 What is up you guys? I'll be back to another one. If you're new to the channel, I am Goldpony on the new car truck SEV reviews on YouTube. And today we're in the brand new 2024 BMW X5 courtesy of Apple BMW in York PA for more information on their inventory. Please feel free to check out the link in the description box below. And so we're in this one today because it has been refreshed for 2024. It is more powerful as well for 2024 and it's an IIHS top safety pick as well, which all that is a pretty good combination for why you would want to test drive one of these things. Anyways, ultimately in this video we would be testing out and going over everything about this one from acceleration to braking, steering field, ride quality, sound system, exhaust clip, all that fun stuff. So having said all of that, what do you guys say? Let's just go ahead and jump right into it. And as always, let's start with pricing. And so essentially there are two different trim levels for the 2024 X5. You got the S drive 40i for 65,200 and the X drive 40i for 67,500. Essentially that's a rear wheel drive for the S versus all wheel drive for the X. But powering the beast is a three liter twin power turbocharged inline six cylinder engine, putting out 375 horsepower at 5,200 RPM, which by the way is a 40 horsepower bump from the 2023 model year. That's pretty substantial. 398 pound feet of torque coming in right around the 1800 RPM, which is a plus 67 pound feet of torque more than the last model year. That's definitely very nice as well. Powers it to all four wheels or rear wheels through an eight speed automatic with paddle shifters and launch control. That's pretty impressive. Zero to 60 time coming in at approximately 5.3 seconds according to BMW. Top speed, 155 miles per hour with MPG numbers coming in at 23 in the city, 27 on the highway. And by the way, that's for both rear wheel drive and all wheel drive taking premium unleaded fuel. So now before we do any kind of fun paddle shifter or acceleration test here in the X5, did want to mention to you guys the drive moods are actually some buttons located just to the left of that shift toggle switch thingy. And they will include eco pro comfort in sport, justing things like the shift points, the throttle response and the steering sensitivity. But so now that we've got all of that out of the way, what do you guys say? Let's go ahead and find a straightaway. Let's test out the paddle shifters here first and let's see how quickly they are going to react for us here. All right, so before we do this paddle shifter test here, I did want to mention to you guys, if you press that toggle switch back one more time, that does give you that full manual shift mode. So it's telling me what gear I'm in up on the digital gauges here. I do have it in sport driving mode as well. Let's do a just quick little paddle shifter test here. Let's go. That's freaking quick, lightning quick paddle shifter. So I just got John driving the 2024 Acura MBX, which is kind of in the same segment basically. That one was 73, this one's right around 80, but those paddle shifters were quick too, but these are quicker. This is insane how quick these paddle shifters are. I'm sick and tired of SUVs having so quick paddle shifters like faster than most cars out there. That was the MBX and that is definitely the X5. These paddle shifters are amazing. But anyway, as to get back full control, I'm just gonna press that toggle switch back one more time that gives back full control to the X5. And let's now find one more straightaway. Let's put the acceleration here to the test with the X5 having full control. And let's see how quickly we can get this one here up to speed. All right, we are in sport plus driving mode. In three, two, one, go. Instant. Oh gosh, love it. This is crazy, man. SUV should not be this quick. I thought the MBX was quick. This thing is dang quick, man. That was a heck of an acceleration. Gonna put a smile on your face. No doubt, plenty of an acceleration to merge it on to the highway or anything like that. That was dang fun. You could feel it in your stomach. Anyways, to go along with that acceleration, as always, braking is equally important. So of course you will find four wheel ventilated disc brakes coming standard on the X5. As far as that 60-zero stopping distance goes, that is going to come in at 119 feet. Which is sports sedan good. I think that's actually the exact same number as the MDX actually. But anyways, let me just touch on the braking feel. It's fine. It's not the firmest braking feel I've ever felt, but that 119 foot number, that is brilliant quite honestly, especially for an SUV, because like I said, that is sports sedan good. Typically with SUVs you get 120s, if not 130s. So 119 feet, that is brilliant for this thing. But anyways, then touching on suspension and handling up front, you're gonna get a double wishbone type front suspension. In the back, lightweight, multi-link, integral rear suspension, front and rear stabilizer bars. As far as ride quality goes, that was one of the first things I noticed. It is an incredibly smooth ride here. I've been hitting so many road imperfections because here in York, the roads aren't the best and the X5 has definitely been absorbing them