Nowadays there's a plethora of M SUVs; 20 years ago you had to think a little outside the box...
, which is plenty before you get to the X3, 4, 5 and 6, each with their own fully-fledged M variants on top of the M Performance stuff. Until fairly recently you could still have a quad-turbo diesel engine. The firm is so obviously all-in on performance SUVs that it comes as a mild surprise when a car like the X1 launches without an M model immediately available.
But then why wouldn’t they? It is the most lucrative mainstream niche, and its popularity shows no signs of waning. Indeed, looking back on the sustained years of success for BMW M SUVs now, the bigger surprise is that it didn’t start sooner. The very first E53 X5s arrived with customers at the end of the 20th century, yet an M version didn’t come until a decade later and the second generation. The 4.4-litre V8 was offered, and a slightly sportier 4.
The story of this Oxford Green BMW gets better, too, as it was originally ordered by Carlos Monteverde. Not a household name, sure, but the man who - until that- had set the record for the most expensive car bought at auction, buying a 250 GTO in 2014 for $38m. So this X5 was probably just the school-run SUV once upon a time. Must have some stories to tell…
The Hartge X5 has been with its current owner since 2019, and is soon to tick over 66,000 miles. There’s said to be plenty of history to go with it, and the car was treated to an Inspection 3 service earlier this year. The seller is also including copies of the magazines it has featured in, which you certainly don’t get with every used BMW. And it's also the star of a YouTube vid.
Given what this set Mr Monteverde back in 2003 and the car’s unique status, £12k seems an agreeable price. Of course, less special X5 V8s are available -is probably the closest comparable thing - but so extensive is the work done on the Hartge version that it doesn’t really seem a valid alternative. Fans of V8s, iconic BMW tuners and the original X5 - all very good things individually - will find plenty to enjoy here.
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