Source: Pixabay BMW makes some excellent cars. Two of their best options are the BMW X3 and the BMW X5. These compact SUVs take luxury and put them inside sleek bodies that turn heads on every street. If you’re interested in either of these vehicles, you might wonder - what is there to know when considering the BMW X3 vs. BMW X5? Read on to learn more about the BMW X3 vs.

2016 BMW X5 by Vauxford — CC BY-SA 4.0 BMW’s mid-size luxury crossover SUV, the X5, was actually the company’s first SUV and still one of the most reliable on the market. The X5’s on-road capabilities are so robust that BMW actually refers to this vehicle as a Sports Activity Vehicle rather than an SUV. In order to ensure you get to enjoy these features to their fullest, it’s important that you keep aware of the following problems that CoPilot has found certain models suffer from!

2016 BMW X5 by Vauxford — CC BY-SA 4.0 You may have heard of crossover utility vehicles or compact utility vehicles, but the BMW X5 is unequivocally a sport utility vehicle. With options from 300 to 445 horsepower, BMW has managed to make a 3-row SUV that’s fun to drive with a 6 second 0-60 time on the base model, and under 5 seconds for the top of the line xDrive50i trim.