are justly famed for their abilities in both categories, and
the 2008 X3 sullies that fame not at all. Think of the 2008 X3, offered in one-model 3.0 si form, as more of
a tall 3-Series wagon than a crossover SUV. BMW calls it, and its
larger X5 sibling, "Sport Activity Vehicles", not sport utility
vehicles. While it has all of the accoutrements of a compact luxury
crossover, the X3, like every other BMW, is actually made for
driving, not merely hauling kids and dogs and groceries around,
although it will do all of those tasks quite well. And not only is
the X3 designed and built for enthusiastic motoring, it is designed
and built to do that in a... // Autochannel
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