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straight six

Tested: 2012 BMW X1 xDrive28

25 February 201812 April 2012 by Hanjo Stier

The embarrassing imposter

The sports utility vehicle (SUV) market has been booming internationally and on local shores, no doubt bolstered by city dwellers with a taste for the big wide outdoors. BMW cottoned onto this long ago with their X5, X3 and X1 sports activity vehicles (SAV).

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Categories ENG: Reviews Tags 328i, 4x4, 528i, BMW, iDrive, SAV, Softroader, straight six, SUV, X1, X3, X5 Leave a comment

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