Originally Posted by Penguin

I bought my X5 in November, and I'm not pissed.

(1) It wasn't exactly a secret that the 2011 was coming in March/April.

(2) I got a $4,500 eco credit.

(3) What most mattered to me, the new idrive, was in the 2010. I probably would have waited if i wasn't.

We'll see, but I figure I got a good deal with $4,500 credit and $3,000 under MSRP. I'm betting when the 2011 comes out in April, there'll be no eco credit and most dealers will not want to give much more than $1,000 off MSRP, if that, for the first couple of months or longer.

I might still be disappointed if they do something good with the interior, but if the exterior styling is like the most recent photos I've seen, I actually prefer the old styling... the photos I've seen show a black stripe between the painted lower bumper parts and the upper painted body parts, which looks a bit odd to me. Maybe that's just in the prototype pictures... if they end-up being completely painted, I might prefer the new styling.