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Originally Posted by .dee
agree but it was too close size wise to the x3, and merc/audi/lexus all had the "big" 4x4's.
in fact i remember reading somewhere that in some ways the carrying capacity in the x3 was bigger than the e53 x5.
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The E53 was on sale for a long time before the X3 came along. BMW deliberately sized the X3 close to the E53 knowing that the E70 was just around the corner. When the E53 came out the only MB you could get was the first-generation ML (no bigger than the E53), there was no Audi Q7, not even an Allroad, and the only Lexus you could get was the LX470 which was just a re-badged Land Cruiser.