X5 4.8is
- Cars
- 2004–2006
- Not stated
- Secondhand only
Speeed’s take
Mercedes invented the fast luxury SUV with the ML55 AMG; this is the answer. Alpina helped bore out the 4.6 M62, raise compression and fit bigger valves, bigger cams and a harder tune — at a moment when journalists were still mocking BMW for building SUVs at all.
“A vehicle that was bred out of spite. BMW looked at Mercedes for two years as they just spanked everybody, went to work, and finally came up with something even better.”
