2020 BMWX5 M Base For Sale

BMW’s new 2020 X5 M, which goes on sale this spring, adds the heart, lungs and muscle of a thoroughbred sports sedan to the SUV form, resulting in a vehicle as practical as a midsize SUV, but also as fast and adhesive to the road as a top sports sedan.

The new X5 M ripples with 600 horsepower (617 with the Competition Package) and caps off the X5 SUV lineup that starts with the 335-horsepower X5 sDrive40i and X5 xDrive40i models, plus the 523-horsepower X5 xDrive50i.

The X5 M also comes bundled with all the latest active safety features, plus the performance hardware to thrill enthusiast drivers, like twin turbos, active anti-roll bars and multi-adjustable driving characteristics. It’s also spilling over with conveniences like Wi-Fi, making it an embarrassment of riches in automotive technology.

All that sport, luxury and speed come at a cost, though. Starting at $106,095, the X5 M is financially heavy metal. At well over a preliminary 5,200 pounds, it’s also heavy in a literal sense, plus thirsty, pulling down a combined city and highway fuel mileage figure of just 15 mpg.

The new X5 M squares off with the Mercedes-AMG GLE 63 with its 550 horsepower and Porsche’s 541-horsepower Cayenne Turbo. The X5 M begins at a base price of $106,095, with the Competition version tested here adding $9,000 to the total bill. With those numbers, this is no cheap grocery-getter, but neither is the Porsche Cayenne Turbo, at $127,850, nor the Mercedes-AMG GLE 63, at $104,045. (All pricing includes the manufacturers’ destination charges.)