The X5 represented BMW's very first venture into the premium SUV space, and it really helped to kickstart the movement. While the Range Rover had been doing the rounds for some time, the X5 ...
Like most German luxury brands, BMWs aren't the cheapest to own. The X5 SUV in particular racks up quite a cost over time. BMW's first-ever SUV launched in 1999 after they acquired the Rover Group, ...
The problem has to do with aluminum bolts in the variable camshaft timing adjustment unit, a setup that BMW calls VANOS. This part helps determine when the engine’s valves open and close. If the bolts ...
After the midsize SUV craze took off in the '90s with the introduction of the Ford Explorer, Jeep Grand Cherokee, Toyota RAV4 ...
BMW, like many other automotive companies, has a wide array of its own in-house engines. One of these is the N63, an engine that has been in use since 2008 and still makes its way into new models ...
BMW's variable valve timing system entered the scene in 1992. VANOS evolved into Double VANOS in 1996 with the S50B32 engine of the E36-gen M3, double VANOS meaning continuously variable adjustment ...