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Old 02-11-2010, 12:14 AM
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I was glazing over the new technologies on the X5 on the BMW Deutschland site, there's some pretty cool stuff.

The xDrive40d will be the model to own. Wicked fast for a truck and reasonably efficient. Hard to argue a 6,6 second sprint to 100km/h and a combined fuel consumption of just 7,4 l/100km (32 US mpg or 38 UK mpg), not much more than the 30d.

The Speed Limit display* has gotten even smarter. It actually can work in conjunction with ConnectedDrive and recognise different speed limits for different kinds of vehicle. It talks to the rain sensor, the trailer, and the clock, so if the speed limit is 130km/h in the rain, it'll show that instead of the derestricted sign. If you're towing, it might just show a maximum of 100 km/h.

So its more of the same computer stuff.

*Not on US models.
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