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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I am VERY disappointed that Doug doesn’t honk the horn in every review and give it a Doug Score
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hey it's that guy
the collab we never knew we needed
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youre a genius he needs to start doing that
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
Ze Bavarians are watching with a gun in hand while he's making this review🤣
If you watch the video carefully you can see the shadow of the BMW Rep pointing a Luger - he wasn't around by the time Doug made the Score voiceover. That's the only possible explanation! The Urus IS ugly, but this thing is next level obnoxiougly! Two Roundels do not make a right!
dont even ask about reliability it's irrelevant in dougs world
Design wise the Tesla Cyber truck changed everything, buzz sells, BMW must've caught on that so they decided to go for that with this angular looking XM.
That's why I don't care about the Doug score and couldn't care less about his rating system. Lol.
Everyone says they miss it...
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.
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.
Fair price for such a vital feature what kind of a plebeian uses their arm muscles
OMG I didn't knew it, thank you so much for saving my money. I will never buy BMW
@@draggy6544😭😭
Lol 😂
I feel like vehicles are becoming more expensive just to be expensive. There is literally no reason a vehicle like this is $160K!
Power bills for the factories in Germany are the first $100,000 of the $160,000 lmao
Nobody will be buying vehicles for awhile.
There is no reason for a car this big and heavy tobexist at all. Its excessive beyond any possible justification other than being the most vulgar of flexes
Rev4
@@aaz1992 this is built in USA…all of the suvs are.
Props to Chat GPT for designing a car but it still needs some optimisation in the future updates if you ask me.
Lol, I think chat GPT could design a better looking (and more reliable) car than this thing
@@beanapprentice1687 well reliability is credited to engineering rather than designing.
Ha ha ha lol
Stop insulting Chat GPT.
few days ago i was making it (GPT) to draw me ASCII images. The results were... shit, but somehow also better than this BMW front end.
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.
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.
They finally release another M-car, and it looks like a 6000lb techno boot.
Definitely not make for BMW M's 50th anniversary
It looks like a piece fell off a transformer toy, especially from the front.
This isn't an M car. It's a cash grab.
You misspelled boat.
Doug is the type of guy who drives around with a loose bowling ball in the trunk.
LOL!!!!!!! WHAT?
The first ever "Doug is the type of guy" that really mocks him for good reason! Congrats.
@@guillermojperea6355 well it definitely not gonna aged well.
😂🤣
I don't get it
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.
Looks like something a car company would introduce in April fool's and have everyone be relieved when they realize it isn't real
"Unlike other BMW's, this one is exorbitantly ugly, not just slightly ugly."
Yes Doug, I agree.
when did he say that?
That is indeed one ugly ass car
He didn’t say that.. he said it’s unique car.
I wonder how many People just upvoted this because they believe Doug actually said that.
As a Bavarian, as much as i dislike BMWs insane Designs every few Years, i also see them very quickly and often here on the Autobahn and in the Cities and get very very quickly used to them and even end up liking them after half a year or so.
Take the BMW M3 Touring with the huge Grille, i think it looks beautiful, especially in Person. But i didn't like it when the big Grille was new.
Prost & Cheers from Berchtesgaden in the Bavarian Alps
@@GD-kf4wt @ 5:26 He starts here about the styling and he says that he doesn't hate the styling but that he does find it weird looking. But in a good way.
I remember the old days when Chris Bangle was fired from BMW due to his "controversial" designs 😅
Now BMW has a non-binary gender design philosophy
Chris Bangle was a Prophet. Only now are people beginning to copy those Bangle tricks - the complicated, seemingly nonsensical shapes.
I remember the days when the X5 was the most controversial car to wear the BMW badge
@@MrNegativecreep07 The E60 and E90 were low points but these models are absolute abominations
@@paulie-Gualtieri. e60 aged kinda well tho
I feel like I've been transported to a world of pure elegance and sophistication. Thank you for sharing this remarkable masterpiece, I can't stop watching it!
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.
Whoever designed the exhausts is crazy in a cool way.
Whoever designed the grille is crazy in a not so good way...
whoever designed the windowsill is in a mental asylum
better than the beaver teeth though...
@@Ari--d very tru
The grill isn't that bad imo. It's huge, but it's the right shape. I cannot get over that rear end though. It doesn't fit that thing at all.
