Ever since it unveiled the X5 in the late 1990s, BMW has been trying to convince the world that its sport utility vehicles are different from the rest - that is, they are sporty and sexy.
Its strategy includes equipping occasional models with obscenely powerful (and thirsty) engines, and by insisting its cars are SAVs - sport activity vehicles - and not SUVs.
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