BMW has stated over and over that they will never make a boring BMW or a diluted driving experience. And in my eyes they have always lived up to that promise.

Take the X5 for example. Luxury utes before it, handled like trucks (first gen ML & RR). The X5 ushered a new kind of thinking onto the SUV crowd - sacrifice offroad ability in favor of onroad performance. And because of it, we now have sporting vehicles like the Cayenne and a whole new segment of crossovers...

Whether or not BMW wants to load on X, Y & Z gismos onto their cars is fine as long as the driving experience is not diluted - something BMW still follows.

Some might argue that new technology like DSC intervenes with driving experience, yet BMW is one of the few manufacturers to give you the option to completely turn it off.

Bottom line - give me a power tailgate. As long as it performs like a BMW I will buy. BMW has always had cutting edge hardware - whether it happens to be in the engine department, the handling department or the electronic department. Regardless of the cutting edge stuff, it still drives like a BMW.