We have a 2002 X5 and a 2007 X3, both with sport package. My wife drives the X3 as her daily driver, and my X5 is my winter vehicle (but driven a bit in spring/summer/fall). Please don't tell my wife, but I hate driving the X3. It's fun to drive, but cramped in the passenger space and cargo area. I have no idea how BMW claims X3 has more cargo space than X5, there's no way. Example - our Son plays ice hockey - a goalie with a huge equipment bag and leg pads. When we go to overnight travel tournaments, we can fit his large goalie bag, leg pads, large suitcase, small bag, laptop bag and other items in the X5 cargo area - filled to the rafters of course. With the X3, we can fit the large goalie bag and leg pads, but get this, we can do this only by flipping down 1/2 of the rear seat. We can never take it on longer trips since we can't fit all of our luggage, therefore, we can only use the X3 to take him to his practices during the week. Lesson learned, we bought the X3 based on the claim of the large cargo space; however, BMW duped us on this one for sure. We don't do off-roading, but have harsh winters here in New England every so often, and both X's do great in heavy snow conditions.

So, bottom-line, she loves her X3, I love my X5, but there's much more room in the X5 for passenger and cargo. Both are capable vehicles, it just comes down to whether you want a larger, heavier vehicle, or a smaller, lighter, lower to the road sedan-feeling vehicle. So, I hope this helps!

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