interior shot!!!!!!!
 

OMG! IT IS BEAUTIFUL!!!!!!! I'm peeing in my pants!!!! LOL! :rofl:

Enjoy!!!

Jose

OMG..This isnt the e70 is it?! GeezLouise that is nice...Its like a freakin living room in there...

I was so excited I forgot to post the photo's callout. Here it is...

After years of going without it, the X5 will finally get BMW's iDrive control system along with an interesting new transmission shifter.

Very cool, like the key in the dashboard.

Wow! Now that is nice. :thumbup:

Good, no double hump look and the cupholders looks better than the one in the E60 and E90 (the design in the E90 and E60 just does not work, especially with tall water bottles).

Also, I noticed the auto trans shift console looks like a joystick like the SMG shift knob. It looks like you will tap yourself from P-R-N-D.

The dash looks clean...hopefully they really clean up the iDrive interface with the E70. The iDrive can work well if they clean up the software interface.

Good find! The shifter def looks intriguing/cool.

Sooo purdy. . . until the leather gets all greased up with Lay's barbecue chip residue. Yum!

You beat me to it. I saw this shot when I was leaving work and was going to post when I got home. Damn traffic.
iDrive is good and nav seems to have a sun shade. :thumbup:

I see the water bottles, but where's the 6-pack?:)

(check out the other post.....http://www.xoutpost.com/x5-e70-forum/...-new-pics.html)

Hey LeMans,

LOL! I was so proud to have found the pic and be the one to post it... Worry not, you're still DA MAN! We owe so much to your contributions...

What do you make out of the shifter? In zooming into the image it looks like it has a reverse L like this "_|" printed on it.

Jose

Is that a start button I see?

Difficult to say if its _l . Could be optical illusion due to light. Need to see direct shot for shifter.
Where is the 6-disc changer?
Seems like the sushi tray cover is still there to cover the cup holders.
Like the alum rings

Here's an earlier pic showing close-up of steering.
I am surprised that the pics from official photo-shoot BMW did in May have not leaked yet.

http://s113117221.onlinehome.us/Images/X5-interior1.jpg

That's def a start button. It even has the alum trim around it like the rest of the bimmers.

Yes and you insert the keyfob next to it. Just like the new 5er with comfort access.

Check the pic of the shift lever from 3-series coupe coming in September. E70 lever is similiar, but longer.

This is a manual trans shifter. I think the E70 lever is close the SMG stye..

Nice nice, very oooh so nice!
I need some more pics to stop me from getting the RRS!

Cheers,

I am pointing to the reverse L, in E70's case it may read the usual PRND around the _l

Great picture! A lot of interesting stuff here. Notice the re-shaped thigh support. Push button start? I like that.

Only if the exterior didnt like so much like an X3...

Eh i'm torn...

Maybe i'll like it in all black & with wood.

I do like the M SMG style shifter as well as the electronic park brake.

Very interesting thing is that it has iDrive as well as all the radio buttons... Apparently BMW has caved into what the masses wont. BMW no ! no ! !!!

Honestly I think its trying to combine too many previous X5 elements along with those of the E60... Looks so-so, but definitively looks like its trying to hard.

very good photo

i am glad its like this from the inside


woooooooooooooooooow


waitting for the final outside look :)

Single hump..Could Nav finally be standard, i.e. RRS? If so, Im in!!!

well I am not convinced.


I do like the gear selector but I was really hoping that BMW would really take a risk and make the interior of the new X5 just that bit sepecial but it's just to dam plain and always same-o- same from them. I do prefer the interior of the new Merc ML.:) to this.

OMG, interior looks great!!!! Damn, I have to strat saving money for this one :)

I noticed that you also posted on RF, but absolutely no responses yet :rofl: . No idea why I looked there, I might take a peek maybe once a month or so.

I like it a lot. I also see that they placed the Nav "above" the vents so what we finally have here folks is the long awaited "in dash" CD player, and possibly changer. I also love the start/stop button and the i-drive and new shifter. Wow, looking real nice!

Thanks for sharing :thumbup:

Wow very interesting stuff. Sure makes my interior look a bit dated. :)

They should have made the nav screen bigger INMO. Blind as heck guys like me would appreciate that!

*drool* I like it!

I'm with Fiona..imo, apart from the shifter everything looks really plain/cheap. What I really don't like is the point where the lower dash meets the center console. The center console is just flat up till the dash. It flow's so nicely in our E53s, the sushi tray cover curves upwards to meet the lower dash. The radio/climate control has a real American look to it...gross.

Remember the Change the rules hints?

Quote:

Design of the X5: Evolutionary design for a revolutionary vehicle The next step: The next transition for efficiency Enter the age of the "Science fiction" car: Making use of new technologies to keep you on the road (or off)

So ... is it a regular automatic? Or is it a SMG? Or ... Maybe it is a DCT / ZSG gearbox? :D

What do you think it is? :yikes:

;)

ZSG;)
Scott, where is the next instalment of "Changing the rules"?

I'm too busy to write it down Sorry. I'll try to do it but I really can't promise we really have a busy summer. :D E70 coming in mid / late July, then E93 3-series cabrio and new MINI in August . We have just released M6 Cabrio & facelifted X3.

