People who may doubt BMW‘s capacity to move the needle, should just take one look at its slogan. Here, the company strives to build the “ultimate driving machine” and it’s certainly used to taking the lead when other OEMs may fumble with trends and pontificate over new philosophies. And so, it was hardly a surprise to see the German company forge ahead with its X5 project, perhaps the blueprint for the modern crossover, at a time when people didn’t really know what that segment was supposed to represent. This is the story of BMW’s X5 which – when all the dust settled – completely reshaped the SUV market.
