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BMW X5 Review
The 2010 BMW X5 lineup gains a high- performance M model. This premium midsize SUV seats up to seven and is offered in four models, each with standard all-wheel drive. The xDrive30i reprises a 260-hp 3.0-liter 6-cylinder engine. The xDrive48i has a 350-hp 4.8-liter V8. The xDrive35d has a 265-hp 3.0-liter turbodiesel 6- cylinder that is emissions legal in all 50 states. The X5 M has a 555-hp 4.4-liter twin-turbocharged V8. The sole transmission for all models is a 6-speed automatic. Maximum towing capacity is 6000 lb. Standard seating is for five, but an optional 3rd row expands capacity to seven. Available safety features include ABS, traction control, antiskid system, front side airbags, and curtain side airbags. Hill descent control is standard. All X5s have BMW's iDrive that uses a single knob to control entertainment, communication, navigation, and climate functions. An optional Sport Package includes BMW's Active Roll Stabilization, which counters body lean. Active Steering, designed to quicken low-speed steering response is also optional. Available features include a navigation system, head-up instrument display, DVD entertainment, rearview camera with front- and rear- obstacle detection, heated front and rear seats, and BMW Assist concierge service with wireless cell-phone link. BMW was the world's first automobile manufacture to produce V8 engines. Using the most modern technology, BMW has created engines that lead the way. The 2010 BMW X5 is equipped 4.4-liter dohc 32-valve V8 engine capable of delivering 315 horsepower at 5400 RPM. Our improved 2010 BMW X5 info is available here for your use and comparison. The 2010 BMW X5 V8 has a state-of-the-art engine cooling system that changes to answer the engine's requirements.

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The powerful alternator, for example, is water-cooled. Variable intake valve timing (VANOS) and Digital Motor Electronics (DME) work nonstop to ensure the engine is running at maximum efficiency. The BMW X5 specs shows impressive torque and performance profiles, while still meeting the most stringent tests for emissions. All 2010 BMW X5 pictures are clear indicators of world class quality and pure driving excitement.

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2009 Lexus LX570 Review
The all-new 2009 Lexus LX is a true luxury vehicle first and foremost, with advanced safety, comfort and quality features. It's a big, heavy vehicle that can tow big loads, haul heavy cargo, and transport people and gear across great distances in comfort. It uses the same heavy frame and stout powertrain as the Toyota Land Cruiser. Like the Land Cruiser, the Lexus LX 570 is designed for extraordinary versatility and an unusual combination of utility and luxury. But with the Lexus, luxury comes first. Designed for a different kind of use, the LX offers a number of qualities and features that the Land Cruiser does not. These include technological advances such as active headrests, wide-view monitors, adaptive front headlights, and an active damping suspension control system. The Mark Levinson audio system is a Lexus exclusive, and the interior is built using a higher level of materials and finish. The Land Cruiser is better equipped for rigorous off-road use; the LX570, also highly capable, has running boards and other conveniences that would become vulnerable in rugged terrain. The LX 570 is aimed more at the luxury car owner who occasionally needs guaranteed control on a snowy road leading to a ski resort, or safe traction on the graded dirt road leading to a ranch house or mountain fishing lodge. The ability to haul boats or horse trailers up to 8500 pounds makes this the most capable SUV offered by Lexus. Safety features are on a par with the best luxury sedans. Especially relaxing to drive on long trips, the LX is also equipped with a brace of thoughtful features to make around-town driving and parking more convenient. The Lexus LX competes with the Cadillac Escalade, Range Rover, and the Mercedes GL550. The group is similar in many ways, with similar operational characteristics, but the LX caters to the distinctly American addiction to torque even more studiously than the others. Powered by a 5.7-liter V8, the LX makes most of its power early in the rev range.