very, very nicely. So this thing is definitely plenty fine in terms of ride quality. As far as steering feel goes, it is gonna differ substantially, depending upon the drive mode that you put it in. If you want a heavier steering feel, put it in the sport. If you want a looser steering feel, put it in the comfort. But my very favorite part about BMWs for the most part, it's the 10 and two grips on the steering wheel itself are mammoth. They fit my hands perfectly. I absolutely love it. It gives the driver, maybe just me personally, a better feeling of being in control of this thing. So I love the grips in this BMW X5 without a doubt. They do that better than any other manufacturer in my personal opinion. So huge fan of that. So as far as cabin noise goes, it's been relatively quiet in my short little test drive here today. So definitely a serene cabin, no issues there. Touching of visibility, I can see perfectly fine out the back. So definitely not gonna have any issues there. Rain-sensing windshield wipers are going to come standard on the X5 as well. So big fan of that. And if you wanted a head up display like I am currently looking at right now, that goes for $1,100, but it is one of the brightest head up displays that I've seen in quite a while. So I love it. It actually changes depending upon the drive mode that you put it in as well in terms of color and kind of load out as well. I kind of got an RPM indicator if I put it in the sport driving mode. And again, it's super bright. It gives you your speed, speed limit and safety features actually projected onto your windshield there as well. So huge fan of that. But that pretty much rounds out the performance segment of this review guys. Let's now go ahead and take a look at the exterior of our brand new 2024 BMW X5. All right, so here she is you guys, the new 2024 BMW X5 finished in mineral white metallic. In case you were curious of our exact exterior color name, but as previously mentioned, there is a slight refresh for the 2024 model year. Let me know what you guys think about it in the comments section below. But upfront, of course, you will find an active kidney front grill with satin aluminum or gloss black kind of perimeter. And of course, since we have the M Sport package on our particular X5, we are going to be having the gloss black accents throughout the exterior of this one as opposed to the satin aluminum. But anyways, it does look good up front. You do have LED headlights with LED daytime running lights. It looks like slight different design there. Automatic feature, of course, but also automatic high beams. So when you have your high beams on at night and it senses the vehicle coming in the opposite direction, it's gonna automatically dim the back to low beams that when that vehicle is gone, it's gonna automatically bounce it back up the high beams for you there. There is an aluminum front grill that is optional. So I wanted to mention that that's kind of a unique feature. You don't see it on many other manufacturers out there. To the bottom corners there, there are front air curtains then helping direct air around the wheel and tire combination. And front and center on the bottom portion of that front kind of lip, just above the front lip, you will find that adaptive cruise control sensor then as well. But anyways, there are pretty much rounds out the front end of this one. Let's now go ahead and make our way to the side. All right, so but then making our way to the side of this one satin aluminum or gloss black roof rails do come standard depending upon the configuration that you go with. Of course, same thing for the windows surrounds. Those two options, you do have rear privacy glass coming standard across the board as well. Body colored power adjustable side mirrors do come standard. They will be heated with LED integrated turn signals and gotta love the power folding feature on this X5 here as well. But then one thing I wanted to mention those specifics of the X5 is the side skirts and the fender surrounds, they're gonna differ depending upon the trim level that you go with them. The configuration I should say because it's either gonna be matte black or body colored. So if you go with the M Sport package like we have today, it's gonna be body colored. That looks absolutely amazing. But if you kind of go with the base configuration of the X5 all of that is gonna be finished in matte black. So the side skirts and the fender surrounds are gonna be finished in matte black as BMW traditionally has done in the past. Quite honestly, most SUVs do that, but I will say my personal preference is the body colored finishes because I just think it looks so much better. But anyways, there is some functional ventilation found on the front fenders down below there as well. So always like to mention that, that is pretty cool. And then take a look at the wheel setup 20 inch v-spoke alloys is going to come standard, but there are plenty of different wheel configurations available for the X5, including 20 inch, 21 inch and 22 inch designs, including these M Sport wheels that we have on this one here today. So anyways, that pretty much rounds out the side profile of the X5. Let's not go ahead and make our way to the back. And something else, since