For a kickoff, I stopped valuing Motortrend the day they decided a washing maschine should be Car of the Year.

But more importantly: Why does BMW NA supply demo cars that are poorly equipped for "American" tastes? It is no wonder that all the interior complaints come from magazines that review BMWs with black interiors and/or aluminium trim. The solution is simple, let magazines try an X5 3.0sd like this one:

Platinum Bronze Metallic
Beige Nevada Leather and Light wood trim
No sport package.

Any and all interior complaints will be solved. And give me the black leather/aluminium trim models.