The whole SUV inside and out is all about angles and polygons and rear is curvy and almost round like the Genesis SUV's...
@@jatterhog 😂
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.
Yes, it has that ugly "transformer toy" look to it that all the new "gamer" computer parts cater to.
dude this made me laugh 😂
The headliner looks like it was shoved into a bag all wrinkled and they pulled it out and didn’t bother to iron it before installation
I like it
I own that exact PC case and I completely agree 🤣
This was definitely filmed outside Scottsdale Fashion Square! Loved to hear your thoughts, Doug. Hefty price tag for the performance.
Hi Doug. Unrelated to this video (because I don't know how to contact you), I think it would be interesting to do a video on the Lightyear One (solar powered car), if possible. I have posted this on your last video, but understand the chances of getting noticed are slim. Anyways, again, love your videos, keep up the good work. Cheers
We are still in "controversial" and not in "ridiculous and worth of humiliation"?
Design is still subjective, much to the chagrin of many car guys I'm sure
go hop in your camry pal
@@MCTogs design isn't subjective, as it's a discipline. Aesthetics are
The car looks like shit
@@hexgraphica But is the criticism really of the design or the aesthetics?
I saw one a couple weeks ago and the XM definitely looks better in person than pictures. However I think the grill designers need to be stopped. Eventually its just going to be 2 giant grills without a front.
M3 touring and m4: hello there
Imo the grill is perfectly fine unlike these 2 other ( it kinda grew on me)
ZOLLOTECH!!!!!!!
Exactly. Like what happened to simple grills, I don’t think the engine needs that much cooling. Only car a huge grill looks nice on is rolls Royce but that’s about it
it already is, 2007 X3 owner here, THE BEST BMW GRILL SIZE EVER MADE!!!!!
I work next door to a BMW dealership and they just started getting these in, the black with gold looks sweet imo
I got to say, I love the way it looks. When this showed up in my notifications, I skipped it. I mean oh goody another SUV. But when I saw the thumbnail, today, I said 'that's a beamer!?' I think it looks badass.
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!!!
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.
Because ALL manufacturers put the cheapest cheapest CHEAP barebones Chinese electronics in them, and just slap a massive screen on it to make it look fancy. Its a scam. Modern infotainment screens are complete garbage.
spot on, buddy! :D it is not responsive at all
The Problem comes down to complexity of the system, sometimes bad software optimization and those cars have a long development time (usually 8 years)
@@nick407 To expand on this. In the case of iDrive and a lot of other OEMs infotainment systems, they are doing more and more based on old platforms like WindowsCE which hasnt been supported by Microsoft since 2010! Then you have the fact that these vehicles require automotive grade chips, which are expensive if you want the latest and greatest, so they cheap out on them. Very expensive to build an entirely new more optimized OS while trying to maintain compatibility with all the axillary systems connected to said OS. The new infotainment systems that are actually responsive (E.g. Tesla, Rivian, lucid), are more optimized. Manufacturers are now starting to switch to linux based platforms including Android Automotive OS (not to be confused with Android Auto) which should increase responsiveness even when using older chips. The next iDrive, iDrive 9 will be android. Hopefully BMW secures better chips.
That's pretty much the same as his M2 review
This video is the only time anyone will ever see those cool turn signals
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Why isn't this THE top rated comment?❤
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Comment of the video
Best comment I've seen today
Thanks for your vid’s Doug ❤
I've been wanting to find out what this car is all about. Really enjoyed the review, Doug!
For $165k it should def have ventilated/massage seats
Exactly. I was shocked that the rear seats weren't ventilated. I'm not even sure if the front ones were ventilated either!
all because its a "performance SUV"
@@balthazarduclos2673 i think the front ones are, i saw another review and it had them, but yeah I'm surprised the rears didn't have them unless you could option for them
No sun roof for 165k
No sun roof for 165k
For something made to celebrate the anniversary of the BMW's M division, they certainly made it a memorable one, for all the wrong reasons!
16:43 the frikkin BAG😂
Fantastic review! Everything u said was spot on 👏👏👏
My friend's 1980's Oldsmobile had that same geodesic headliner. But that effect wasn't deliberate, it was the glue falling apart in certain areas, and he took an iron to try to fix it, and ended up getting that chiseled look.
Cutlass Ciera was the best American car ever built, it's not even close
Mistakes make way for innovation!
