[Tk718]

Hi everyone , since m550i is not being produced anymore , it seems to me the x5 m60i is it’s closest equivalent. I know the weight difference is almost 1000 lbs but can anyone who had m550i without adaptive and now has the x5 m60i with the adaptive professional comment on handling difference and steering between the two vehicles ?
I cannot find any m60i on dealer lots with the m adaptive professional option to test drive.

[TurtleBoy]

One is a Sedan and the other an SUV, they will be different rides. Here is a thread talking about the M550i and the M50i.

https://g05.bimmerpost.com/forums/sh....php?t=2087400

[BlkGS]

I'd say the Cadillac CT5V Blackwing is the new M550i.

Real miss by BMW to drop the V8 IMO.

[Tk718]

Too bad the black wing is not awd.

[eelnoraa]

Originally Posted by Tk718

Hi everyone , since m550i is not being produced anymore , it seems to me the x5 m60i is it’s closest equivalent. I know the weight difference is almost 1000 lbs but can anyone who had m550i without adaptive and now has the x5 m60i with the adaptive professional comment on handling difference and steering between the two vehicles ?
I cannot find any m60i on dealer lots with the m adaptive professional option to test drive.

Depend on your definition of handling. For objective measure, there is no way a SUV with 1000lb deficit will equal to handling of the sedan based on the same architecture. Dynamic handling package makes thing feel better when evelop isn't push beyond say 50% of capability. Beyond that, weight, CoG, ... cannot cheat physics.

[BlkGS]

Originally Posted by Tk718

Too bad the black wing is not awd.

Very true. Sadly there just aren't new AWD V8 sedans. Emissions regulations and fuel economy standards have ruined them.

For all intents and purposes, the automakers have shifted sports sedans into sports SUVs, because of regulations. X5 M60i, SQ7, GLE580, all of these offer V8s because regulations for SUVs are different than for cars and so they can do it.

We (as a developed world) keep voting for people who want to take things away from us in the name of a greater good, then rely on places to do our dirty work that don't WAY dirtier than we would. All in the name of "going green".