somethingfornothing

I don't know of many vehicles that have a cup holder in between the steering wheel and the driver door. The 2nd gen RX has one that slides out. Kind of strange to me.

1111GS

Are you possible about this? For X5 you can get it starting 2019 so I would think the same for 5 as well. One thing that makes BMW different from MB is engine will stay on when you open the door and you can also remote start from the fob.

FrankReynoldsCPA

I'm pretty sure it came about whenever a model got upgraded to iDrive 7, so the X5 getting it in 2019 with their new generation makes sense.

The G30 5 series had its LCI in 2021 and that's when it got remote start. They technically got iDrive 7 in 2020, but I don't think remote start was enabled until 2021.

patgilm

That makes sense, my 2020 M340 and my 2021 X7 has it so I assumed they had it for a while. I just figured it had been an option for a while since my 2012 GX and my 2018 Durango had it.