we are around to the back of this one all the way up top you will find a body colored kind of shark fin antenna. Just below that rear spoiler with an integrated brake light. Just below that rear window wiper. You do have some nice LED tail lights. It looks like a little different design there as well. They definitely look good. Got some X drive 40 eye badging. At least if you go with the X drive otherwise it's going to say S drive. Then down below you got a little bit of body colored accenting in the middle portion. But one of my favorite things that the X5 has done since I feel like forever is they integrate the exhaust into the rear bumper. So to the sides, integrated dual exhaust outlets with in our case gloss black tips. Otherwise it could be satin aluminum. But also look how beefy these rear wheels are. I just noticed that they look so beefy back here. But anyways, I'm getting off topic. Of course we got a towing package too. That's pretty cool with four and seven pin connectors. But anyways, dual exhaust outlets. So I do believe you guys know what we have to do next. As always here is that exhaust lid. All right, so now since you are around to the back of the X5 when it comes to opening that rear tailgate it is a hands free power tailgate that comes standard across the board. So all trim levels, all configurations, got to love that. But once opened up, cargo capacity comes in at 15 cubic feet behind the optional third row that we don't have with us here today. Behind that second row though, 33.9 cubic feet. That's what you guys are looking at. And then with all of this folded, 72.3 cubic feet. So just about exactly what the MDX is. But anyways, 40, 20, 40 split does come standard. So they're going to fold pretty flat into the floor, I like that. I also love the Velar carpeting that comes standard on this thing. I thought that was amazing. There's some grocery bag hooks back there. There's a rear cargo cover. There's LED cargo lighting. You don't always find the LEDs in the cargo area. So I like that as well. And then if you were to lift up underneath of that cargo floor there's actually a nice hydraulic system that keeps it open where you can access the spare tire if you needed it. So I did like that as opposed to the fix of flap. Anyways, then making our way up to the rear legroom for the third row, the optional third row that comes in at 31.2 inches. For the second row that I can actually show you guys, 37.4 inches for reference. I mean even six feet tall. This is how much space I had back there. Of course you got some charging ports back there. You got some rear ventilation. There's a rear center armrest with cup holders. If you wanted rear window sunshades, we don't have them but they are optional for $250. So I like that that option is at least there for people if they wanted it. But I love the speaker covers too. I might as well mention that since we're back here. But anyways, let's now go ahead and make our way up to the front seats. 16 way power adjustable front seats do come standard. And in our particular case, they're finished in a nice coffee finish. So that is what it is called. But overall I like the contrast stitching. Not the very most comfortable seats considering that they are 16 way power adjustable. I think if BMW would have made them some vertical seams there's too many different like awkward pressure points in these seats. But having said that they are plenty adjustable. So you shouldn't have any issues for like long road trips and stuff like that. I'm just saying there are more comfortable seats out there having said that. But anyways, let's take a look at the steering wheel. It is tilt and telescoping. It is leather wrapped. You got the M logo at the bottom since we have the M Sport package with us here today. That's pretty cool. And again, the 10 and two bolsters are the best of any other manufacturer out there in my personal opinion at least. But then making our way to the startup, let me start by showing you guys the key here. This kind of looks like a new key actually as well. Essentially you got your lock button on the front of it. And by the way, if you press that three times apparently it's a remote start. So that's pretty cool. And the rest of the buttons are on the side including that button to pop the retail gate and the unlock button. But it is all keyless entry with a push button start. So all I'm going to do in this case is simply put my foot on the brake and press that silver engine start button located just to the left of that shifter toggle switch there. So once then started up, there is a new curved 12.3 inch digital gauge cluster. Now it was one of the first things I noticed when I got in this one. I liked the new curved digital gauge cluster. I think it looks dang good. But anyways, as always when you adjust the drive modes it is going to completely adjust the look of these digital gauges. So I liked that. And of course it's going to tell you things like the outside temperature, speed limit of any given road and how many miles you have left and to hit empty which fun fact when I first started driving this one it said 517 miles which is actually a very impressive range for an SUV of this size. So 517 miles between Phillips. That's darn impressive. But