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Originally Posted by PropellerHead
I drove a 10/2004 model for nearly 7 years. I loved that thing. Early 2004 X5's (including yours) have XDrive. A change to the standard all wheel drive of the pre-facelift. X Drive can put 100% of the engine power to the one wheel it senses with traction. The older ones were static 48/52.........
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Not the case. Pre-facelift Xs were able to direct 100% of torque to front/rear axles and side to side using automatic brake activation. The XDrive just does this using the transfer case actuator to adjust fore/aft and still uses the brake actuation for side to side (just like pre-facelift).
Here's a good example of a pre-facelift transferring torque. You can see the X spinning front/rear/front/rear tires in search of grip......
BMW x5 summer tyres on snow - YouTube