It's funny how people see things differently. When I was test driving the X5 3.0, I found it to be heavy, slow, and $10k more with less options. I was in the market for an all purpose vehicle that could take a corner as good or better than a typical car and have decent acceleration. Cargo capacity is slightly larger in the X3 yet it looks smaller and is lighter (I guess that's why we're missing the "thunk").

I would be in an X5 4.4 or X5 4.6is if money fell from a tree but such is not the case. X5 refresh is coming out next year and I'd hate to being stuck in a older model so quickly.