 What is up you guys, welcome back to another one. If you're new to the channel, I am Gold Pony, I do new car truck SUV reviews on YouTube. And today we are in the new 2022 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 I'm in this one today because this is BMW's second best seller across its lineup here in the US right behind the BMW X3. We also get three years of complimentary maintenance as well. We're just gonna save you a little bit of money there. So that's pretty cool. There's actually one major change for the 2022 BMW X5. And so in this video, I will of course be going over that change as well as testing out acceleration, braking, steering for 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 itself. As you can imagine, there are several different configurations for the 2022 X5. There is the S-Drive 40i starting at $59,400, X-Drive 40i for $61,700, M50i, which actually is the one we have today, starting at $82,800. And lastly, the X5M starting at $105,900. And there actually was one of those in the showroom. So I wasn't able to get some of those shots for you guys throughout this video as well. But as you can imagine with all of those trim levels, of course, there are a few different engine configurations coming with the X5. First one is going to belong to those 40i trim levels. That's gonna be a three liter twin power turbocharged inline six cylinder, putting out 335 horsepower, 331 pound feet of torque, sent to rear wheels for all wheels. That's actually the difference between S-Drive being the rear wheel drive configuration and X-Drive being the all wheel drive configuration. But power sent to the ground through an eight speed automatic with paddle shifters and launch control, that's pretty crazy. I like that. With zero to 60 time coming in at approximately 5.3 seconds, very impressive for that engine setup. MPG numbers coming in at 21, the city 26 highway for the rear wheel drive, 21 city 25 then on the highway for the all wheel drive, taking premium unlit fuel. But so then there is that next engine option belonging to the M50i that we have here today being a 4.4 liter twin power turbocharged V8, putting out 523 horsepower, 553 pound feet of torque, sent to all wheels through an eight speed automatic with paddle shifters and launch control once again, zero to 60 time coming in at approximately 4.1 seconds. You guys know we're gonna test that out a little bit here, but MPG numbers coming in at 16 in the city, 22 in the highway premium fuel yet again. But then lastly, there is the X5M. That one actually powered by the same engine that we have today, but bumping the numbers up to 600 horsepower, 553 pound feet of torque, sent to all wheels through an eight speed automatic, like I've been saying, zero to 60 time, 3.8 seconds, top speed, 177 miles per hour. MPG numbers 13 in the city, 18 then on the highway. And so before we do any kind of fun paddle shifter or acceleration test here in our X5, did what I mentioned to you guys, the drive maze is actually buttons located just to the left of the shifter. They will include eco pro comfort and sport adjusting things like the shift points, throttle response, steering sensitivity, suspension settings, all wheel drive system engagement and the exhaust note actually as well. We're gonna do that exhaust clip so hang around because you're gonna wanna hear that. But anyways, now having got all of that out of the way, what do you guys say? Let's go ahead and find a straightaway. Let's put the paddle shifters here to the test. I think they're gonna be excellent. They always have been a BMW. Let's just see how quickly they are going to react for us here. Downshifting, second gear, first gear. Let's kick it. I love that sound. Oh my gosh. They're dang quick. I knew they were gonna be. BMW always kills it with their paddle shifters. It's the freaking tiniest. It's wonderful. Like what I'm trying to say is it doesn't get much better than BMW's paddle shifters. And I tested quite a lot of cars from out east to Maserati's, all that fun stuff. So dang, the sun is blinding me right now. But yeah, the paddle shifters are definitely quite good. Let's see if I can, there we go. Anyways, now that we've gotten that out of the way, what do you guys say? Let's get back full control to the X5 here. Actually put the shifter back into the left. That gives you full manual shipment for the paddle shifters, but to give back that control to the X5 just slide the shifter back into the right basically. And then X5 yet again has full control. And let's put this thing to the test yet again and let's see how quickly we can get this one here off the speed. All right you guys, we do have a slight uphill climb here but three, two, one. Oh my gosh. Oh my gosh. Yeah. Oh man, this thing is fun. You know what the best part is? It is 36 degrees out right now here in Pennsylvania and there was no slippage whatsoever because we have the all wheel drive configuration. That's the best part you guys. Typically you get that kind of power in rear wheel drive sports cars and whether like this year at PA you slip, you slide, you go off the road, you do crazy things, you drift, but with an all wheel drive configuration you're planted to the ground 100% and there's none of that. It's instant acceleration, it's wonderful. Anyways, to go along with that acceleration as always breaking is equally important. So as you can imagine four wheel ventilated disc brakes do come standard across the board. You actually get M sport brakes with either blue or red cowpers. If you were to go with the M50i that we have today it's actually a $650 option for the 40i trim levels and of course you get that braking with the M as well but overall 60-zero stopping distance comes in at approximately 119 feet. As far as the braking feel goes, it's excellent. Really any 100 teens is gonna be a perfect braking feel but typically what happens is with SUVs usually get the 130s. So 119 feet is definitely sports sedan good is what I would actually compare it to. So it's kind of like the braking of a sports sedan. So definitely a big fan of that. 