Not all of these things are strictly post-facelift though. My MAR 2006 X3 had 6 gears on the auto, although I wonder if my new X3 changes gear faster. I did always find the previous X3 sluggish to change gear, and it sat sometimes at high revs and was reluctant to change without me 'blipping' the accelerator. Servotronic was also on my previous options list, but I didn't take the plunge. ;-)

I agree about the suspension. I deleted sports suspension for this model as the old one was a very hard ride WITHOUT it, so I didn't want to make it worse. Now, actually, it's probably OK with sports susp; it'd be fun to try it.

The other issue was the door panels - yes, door panels look much nicer, and the storage pack gives much better pockets - deeper and tougher for carrying, and extra 'net' pockets behind the front seats, by the passenger footwell, and the net in the boot (trunk!)

I've got the 3.0D MSport, pretty loaded with kit, so if anyone wants to ask any questions, please fire away. I had the 3.0D Sport previously (old '04/05/06 model)

thanks
Mark