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But BMW do not lie when they say they are first with a SAV. If they said SUV I wouldn't agree with BMW. But since they say its SAV, its all good.

and yeah its typical GCZ to argue about a small thing like this. X5 is a big hit and thats what really matters. People should say congratulation instead

Yeah it's all just tomfoolery with these acronyms. First SAV or SUV doesn't matter as the X5 is the exact same car at the ML with no differences beside the obvious approaches i.e comfort vs sportiness. It's like going to a resturant and eating a meal with some friends but instead telling people "I went out to for dinner" to make it sound more fancy.

X5 is the pioneer of Sav segment & Ml got more of luxury factor than sportiness!

The ML is actually the pioneer as it was launched a year before the X5. There is nothing pioneering about the X5 as it does nothing different than any other SUV/SAV out there. It' just a another car with BMW DNA.

Please get over it now. Let's avoid ML in this thread and focus on X5. Unstoppable success: 10 years of the bmw x5

Agree... but Ml never had Sav tag with it's name! It was just a sporty truck from Merc & beginner of segment!

Imo, that's actually the Sav formula! It's dna makes it unique!

Well there's a bold statement in there from BMW so obviously it won't be ignored, especially on a discussion forum like GCZ. Anything posted, especially claims and statements can be contested. This is what democracy and free media is all about.

X5 = Truck with sport characteristics

ML = Sporty Truck

SAV = Road biased 4x4

X5 and ML = Sporty 4x4 = SAV

There you have it, you solved your own puzzle



How can MB be beginners of the segment when they prior to the ML had made 4x4s like the G-wagon for ages??

Will never happen. We are talking about a BMW here.

Since BMW don't think the ML is a sporty SUV (and many will agree with them on that) there is nothing bold about that statement. They simply took an existing segment and made it into something that turned out to be quite popular, nothing to be all provoked about.