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 of course as well. If you were to go with the M50i or the M you will also get an adaptive M suspension meaning it monitors each shock absorber individually not only giving you a smoother ride but also tightening up the suspension during heavy cornering really giving you the best of both worlds and that is definitely a suspension I always like to recommend regardless of what manufacturer that it's with because it really does make a substantial difference when you compare it to maybe a non-adaptive suspension itself. So that is definitely a good thing and actually a two level air suspension is available as an option across the board as well if you wanted to go that route. But overall as far as ride quality goes it has been perfectly fine as I'm going over a massive speed bump right now but really ride quality is 100% on point probably due to the adaptive suspension. So it's a wonderful ride here and I remember last year in the 2021 model year whenever we reviewed the X5 I didn't have the adaptive suspension and that ride quality was dang good as well. So either route that you go the ride quality is gonna be good it's just better with the adaptive suspension. I'll say that. Anyways, then touching on steering feel it is going to different dependent upon the drive mid that you put in it. When I put it in that sport driving mode it does make the steering feel a bit heavier instantly pointing you in the direction that you wanna go. That's the particular steering feel that I would leave it in but if you were to take it out of that let's say put it in eco pro mode it does loosen up that steering feel making it a little more loose and goosey still not bad though. The steering feel of BMW has always been very good. So even in that eco pro mode it's still really good and to add to that the 10 and two grips on really any BMW M Sport package or M50i or M they are thick. They are definitely the thickest grips out there with any manufacturer right now. So I love that. It gives me a better feeling of being in control. It's a better feel to my hands particularly. I don't know if it's the same for everyone else but I love the grips on this thing. Definitely gives me a better feeling of being in control. So far as cabin noise goes that's been 100% on point as well. I actually have that error on I should probably turn that down but that's really the only noise I'm hearing right now that in the exhaust net which is amazing on this thing but cabin noise it's a very serene cabin so I'm definitely a fan of that. Touching on visibility I can see perfectly fine out the back you're not gonna have any issues there. Rain sensing windshield wipers actually come standard on every single trim level across the board as well. And what that is is whenever the X5 detects any kind of mister rainfall it's gonna automatically turn on those windshield wipers for you. So it's just one last thing you gotta worry about kind of like automatic headlights and there is a head up display that is available. I'm actually looking at it right now. What it gives you is the speed limit of any given road. It also gives you the speed that you were currently going and actually display safety features up on your windshield then as well. But that about rounds out the performance segment of this review you guys. Let's now go ahead and take a look at the exterior of our brand new 2022 BMW X5. All right so here she is you guys the new 2022 BMW X5 finished in mineral white metallic. In case you were curious of our exterior color name let me go ahead and start with what's new that one major change for the 2022 X5 and that's going to be a new model called black for million model. And it's gonna be limited to 350 units in the US. So if you wanted a more exclusive X5 that's gonna be the one that you're going to wanna go with. And essentially what that adds is unique exterior styling cues. I'll put a picture of it on the screen here for you guys. Merino black leather with red stitching and glass shift knob. Suede headliner leather colored dashboard harming Carter and sound system just to name a few and essentially it does look like the perfect vehicle for a vampire. So if that's you BMW has got you covered. But now that we have that out of the way let's go ahead and start up front on the X5 here. Active kidney front grill with satin aluminum surrounds or gloss black surrounds depending upon which configuration that you go with. Active kidney meeting those grill shutters will open and close depending upon the engine cooling that is needed at any given time. And that's essentially what that means. Down to the corners there you guys can see there's some front air curtains helping direct air around the wheel entire combination. So little better air dynamics there to the sides. As far as the headlight setup goes you will find icon adopt the full LED headlights meaning low beam and high beam coming standard for all trims and configurations across the board. They do of course come