Does your X5 wobble in the wind?

[mazinkaizer]

Originally Posted by JCL

The concept of "road-hugging weight" was previously promoted by GM in the '60s, and it wasn't true then either. I read the OP's question as being about cross-winds, not speed. Weight doesn't help cross-wind stability as much as cross-sectional area hurts it. If it did, semitrailers and Winnebagos would be very stable in cross-winds.

My experience matches other posters above; the X5 was pretty good in cross-winds, better than most SUVs. It was worse that a competent sports sedan, however, and significantly worse than a BMW sports sedan.

http://www.videotiger.com/crosswindk...uckvideo.shtml