Originally Posted by hayaku

the monkeys at motortrend can't ever put a real comparison test together because of 2 reasons:
1. they aren't smart enough to figure out how to put the close competitors together.
2. they get paid advertising dollars to bias their results (which they will never admit but its true)

the cayenne is a very very very capable sports car. i've seen and riden in them at the track and they are very nice (haven't driven). the body roll will scare the uninitiated, but the grip the car has is impressive. it is a pig tho. weight transition is slow.

on pro awd cars, the bias is rwd. the most successful mix so far is 30% front, 70% rear for racing. anymore up front and you have to run massive camber and toe out and use berms to turn the car (which means slower straight speed and poorer braking). although, you can get on the power earlier in the turn with awd then rwd alone. its all about trade-offs and gambles in racing...

additional camber will definitely help the x5 reduce its understeer. i doubt you will feel any difference in straight line acceleration or braking.