with the automatic feature meaning when it starts to get dark at night the headlights will turn on automatically for there. Automatic high beams also coming standard across the board LED daytime running lights as you guys are currently looking at right now. LED fog lights do come standard to some package options that eliminate them like we currently have here today. LED laser light technology coming with the X5M and it's available for the 40I and M50I trim levels as well. Essentially what that is is the very brightest illumination allowed by law by BMW. So if you do a lot of night driving that may be something you may want to consider but also that unique front fascia that we have today it's going to be specific to the M Sport package for the 40I trims. And it's also kind of come standard then on the M50I that we have and the X5M as well. But that pretty much rounds out the front end of the X5. Let's now go ahead and make our way to the side of this one. All right, so now since we are around to the side of this one satin aluminum or gloss black roof rails coming standard across the board rear privacy glass coming standard as well. And then once again satin aluminum or gloss black windows surrounds again depended upon the configuration that you go with. Functional air vents found in the front fenders. I love that accent and I like that they're not fake as well. They're actually functional. They assist with aerodynamics there. Power adjustable side mirrors coming standard. They will be heated as well with LED integrated turd signals for all trim levels. And there will actually be power folding as well. That's the standard feature there. A lot of times with other luxury manufacturers that's an option, but with X5 that comes standard. So I like that. Black side skirts is going to be the standard configuration for the 40i trims, but there are body colored side skirts for the M50i. Of course the M as well and the M Sport package for the 40i trim. So that of course is what you're looking at right now and a much better looking by personal opinion. You always like body colored side skirts, but that's just me. But anyways, taking a look down at the wheel configuration 19 inch V spoke alloys coming standard 20 inch alloys for the M Sport package and the M50i and the 21 inch alloys for the X5 M and there are plenty of different optional wheel configurations if you wanted to go that route as well. But that pretty much rounds out the side of this one. So now go ahead and make our way to the back. All right, and so now since we are around back body colors, shark fin antenna located all the way to the top there, just below that rear spoiler with an integrated brake light, just below that rear window wiper, LED tail lights. You guys can see those on right now. They look dang good. Coming standard for all trim levels across the board. You of course do have some LED license plate lighting. You don't always get that. I know it's a dumb feature to mention, but usually get halogen license plate lighting. So I like that they're LEDs here on the X5. And just below it all, you guys will find perhaps my very favorite exhaust configuration out there right now integrated into the rear bumper. That's why it's my favorite. But integrated dual exhaust outlets and you actually get quad tips with the X5M, but otherwise they will be located within those dual exhaust outlets in a satin finish. So having said that, I do believe you guys know what we have to do next. As always here is that exhaust clip. All right you guys, as soon as since we are around back of the X5, when it comes to opening that rear tailgate, it actually is a hands-free power tailgate for every trim, every configuration across the board. So that is pretty darn cool. If you have your hands full of groceries, essentially it's gonna automatically open up then for you. But it's also a button on the key fob. There's a button on the tailgate itself and there's a button on the driver's door then as well. There's quite a few different ways. You can go ahead and open that. And then actually, there's actually upper and lower portion to that tailgate. So the upper portion folds up. The lower portion folds down. So a little different configuration than a lot of other SUVs out there. So I wanted to mention that. But as far as cargo capacity goes, there is actually a third row available. It's a $2,300 option if you were to get that. There's 15 cubic feet behind that third row otherwise behind the second row like we have today. 33.9 cubic feet and with all rows folded that is going to come in at 72.3 cubic feet then. And by the way, that is a 40-20-40 split meaning the rear seats do fold completely flat which I personally love. I think that's pretty cool. But there is a rear cargo cover that comes standard back there. There are two LED cargo lights. A lot of times you get halogen bulbs back there. So I like the LEDs in the cargo area. There is velour carpeting that comes standard. That's actually the first thing I always notice when I open up the X5. It's just such a nice feel to the cargo area. And I'm always just a big fan of that. But there's also grocery bag hooks back there. You have tie-down anchors. And another interesting thing about the X5 is there is a spare tire located within the cargo floor but to actually open up that cargo floor it uses a hydraulic system. So you don't actually have to hold it up. It automatically opens up for you just like the hood does. So that's pretty cool. I like that they put a hydraulic system back there. It's the little things. But