X5 E53

With more than 600,000 units sold, the X5 E53 will go down in history as one of BMW’s most successful products. If you’re old enough to remember, we first saw the luxobarge at the Detroit…

The first X5 (E53) rolled off the assembly line at the Spartanburg plant in South Carolina on September 1, 1999. A quarter of a century later, BMW is celebrating the milestone by giving the luxury…

It’s been a quarter of a century since BMW rolled out its very first SUV, the X5 E53. To celebrate the milestone, one of the luxobarge’s designers took to Instagram to mark the occasion. Frank…

As the first-generation X5 celebrates its 25th anniversary this month, what better way to mark the milestone than by exploring the most radical iteration of the E53. While the 7 Series and 8 Series were…

The BMW X5 didn’t receive the M treatment until the second generation but the E53 generation still had V8 power. Joining the rare Neiman Marcus special edition at The Amelia is another eight-cylinder specimen with…

With the recently facelifted 2024 X5 making its public debut at The Amelia, BMW decided to bring one of its ancestors to Miami. Not just any version, but the exceptionally rare E53 built for the…

German luxury automakers tend to copy one another when it comes to niche models, such as swoopy sedans and coupe-inspired SUVs. However, Audi and BMW have both inexplicably refrained from coming after Mercedes and its…