anyways, digital gauges, I love them. I love the new curved display here as well. But now let's go ahead and make our way to overall interior quality. There is a panoramic moon roof that comes standard on the X5 love that. If you wanted an Alcantara headliner that we don't have with us here today that adds an additional $650. Also love the ambient lighting. There's a ton of different ambient lighting colors that can be adjusted through the infotainment screen here. But BMW always does ambient lighting wonderful. It's always so bright. So I am a big fan of that as well. But one of the coolest little touches that I noticed when I got in this one are the kind of toggle switches for the climate control vents. They're all very texturized. And just behind that you have a lot of geometric shapes kind of built into the trim here. So I love that. I think it's such a cool look and I like the X5 kind of behind that as well just about the passenger side glove box. I like the aluminum trim on the actual glove box handle itself. I like the wood trim detail. BMW always does a wonderful job at their interior quality. There's definitely the case here in the X5. Everything is very minimal now I feel like. But you do have a couple cup holders, 12 volt power outlet, USB charging port, phone charging or wireless phone charger as well I should say. You also have this cool BMW key card. So you actually don't even need your keys. You can actually just use the key card to start this one up. Once it's set up, I don't actually have it set up in this one right now, but that is pretty cool as well. And within the center armrest, you got a decent amount of storage actually with a single phone charging port in there as well. So like the home link controls for three different garage doors. So yeah, interior quality is definitely on point but now let's go ahead and make our way to this new 14.9 inch center infotainment system. You get wireless Android Auto Apple CarPlay of course, Bluetooth and audio streaming as well. You get a factory navigation system and a 10 speaker hi-fi sound system is what's gonna come standard, but there's an optional Harman Kardon sound system that goes for $875 if you wanted to go that route. But we don't actually have that option today. We do have the standard 10 speaker hi-fi sound system which I don't typically get. So I'm kind of excited to try this one out. So having said that, what do you guys say? Let's go ahead and find what's on the radio here and let's test out our 10 speaker sound system that we have with us here today. All right, after further research here, this actually is the Harman Kardon sound system. So I absolutely love it. You can immediately tell that wasn't a 10 speaker sound system. So that was an incredible sound system, ton of bass, ton of clarity. One of my favorite things about this infotainment screen because for whatever reason I couldn't find the volume knob right away but then I remember this is the BMW. It probably has gesture control. So all I need to do is turn up and down the volume is to simply do this. Watch. Turn it up, turn it down. You just use your finger motions and clockwise and counterclockwise motions and it turns up and down the radio. So I love that. I always love that feature. I wish every car had that. But anyways, that was a good sound system. But last thing I want to mention to you guys on the infotainment screen at least is when you do put the X5 in reverse, you will find a rear view camera coming standard across the board. Very high definition, but not only that, a surround view monitor there to the right as well with multiple different angles. So that's pretty cool. But anyways, that as always is going to lead us into safety. And so to start, IIHS Top Safety Pick as I said at the very beginning of the video so that's a very good start but also coming standard, active driving assistant, frontal collision warning, a blind spot monitoring system, lane departure warning and speed limit recognition. Just to name a few. So overall when it comes to my final thoughts I love the new curved infotainment system here. Big fan of that. Also love the acceleration and the paddle shifters. This thing is plenty fun to drive. I love the 10 and two grips on the steering wheel. Like I said, they do that better than any other manufacturer, BMW that is. So huge fan of that as well. Interior quality is 100% on point. Head up display is super bright as well. In terms of room for improvement, this thing can get dang pricey pretty darn quick. I will say that there's so many different options for the X5 and that could be a good thing and a bad thing. It's a good thing because it really allows you to personalize it, make it your own and only basically get what you really want. But then it's a bad thing because it can definitely get quite pricey from the original MSRP on this thing. So take from that what you will. But anyways, let me know what you guys think of the new X5 in the comments section below and that is about it for this one you guys. Thank you so much for watching. Feel free to follow me on social media at the bottom of the screen if you want to see what's coming next on the channel before it gets to YouTube. 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