anyways, then make your way to the rear legroom 31.2 inches if you were to go with the third row which it might be actually good for a small child. So that's not a bad number for a third row legroom. But as far as that second row legroom goes it comes in at 37.4 inches. So for reference, I'm in even six feet tall. This is how much space I have back there. There is a rear center armrest with cup holders that come standard. And within that rear center armrest there's actually kind of some space for a tablet possibly as well or a little bit storage whatever you want to use it for. Rear ventilation does come standard. There are rear wind of sunshades available for $250 if you wanted to go that route. Four zone climate control coming with the executive and premium packages for the 40i trims and also standard on the M50i that we have today and the M of course as well. Rear heated seats then are going to be optional. We do have them as well. So you could spoil the rear passengers a little bit. And if you were looking for the phone charging ports it's kind of interesting. They're not located anywhere near the rear ventilation. They're actually located on the back side of the front seat. So little different placement than I'm used to personally and basically all the other SUVs that I test. So didn't want to mention that placement as well. But so then now making our way to the front seats. 16 way power adjustable front seats do come standard with four way power lumbar and two way power side bolsters as well. I love the side bolster adjustments. One of my favorite parts about basically all BMWs they always do that. Heated front seats coming standard sense attack upholstery coming standard. Leather seating is going to be optional on the 40I coming standard though on the M50I and the M20 way multi contour front seats coming with the M50I and the M also ventilated front seats coming with those two trims and the ventilated seats are optional then on the 40I massaging front seats. There's actually a luxury seating package that gives you those massaging front seats. It goes for around $1,600. But that's pretty cool if you're into that as well. But overall because of all the adjustments that you can do with these seats are definitely plenty comfortable. No issues with taking a long road trip to Ocean City, Maryland. I really want to go. It's 37 degrees right now. So it's a little cold for Ocean City right now. But anyways, taking a look at the steering wheel it is tilt and telescoping. It is power adjustable leather wrapped coming standard and you can get a heated steering wheel for an additional $250 if you wanted to go that route. Then making our way to the startup let me start by showing you guys the key here. Since we have the M50I we do have those M Sport colors on the side but essentially all of your buttons are located on one side of the key being lock unlock and the button to pop the rear tailgate. The lock button is going to be the BMW logo in case you were not familiar with BMW keys. So that's pretty cool. But it's actually a remote start that is going to be available and there is a digital key that comes standard and we actually do have it in here. So I'm gonna show that to you guys real quick. So essentially what that's for is if your key fob dies you have the digital keys so you can still actually start this one up and all that without having to call tow trucks. That's pretty cool. Putty push button start does come standard across the board. So all I'm going to do here is simply put my front of the brake and press that silver engine start button located just to the left of the shifter. And so once started up 12.3 inch digital gauge cluster it's an amazing digital gauge cluster. It adjusts the colors depending upon which drive mode that you put it in. If you put it in sport you're gonna get a lot of red and black hues. If you put it in Eco Pro you're gonna get a lot of blue hues and then the comfort mode is going to give you some orange. And in case you guys are wondering about the lines located in the middle it's kind of like a navigation kind of setup showing the streets located within the middle portion of the digital gauges. Gives you your outside temperature how many miles you'll have left until we hit empty all of the information you could possibly want up there. So very nice digital gauge cluster here for the X5. Then touching on overall interior quality there is a panoramic moon roof that comes standard. Every single configuration is going to get that. So that's pretty cool. But one of the cool things is there is an executive package that gives you a sky lounge LED roof. So essentially it's like little LED lighting within the moon roof that is going to illuminate at night and it's going to make it look so stinking cool. So I'm putting a picture on the screen there for you guys. But Anthracite headliner does come standard and that's what we have today. LED interior lighting also coming standard universal garage door opener for up to three different garage doors found at the bottom portion of that rear view mirror there. Multicolor ambient lighting one of my favorite features in BMW. They definitely do ambient lighting very well. Glass controls can be had with the executive package although we don't have it today so I can't show it to you guys. But overall when it comes to interior quality BMW always kills it. For example, if you look above the passenger side glove box you not only have authentic carbon fiber I very rarely can say that there's so many vehicles that use plastic that looks like