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BMW celebrates X5 mark.


A LIMITED edition of BMW's X5 large SUV is going on sale to mark the tenth anniversary of the model.

Priced from pounds 53,075 the BMW xDrive BMW xDrive is BMW's four-wheel drive system that powers the X3, X5 and 2006 and later xd and xi 3 Series and 5 Series models.

Instead of a 60-40 (rear-front) power split (which all millennium four-wheel drive BMW's exhibit — 325xi, 330xi, early X5) with power being
35d 10-Year Edition comes as standard in grey metallic paint with 20-inch Y-spoke light alloy wheels.

Only 2,000 models will be produced worldwide and around 200 of them will be available in the UK.

The car is powered by a 286hp diesel engine and will be fitted with '10-Year' plaques to the front doors, sill plates and on the dashboard.

The X5, which is built in the United States, made its debut in 1999. Since it was introduced to the UK in 2000, BMW BMW
 in full Bayerische Motoren Werke AG

German automaker. Founded as an aircraft engine manufacturer in 1916, the company assumed the name Bayerische Motoren Werke and became known for its high-speed motorcycles in the 1920s.
 has sold 62,872 X5s.
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