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The Lexus LX 570 is visibly wider and taller-looking than the previous-generation LX 470, which it replaces. The design theme deliberately combines powerful, utilitarian design cues with smooth, sophisticated elements to create a balanced tension between the two. The taller hood line, broad mirrors, pronounced wheel arches and wide stance combine to suggest a more muscular character. From the side, smooth convex side panels and flowing sheetmetal integrate the running boards. A bold front grille, mounted at headlamp-level, emphasizes size and strength, and minimizes the bumper, which flows smoothly around the wheelwells. Combination head and tail light clusters are used to emphasize state-of-the-art technical qualities, which include adaptive front lights and high-intensity LED tail lights. Use of chrome as an accent is selective and restrained. To our eye, the package looks bigger than it is, and more sophisticated, without being garish. In actual fact, the LX is almost exactly the same size, or maybe a tad more compact, than its European competitor, the Range Rover. While not as distinctive as the Range Rover, the Lexus design strikes us as clean and timeless in a uniquely Japanese way. The LX has become a technology showcase for Lexus. It is the first Lexus to offer a wide-view front and side monitor system for hard-to-see areas, and incorporates the new Adaptive Radar Cruise Control and Pre-Collision System. Cameras are located inside the grille and side view mirrors, and the radar antenna is located behind the Lexus emblem in the front grille. All Lexus vehicles are assembled in Japan. The LX is assembled at the Yoshiwara plant, which was revised and revamped to produce the new 570, and the engines are produced at the Tahara manufacturing facility, where the LS sedans are produced. In all, the finished vehicles are inspected three times, testing for such qualities as quietness, steering wheel feel, color matching and door sound accuracy.

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The cabin of the Lexus LX reflects Japanese ideas of simplicity, strict attention to detail, and functionality as a form of luxury. There are two interior decor options to choose from; black woodgrain trim with medium-gray leather, or ivory leather with dark brown walnut trim. We found both tastefully attractive, without being overdone, and consistent with Japanese design sensibilities. We're told the wood is California Walnut.

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Stylistically less pretentious than the competition, the all-new 2009 Lexus LX 570 still offers power, unique luxury features, and exceptional capability on and off the road. Lexus build quality should assure long-term value.

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2010 Mercedes-Benz S400 Hybrid Review
It's probably best to call the new Mercedes-Benz S400 BlueHybrid a mild, rather than full, hybrid, because it can't propel itself on electrical power alone. In other words, the BlueHybrid is not powered by the two-mode system co-developed with GM for big SUVs, which will be an option for the M-Class next year. This is a smaller, cheaper system designed to be scaleable across all Mercedes car lines. Despite its comparative simplicity, the S400 BlueHybrid's gasoline and CO2 savings are significant: some 21% in the European test cycle, compared with the regular V-6 S350. It's also quieter at rest and more muscular in real-world acceleration. There's very little penalty over the standard V-6 in terms of weight -- just 170 lb -- and none at all in passenger or luggage accommodation or payload.

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2010 Mercedes Benz S400 Bluehybrid Rear View Click to view Gallery Of course you can't buy a regular Euro-spec S350 in the U.S., so let's do the numbers against a V-8 S550. The BlueHybrid goes 47% farther on a gallon than the S550 on the Euro test cycle, but its performance figures aren't so far off -- about seven sec 0-to-60 instead of 5.4. That's why they called it S400: because it feels like a four-liter engine. The BlueHybrid's electric motor effectively does duty as the gas engine's flywheel, turning at crank speed all the time. It offers 118 lb-ft of torque at zero revs, but because its torque falls with revs, it only contributes an extra 20 hp to the total by the time the gas engine is in its stride. Compared with the standard V-6, this extra torque makes it feel slightly more like the V-8 at lower revs: a strong but lazy roll-on to the throttle without so many hectic downshifts. 2010 Mercedes Benz S400 Bluehybrid Side View Click to view Gallery The point, throughout this engineering job, was to make the hybrid feel like the regular car, except in the issue of tank range. In fact, the V-6 has new cam timing and cylinder heads. It runs, like a Prius, on the Atkinson cycle. This delays inlet valve closing, reducing effective compression.

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It gives the engine great efficiency but over a fairly narrow rev range. In other parts of the rpm spectrum, the electric motor fills in the torque deficit. The transmission is reprogrammed to suit, aiming to keep the engine where it's happiest. The electronics keep a constant eye on battery state of charge, and if it's near 100%, then the electric motor is deployed fully while the engine is throttled back. If you've just ascended a long steep hill and the battery is low, then more of the overall power will be coming from the engine.

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