Based on appearance this does not look like a $160,000 vehicle.
Looks like something you should GET money for
I’d say it does, one of the most interesting and unique looking cars on the road
it looks like a car straight out of 2002. It doesn’t look good.
Hold me im scared 😱
@@awesomefan935 which car looks like this from 2002?
In regards to the comparison with the Tesla (0-60). I personally think this car is waaaay better in terms of feeling while driving (still not being driven) no matter it's slower. I'd defilitely get it with priority 😍
phenomenal car!! however i don’t like how the line following the turn signal is a little bit below the window, i think the line should be where the window trim is. i also don’t really like the vertically mounted exhaust tips, i think they should’ve been horizontal. other than that, i love the double badge in the rear where the window slopes up because of that M1 tribute. infotainment is amazing! however i wish there were physical climate controls.
It stands out in a Pontiac Aztek kind of way.😉
Quite offensive to the Aztek.
at least the aztek was innovative. this thing looks like it was built from the wreckage of a crashed UFO using a moodboard made by children AND it’s the same as every other modern luxury car in terms of tech
@@squ1dd13 right on!!!
In 10 years I'll be able to purchase this XM used for about 60k and spend around 100k to fix it.
In 10 years, it will be in a junkyard because no mechanic will touch that thing.
@@bonbonjovi4836 can't argue with the truth lol 😂
@@bonbonjovi4836 they won't be in a junkyard because they're too hideous to ever be seen on the road. Hopefully everyone just keeps them locked away collecting dust lol
No new car is going to survive 10 years
@@user-qu9yp8pj1k hahaha 🤣 true
Looks like Doug is driving a party bus/limo with the headliner and led lighting.
I was in shock when I first saw this BMW XM. I had never even heard of this vehicle before. I sat in it and it was very comfortable. My only problem with the XM is that it's a plug-in hybrid. A regular hybrid version would be cheaper and better for me.
For the longest time I thought the XM was an EV, my jaw almost DROPPED when I heard the power train. The acceleration disappointed me ever so slightly.
It’s not hard to cut weight or design a more aerodynamic car. Huge disappointment might aswell be electric
The XM is a Citroen!
@@youbencowell controversial too when it was released in 1989 , but its a classic now , like a lot of others Citroën ( I owned a 1988 AX during 8 years ) .
Me too, until I realized those are exhausts on the backend.
@@youbencowell My dad had a XM back in the early 2000's. That thing was absolutely fabulous, wish I could get one but they're all rust buckets up here in northern Europe
Doug the kind of guy to review a race car bed.
THIIIISSSSSSS is my racecar bed and its for sale on cars and bids
I sleep in a racing car, do you?
I would watch that review
@@carltonleboss
No I sleep in a big bed with my wife
@@paulie-Gualtieri. ….oh
After Drive out you Ended up saying now the Doug score is what what now we need the full of the old version of you presenting your show
The front end looks like when spongebob moved his whole face upwards when he saw squidward in the krabby patty safe.
Worth pointing out. The first press release model of this car design was quite a bit different than this. It was basically an over exaggerated example of all the design effects on the production car. They just pulled it back by like 2 notches to make it more generic. If you go back and look at that first version, it looked truly bizarre, Hard to understand how a major company comes up with the Delorean of SUVs in present day.
Yeah, the grill was even bigger and the rear lights were truly bizarre
i think this car looks amazing as compared to the ix, ik thats not saying much
The Delorean may not have been the most stunning car of it's time, but compared to this beast, the Delorean is an absolute stunner.
Looking at how well this brand is doing in China these days it seems designs like this will unfortunately continue.
yup the XM concept has forever tarnished the perception of this car. Not that the production model did anything to improve its chances much... And to think this is how BMW wanted to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the M-division - with a clunky ass ugly looking poor performing suv pile of shit. BMW has truly lost its senses, management needs to be gone.
This car makes the Toyota Venza and the Kia Soul look like beautiful cars
At least my girlfriend thought the Soul was cute, we both hate this car tho lol
the old venza looked really good. The new one is ok
The venza doesn’t look bad. Just a big camry
This car is so damn ugly looks like designed by Bangle Junior with a ruler
You probably can't even give a reason why you think it's ugly, just following trends like a sheep, if mercedes benz came out with a car that looks exactly like this no body would complain
I'm buying this or a preowned DBX, my problem with DBX is that it seems small. Which one would you guys buy? I need some opinions please
The absence of the lip in the trunk makes loading and, especially, unloading items easier as these can be slid out, not requiring lifting to get over the lip/sill
Doug: at 6:18 the weird beak nose at the front that's way too long.....