carbon fiber but this actually is authentic. You have the ambient lighting you have the contrast stitching just above that as well. Tons of soft touch material the armrest for my elbows were very comfortable as well. So overall interior quality is amazing just in front of the shifter you have a 12 volt power outlet USB charging port dual cupholders and a little bit of storage and of course a wireless phone charger as well. You do have an electric mechanical parking brake just behind the shifter surrounded by carbon fiber and ambient lighting. Once again, BMW killing it with that and within the center armrest you actually have a phone charging port and a decent amount of storage there but overall like I said interior quality is definitely very, very nice. Then taking a look at the infotainment screen of course you have a 12.3 inch color touch screen display to match the 12.3 inch digital gauge cluster it makes sense right? But it is a touch screen like I said it is also voice activated there is a circular dial and buttons to the right of the shifter you can control it and gesture control my very favorite part. So watch this you guys I'm gonna go ahead and turn off the radio simply by making my finger in a clockwise rotation here. Number 12. Name. And it's loud now I can turn it down. 90s on 9. Actually I like this song, hang on. Yeah it was Goo Goo Dolls but anyways we'll get to the sound system check here in a little bit but Bluetooth and audio streaming do come standard Android Auto, Apple CarPlay also standard factory navigation system you guys coming standard for every single trim every configuration you gotta love that. One of my favorite parts though is something called experience modes and so if you hit experience modes you're gonna get to choose from executive, expressive and wellbeing and essentially adjust everything it adjusts the ambient lighting it opens and close the power moonroof it adjusts literally everything about this so I'm definitely always a big fan I love playing around with the experience modes and it really does change the experience here in the X5 but anyways you can adjust your ambient lighting like I've been saying up on the infotainment screen as well along with your radio information and by the way when it comes to the sound systems here in the X5 you will get a 10 speaker hi-fi sound system that comes standard with 205 watts then there is a 16 speaker Harman Kardon sound system that's gonna come standard on the M50i and the M it's gonna be optional I believe with the premium and executive packages for the 40i so having said that let's go ahead and turn on the radio here let's see what we got playing and let's test out the sound system on this one Google Dolls is so freaking good I miss listening to them they're really good band but anyways that sound system was amazing quite honestly maybe it was a little bit of me digging the song but also the sound system plenty of bass clarity was 100% on point as you would expect with that many speakers but brilliant sound system here for the X5 last thing I wanna mention to you guys on that screen is when you do put the X5 of course in reverse you will find a rear view camera coming standard across the board but not only that you do get a surround view monitor or 360 degree camera that is optional that's available that's what we're looking at right now so that is always is going to lead us into safety and so front side side current aerobags do come standard in the back you're gonna get latch AKA lower anchors and tethers for children for the rear car seats rear child door locks tire pressure monitoring system but also coming standard for all trim levels being a frontal collision warning system active blind spot detection lane departure warning speed limit recognition and front and rear parking sensors as well there is also a parking assistance package that goes for $800 and there's also a driving assistance professional package going for $1,700 but anyways when it comes to my final thoughts here of the X5 every single engine configuration in this thing is extremely quick it's not just the M50 that we tested today which is amazing it's not just the M but even the 40i that I tested last year it's insanely quick zero to 60 I think is maybe 6.3 seconds if I remember correctly it's an insanely quick SUV especially for the size of this thing so whichever configuration that you go with you got the power without a doubt great ride quality on this thing you get three years of complimentary maintenance it is a brilliant interior quality when you factor in the authentic carbon fiber the contrast stitching and the ambient lighting it really is done very nicely on the interior third row is definitely something I don't think I would probably go with with this one because it wouldn't be the best third row legroom so you're probably better off just sticking with two rows really the only constructive criticism I can think of is this can get kind of expensive with all of the options that they allow you to get so having said that this particular X5 is spec'd right at around $90,000 in case anybody was curious but let me know what you guys think of the X5 in the comment section below 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 actually gets to YouTube be sure to hit the subscribe and the bell notification button if you're into new car reviews that is what we do here on this channel after all do appreciate you guys watching more than you know and I will see you guys all in the next video stay gold I'ma listen to the Google all some more