[quote=scott27] :D E70 coming in mid / late July, /quote]


that soon!!!

should we expect first delivery in october?

[quote=evian_26]
I'm talking about press releases. Market launch will take place in US in late November.

Really? The ML interior oozes cheap Grand Cherokee to me. At least compare this to a Q7 interior...

I like the ML's interior alot?

Shouldn't it be XMG?

Details, details...just make it up as you go along. It's only your employer's trade secrets. :confused:

This interior stinks!

I buy BMW's because they are euro style, not american (no offense intended). They had a style and flow that married proportion with class, with clean lines and distinctive branding. Now, we have an overdone theme full of gadgets that are impacting negatively on the driving experience. BMW are devaluing their brand with this stuff.

That interior is a joke. How cheap looking can they get?

What on earth do we need a start stop button for?

I'm driving a 330 at the moment and this button strikes me as totally pointless. With key in hand it is insert and turn.... a single movement, yet with the button it is insert the fob, then reach for and press the start button. And because it is on the dash behind your line of sight from the wheel you have to feel around for it.......

For those of us with a fair few keys on the keyring, we now get to scratch the trim instead of them hanging in space.

Where are BMW going? What is the benefit? This ranks up there with run flat tyres for ideas that should have stayed just that........

Doesn't comfort access allow you to keep your keys in your pocket, all the time?

Is it me or does it appear that the water bottles are leaning back and in the way of the radio and whatever is underneath? And this harsh line on the center console is really starting to look alien.

http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c3...nteriore70.jpg

vs.

http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c3...x5interior.jpg

didn't this end up having the 2nd best interior design for a certain year? I read it in some old thread.

Well, cheap or not, at least they got rid of those terrible geometric shapes around the air conditioning controls.

That angled part I've circled below has always CUT into my knee area. Aside from all the space lost in the X5 interior door panels, this was the second worst engineered piece in the interior.

Third...the rear cover thing on rails. I went through several new ones.

http://www.gergin.net/posts/X5%20Int...uts%20Knee.jpg

Not the BMW comfort access. You can open the door by touch of handle but you still have to insert the keyfob and press the start button, which to me does not make sense. If you are inserting then might as well turn the key to start. It actually takes more time then starting with the key, I call it "discomfort access",:rofl: (sorry, PNG). In Acura and other cars you keep the keyfob in pocket at all times. The car will not start if the keyfob is not inside the car and the car will not lock if the keyfob is inside the car or trunk. :thumbup:

Yup, Mercedes is like you describe

Hello everyone, this is my first post here:) .....hopefully I will be around more because we are looking at getting either the new X5 or V5 as a replacement for my wife's 2001 X5.

"Comfort Access" DOES allow you to start the car while the key is in your pocket. The confusion is that not all cars that have the rectangular key and a "push start" button on the dash have the Comfort Access option. On the newer E60's the rectangular key and Push Start button is standard, however, unless you pay $1000 for the Comfort Access option you still have to insert the key in the dash before you push the start button.

So the bottom line is the Push Start button DOES NOT MEAN that the car has Comfort Access......it just means it has a Push start button. However, if the car does have Comfort Access then there is no need to insert the key in the dash, it can stay in your pocket or purse.

Hey guys,

I don't think the sole photo we have of the interior tells a good story. I did a little tweaking with Photoshop to show you guys what the interior might look like in tan with wood. If you ask me, it looks pretty darn hot! :thumbup:

Good job! May also look good with terra leather.

I think it looks might nice with that third pedal. :) Is that laptop on the dash part of the technology package, or is it standard? ;)

That's not the same dash. There are fewer side vents. Perhaps the nav option gives you a different layout for the top portion of the dash.

The second pic is an e90.

Ah, I see! (said the blind carpenter as he picked up his hammer and saw)

The pic I posted is of E90 in LeMans blue with terra leather to show how terra looks.

LeMans blue! I didn't realize it was an option for the E90 until just now. That has seriously gotta be one great lookin car :drool: .

yeah this guy knows what he is talking about..! Couldn't have explained it better...

BMW Comfort Access works just the way the others do...

Cannot order in US though. Feast your eyes on more LeMans blue pics.;)
http://s113117221.onlinehome.us/Imag...ansblueE90.JPG
http://s113117221.onlinehome.us/Images/image2dzd.jpg
http://s113117221.onlinehome.us/Images/LMsideview2.jpg

Sweet color combo!

The inside looks like my E60. I had a feeling they wouldnt do anything too different with their ergonomics. The entire line of vehicles now have the same look and feel, even the mighty M5.

i just hope they brought back the cool spring-loaded changeholders from the old e36 3-series :)

As per information I have received from the dealer the new X5 will be shown on the British car exibition on 22nd July. The production of 53 model will be finished by end of this September. The wating time for the new X5 is supposed to be 6-9 months

you think publicly? sometimes prototypes and new cars and at car shows, just hidden in the back for important customers and special people to see...

I have heard that offcial pics will be released after the London Auto show.

British Car show opened tonight. Big BMW display the launch was made and...

All that was on offer was the new M6 Convertible.


I say all but I was excited just in case the X was there, anyway M6 Conv is a beautiful motor.