The XM really has the same energy as when the original X6 launched. It trully doesn't look like anything else and it isn't really for the enthusiasts. It's for the people that don't care about the car, they just care about standing out in traffic.
At least the original x6 looked good not bizarre.
@@YounesLayachi agreed. original X6 isn't the ugliest looking car. Far from good looking, and the new X6 is an abomination, but both of those cars look like masterpieces when compared to this monstrosity.
@@budja1501 it was and still is. looks were bad and now, years later, it has also aquired strong karenmobile vibes
@@19ThreeLions97 i confess i watered down my tone of voice when describing the original x6. Design wise technically speaking, it commits few crimes. It’s cohesive and well put together. However, in my own humble opinion, it looks like when a dog arches its back over to take a dump. SUV porportions are just not pleasant to look at and all of these fastback SUV’s somehow make the proportions worse.
You guys (the comment and the replies) should be taught about this thing called "subjectivity"
And to be honest, "car enthusiasts" in general should be
I have a heated steering wheel on my base 2013 328ix. I only have to press a single button on the steering column to activate it. Exact same action to defeat it. Ikr? Pure luxury.
I bought a steering wheel cover with red and blue stitching from Amazon for roughly $20 that works well in the summer.
Seeing the turn signals pulse rather than blink reminds me of how a halogen signal behaves, and I like it a bit too much 😅
XM: Xtra Monstrous
Underrated comment😂
Thanks Doug for showing us that BMW needs help. Makes the price of a Tesla model x plaid look good. Save 40-50K and get 1020 horsepower and hardly ever need service. Let us know how many of these they sell. Nice video. Thx again.
XM sucks but not nearly enough to make me buy a Tesla🤮
I love it. I don't love the faster version with all of the red trim. I also don't love the price on both. 😊
5:58 That R.R in blue. That's a beautiful car.
If no one else has already mentioned this. I really appreciate the team doing the conversions from old imperial to metric systems. Thanks!
I would buy the x5m over this any day. This simply doesn't fulfill it's purpose and seems like it is an afterthought, built for compliance.
Especially in white, it reminds me of the scout troopers from Return of the Jedi
doug should release a race car bed review for april fools, if not today hopefully next year.
Tha amount of detail that is done for the indicators. Knowing they will never be used😂
I think its safe to say, the designers deserve a kick in the go-nads.
there all little soy boyz and girlz
21:55 “knock your face on fire amazing” 😂
backseat needs more options, it has climate, and heated back seats for this price point. I know it's built for perfomance and i do agree with Doug, if you want Luxury, get X5 or X7 but for $160,000...
The contrast between the M badging and the rear seat that seems taken straight from the 80's Caddy is hilarious.
I think the same about the interior combination of colours.
It looks like a $43,000 vehicle
Any X car looks more expensive than this thing
Literally doesn't make any sense
you know nothing about cars😂😂
4.0 with a hot v turbo setup, I'm willing to bet that all of its accessories will bolt up directly to Mercedes, Porsche, Audi, and Lambo's new v8's. They're all the same
Absolutely
Looks looks Hyundai trying to look like an expensive car but failed miserably
Here in Singapore which is known for like ~200% taxes on cars (comprising of import excise tax (but until Hyundai's EV factory opens here, we don't make any cars here, so this probably isn't considered protectionism) & the euphemistically called 100+% "Additional Registration Fee" (ARF)), the XM also has the dubious honour of being the 1st BMW to cost over S$1m here (~US$730k), also because we've changed the ARF from being a flat rate to one that exponentially increases with the car's pre-tax price, & recently we've hiked that tax further by steepening that exponential curve. Also I was thinking if the XM will legally need to be fitted with a 60km/h (~37mph) speed limiter here as its weight exceeds 2.5t (~5500lb), which might push it up into the same category as medium-duty trucks e.g. Mercedes Benz Atego, Ford F350, Mitsubishi Fuso Canter/Fighter. In that case you might also need a Class 4(A) (heavy commercial vehicles) instead of a Class 3(A/C) (cars/vans/lorries/light trucks) driving license
The rear seats don’t get ventilation? At this price point, I’m shocked.
