View Poll Results: X5 or RX330
X5
18
37.50%
RX330
24
50.00%
Other..
6
12.50%
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X5 or RX330 AWD?
Originally Posted by bitkahuna
Depends what you like... as usual the Bimmer leans more performance and the RX330 more soft quiet ride.
I'd look at a Cayenne S, an 06 Explorer, and the new Ranger Rover Sport also.
I'd look at a Cayenne S, an 06 Explorer, and the new Ranger Rover Sport also.
Between these two? It would be a very hard decision for me personally...if I were into trucks. First for me is reliability. That means the Lexus hands down. I hear too many horror stories still about BMW products. Every so often you hear from people who got lucky and got a good one but it's a crap shoot.
On the other hand. The x5 is a way better looker and has that german teutonic look and feel that lexus hasn't achieved. Probably not trying because they are very successful without it. Anyway, that teutonic german thing is even more desirable with a truck type vehicle. Slap some wheels on it and it becomes even more teutonic.
In conclusion, I'd probably go with neither. The GX has the look and feel to compensate and it's a Lexus. If I had to choose, it would be the x5. I just don't like that RX.
On the other hand. The x5 is a way better looker and has that german teutonic look and feel that lexus hasn't achieved. Probably not trying because they are very successful without it. Anyway, that teutonic german thing is even more desirable with a truck type vehicle. Slap some wheels on it and it becomes even more teutonic.
In conclusion, I'd probably go with neither. The GX has the look and feel to compensate and it's a Lexus. If I had to choose, it would be the x5. I just don't like that RX.
Originally Posted by LexusChris
Neither , i'd go with the GX 470, the RX and X5 are like all over the place... 
And Och - yeah the MDX is a good vehicle.
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after driving a rx330 on a weekly basis...i would prolly go with the x5...even my parents are dissatisfied with that car...which is the first lexus they are actually turned off 
...but on the good side...they are thinking about getting something else 
...but on the good side...they are thinking about getting something else
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Originally Posted by bitkahuna
There's a reason there aren't that many GX's on the road. They're fugly (too narrow!). Very nice ride though!
And Och - yeah the MDX is a good vehicle.
And Och - yeah the MDX is a good vehicle.
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Originally Posted by AmethySC
I don't think I'd ever want to buy an American made BMW . . .
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Originally Posted by mmarshall
Well, the most unreliable BMW......the 7-series.....is NOT built at the Spartanburg, S.C. plant like the X5. It is built at the Dingolfing plant in Germany east of Munich.