hm. i have to say i prefer the current look. those lights are too skinny looking for such a voluptuous body.

(1) wtf are they carrying in the rear of that porkchop? the rear suspension is REALLY compressed which is saying a lot since, like the x5, it's supposed to be air-adjusted to automatically remain level??

(2) to those of you who knock the pepper so much, have any of you actually driven one? i have to say, whereas the only one i drove -- aside from a BRIEF test drive in an S model when it first came out -- was the neutered 6-cylinder version, i found the interior and ride comfort WORLDS above the x5's ... i can only imagine how the Turbo and esp the Turbo S must feel. Granted, they're in a different price league to the x5 so i guess they BETTER be better ... but ... yeah so what do you think?

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