Save yourself 6 figures and get an Explorer ST. Intercooler and ethanol tune and they are making power with sub 5 second 0-60 like this for literally hundreds of thousands of $ less. They have heated and cooled front and rear seats, driver and passenger massage seats, lane centering (partial self driving), lane keep assist, cross traffic alerts, self parking, remote start, 360 camera, awd, stock ground effects, multiple driving modes... It's literally a no brainer for the power, features, and price. NO lie, for $160k+ SUV, I better have a PS5 and screens in my head rests.
XM : Xtra Massive
Thanks for adding kg conversion when talking about the weight
Upper management at BMW, told the designers, who previously designed hot wheels cars, to make something completely opposite the Tesla Model Y
Truly a car for the influencer era.
@Sebastian Baez Yup, had a 2005 x3 for ten years, just got a 2007 in november.
yes, the shit era, indeed.
There are people who will buy this. There are also people who wouldn't even if you priced it at $20,000.
I might consider it for $19,995
lmao You'd have to be crazy not to buy a 600+hp premium SUV for $20k.
@@Thatguyujustmet 😛
@@Thatguyujustmet thats how hideous it is 😂
oh god thank you for kgs and nms, for every single conversion, thank you
9:19 ehm, BMW's have their logo as the lock button for a very very long time 😅
saw this in person and it definitely stands out.
Sure it does. If I'm gonna wear pants on my face and walk like that thru city, I'm gonna stand out too
I get to hear Doug say the word "luxurious" a hundred times today. Yay!
I bet the aftermarket community will go nuts for this with all the odd quirks ( carbon fiber add ons , replacement panels , exhaust , and even the rear trunk with that “flat “ floor lol
Doug is the type of guy who knows that the XM is slower than the X5 M, cheaper than a Range Rover but still buys the XM !!
Doug the kind of guy to drive around in the rain to wash his car.
Ok now hear me out.... That sounds like a great idea
@@syedammarkhalid3695until you remember rain has specs of dirt in it, and so do puddles
Same. Why pay $20 for a car wash?
Lmao
Doug is interested in cars as much as he is interested in what type of people buy these cars
Does anyone know the total mile range? I literally can’t find it anywhere and I’m not sure if I missed that fact in this video?
Is it so difficult/expensive to make infotainment system butter smooth??? install 90hz-120hz screen with some top "cellphone hardware".
Doug the kind of guy whose looks are controversial
🤣🤣 there you go!
Still waiting on his review of ALL his various shorts
I think the design looks good because it is so different
The ceiling lighting go crazy tho. People be doin the stargaze that rolls royce car have to other model brand cars, soon this gon catch on and people gon be doing it
As a pharmacy student, that XM doctor bag is a dream 😍😂
No views, 4 seconds, and another controversial new BMW? What a surprise, lol.
“I think this looks better than the Urus” ok Stevie Wonder.
He’s clearly blind
Exactly.. i mean we know he loves European cars but come on.. better looking than Urus? That's just BS
Doug is a UX expert at heart. He destroyed their interface design and gave pointers on global navigation visibility. A true nerd.
What was the MPG you were getting ?
Adding hybrid components and all that weight for no additional horsepower or even torque compared to other M BMWs is just as strange as some of their recent designs...
That is just because of European (at least) regulations. Such a car with a pure V8 engine without plug-in system would cost extra €50.000 environment taxes
Good to see Doug is going to give us a CSL review from the C&B promo
No one knows what this means and furthermore no one cares
@@TheTastefulThickness L take
@@mumbojumbo159 your last 3 comments on youtube were trying to talk to doug from the comments section. Sit down
@@TheTastefulThickness lol stalker
I’m getting it but in the back I’m adding a BMW badge in the middle back
20:15 NICE Escalade t-shirt!!! My ride!!
There is something about Doug Demuro that makes even the most awkward cars look appealing and beautiful when reviewed on his channel.
It's Doug Demuro's cadence
@@marin1419 Absolutely
It is similar to the new mazda cx 90, and we want to review it as well
Great video
I think the headlights are sleek and minimal but something about the front end looks off to me. Maybe it’s the bottom headlights?