Happy New Year’s! With winter storms approaching the east coast I thought I’d open with a “practical” AWD SUV. My New Year’s resolution is to write more because I’m so frustrated unicorns show up and sell off before I can write. It’s easy to make that declaration this week as I’m holed up in a local hotel with Covid for the third time (despite being uber vaccinated) hoping to insulate my family, and I’ve got nothing but time. I’m also out of the market for my own unicorns in 2024 – will stick with the M3 and GLE63 for the time being – so there should be fewer distractions.
Three years ago I wrote about an eerily similar 2013 X5M here, priced about the same, mileage about the same. Are used car prices returning to normal? The X5 made its debut as a 2010 model and doesn’t look all that different almost a decade and a half later. And if we’re going to be nostalgic, it was a friend’s CarMax X5 that got me into the unicorn business in the first place. I drove with a junior coworker on a business trip in 2012, and he had a BMW X5. I asked about repair costs and he told me about MaxCare and all the repairs that he enjoyed at no cost. The following year I bought Guenther and the rest is history.
The second generation (E70) X5, and the first M model with a turbocharged M powered V-8 made its debut in 2010. This 2013 BMW X5 is decently equipped with adaptive cruise control, heated steering wheel, panoramic sunroof, and a rear view camera. Seems silly, but my 2013 M3 does not have a rear view camera. Not extravagant, but it is good enough. The 2013 BMW X5M probably sold for more than $100,000, so this is a nicely depreciated example.
I’ve never been a fan of red interiors, and yet my M3 has this same color (oxblood?). I kinda like it, and I’ve gotten compliments from others on the unique color. I am vain. It’s not quite whorehouse red, and I’ve learned over the years that as soon as I criticize something about a car I learn that I have a reader that loves the thing I’m ragging on. I get it. The interior is nearly new.
The X5M is powered by a 4.4 liter twin turbo good for 555 hp, and a 4.5 second 0-60 mph sprint. It’s got an eight speed automatic SMG transmission and if you’re lucky you can pull off 20 mpg in tempered highway driving. This particular 2013 BMW X5M is currently being shipped to Newport News, Virginia and can be tracked with this link. I’d be all in on MaxCare thinking for less than $40,000 you too can own a unique Euro-SUV!
Stock No: 24371907 VIN: 5YMGY0C54DLL15796
