bmw xdrive

  • Fast or frugal BMW X5 40e hybrid isn’t sure

    Our BMW X5 40e eDrive arrived on test with 11 litres per 100km glaring at me from the instrument cluster. That’s a long way off the 3.3l/100km claimed by BMW. So is hybrid all hocus pocus? Let’s dissect the engine specifications of the X5 40e eDrive because frankly that’s...
  • BMW M760Li brings V12 engine to rival Merc S65

    Let’s not use the word ‘complaint’ but after driving the new BMW 7 Series in South Africa, we could imagine how some owners would come away thinking that the six-cylinder turbo engines in the 730d and 740i lacked the gravitas of say a V12 in the Mercedes S65 or...