Ouch! It definitely strikes me as bulky and lumbering. Certainly not X3 like. The real irony is that there is an M X5. That just seems excessive and contradictory. My 530 is similar to my first X3. Nice,but I want some more goodies. Driving a loaner is always frustrating when it has the goodies.

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'07 530 Xi ,Auto, Gray, Black Leather, Premium, Cold Weather, Nav,Xenons,iPod,Sirius

'04 X3 2.5i gone
'07 X3 3.0si gone