The 2023 BMW XM Is a Controversial $160,000 Fast Luxury SUV

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2023 BMW XM review! The 2023 BMW XM is controversial: it's a bit odd-looking, it's massively expensive, and it's very heavy. Today I'm reviewing the XM, and I'm going to show you the quirks and features of this ultra-luxury high-performance SUV. I'm also going to drive the XM, and I'll show you what it's like behind the wheel of the new BMW XM.

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DOUGSCORE CHART:

[tayzonday]

I am VERY disappointed that Doug doesn’t honk the horn in every review and give it a Doug Score

[TheKeithCarnes]

I feel like vehicles are becoming more expensive just to be expensive. There is literally no reason a vehicle like this is $160K!

[rgolab]

No worries Doug, rear seats release button will be available as an option starting with the 2025 model year for only $5, 995. A monthly $199 subscription will be required.

[MysteeriusFrend]

This is a wild design concept, for sure. But what absolutely kills me is the offset rear model designation. I'd remove it or center it. Weird, I am; I know.

[adamzi]

Doug: "the Urus is an ugly car, frankly I think the XM is better looking"
Also Doug: gives the XM a 5 for styling while the Urus got a 6

[Whipko]

Props to Chat GPT for designing a car but it still needs some optimisation in the future updates if you ask me.

[meninao]

I’ll make a list of what I like about it:

1. the tail lights (mainly that light grey with the black look when it’s off 8:16, really beautiful).

2. end of the list.

[wareaglex]

I, for one, am happy to see that the legendary Pontiac Aztech team has found work at BMW and they are picking up where they left off. Good on them.

[ericcarabetta]

They finally release another M-car, and it looks like a 6000lb techno boot.

[Metalution]

Doug is the type of guy who drives around with a loose bowling ball in the trunk.

[iamsam]

2 interesting points: This is based on the X7 chassis but this drives small. I had some time behind the wheel, and it was amazing that it's full sized on the outside but performs and handles much smaller. It doesn't defy physics in the Twisties though. Also about the headliner... in a day where OEMs are doing pano roofs, this is solid with no sunroof.

[kagishokgaile]

Are we genuinely at that point where 0-100 in 4.1 seconds is seen as slow? I still get a kick out of my car that does it in 6.5 seconds.

[Gatotsu]

I remember the old days when Chris Bangle was fired from BMW due to his "controversial" designs 😅

[Giorgos_Efstatoglou]

We are still in "controversial" and not in "ridiculous and worth of humiliation"?

[pca]

Car review was going great until 19:53 - what in the world is that building in the background that kept going for over 10 seconds? I had to rewatch multiple times to hear what you were saying but that building was just crazy!!!

[maximilianmorse]

It looks like if Asus made a car, everything is so over the top and inconsistent and it really has that Gamer™ vibe.
Also the headliner looks like the Fractal Design Meshify, and the Label Red version took the phrase "lipstick on a pig" too literally.

[meatyeye]

For $165k it should def have ventilated/massage seats

[MrDonteallen]

Fantastic review! Everything u said was spot on 👏👏👏

[thadynakat]

Whoever designed the exhausts is crazy in a cool way.
Whoever designed the grille is crazy in a not so good way...

[milantomicc]

Doug: "The touchscreen is tremendously responsive. "

Two seconds later: Shows how dogshit it's responsiveness is as everything he presses takes literally seconds to respond.

Honestly, this is my biggest pet peeve when it comes to new cars. I can't understand how a car that costs an arm and a leg can't match the responsiveness of a smartphone that costs $199.