ML is also nice (exterior design) but the interior of the X5 looks better made (from the photos) and that's a big surprise cause interiors were always BMW's weak point.

So overall for me X5 wins the ML.

I like the ML but only the exterior. It comes on second place after X5. X5 trully is the missing king who returned.

Yeah exterior wise it is close, but interior wise the X5 blows the ML away quite easily. Here in the U.S. base MLs come with such tiny wheels to the point they look awful. Only when specify the larger optional wheels or the AMG pack does the ML look "right", but even then the design just isn't as smooth or cohesive as the X5. Interior wise there is no contest, the BMW looks just one of their cars, whereas the ML doesn't have the design or quality of German build MBs.

M

X5 looks great and seems to be a truly worthy succesor.

It looks good on first site, and the interior looks to be the best finished from BMW's latest efforts, bar the 7. I don't see any major fault with the exterior design other than perhaps being a tiny bit too evolutionary. But who cares really when the final product looks so good.

Yeah I think the design revolution is over at BMW when it comes to their bread and butter models like the 3 and X5. Now if this X6 is real it will likely be something radical looking.

M

Well that is true. The sales of the E38 and e39 7er and 5er were constantly going down after 1997; basicaly they took a beating from MB and even Audi (USA was the exception tough, but it wasn't enough).
So it was something like -what do we have to lose ?!-.
Thus the shock and awe design.
On the other hand the E46 3er and e53 X5 were more succesfull than BMW could imagine, thus the evolutionist aproach.

There is a fine line between radical and boring and i think BMW has found it precisely with E92 and E70. Not very radical to scare away the customers but not boring either to disappoint the enthousiasts.

Always? There are only a very few BMWs with quality that can be questioned: 1er, 5er and X3. Those might have been a little off. But please don't start with always. Audi has had a good quality cabin for maybe 5-7 years. Before that it was utter crap. BMW has always been very good. It's just that some Audi models have a higher quality interior today (A6 compared to 5er, 1er compared to A3). 3er and A4 are the same, 6er is better than all Audi's, 7er and A8 are about the same with maybe with a slight edge to Audi.

Anyways, looks like the below-expected interior quality is over again. The F01 will one up this E70 for sure.

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What time during 2007? I'll be getting a 335 around April 2007 when my 545 lease is up. Would the ZSG be available in the USA by then?