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in this gleaming blue shade manages to attract a huge number of
admirers, even though I’m not the biggest fan of this coupé-ish design.
It takes inspiration from the bestial X6 which wasn’t the most appealing
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did admire about the X4
xDrive30d M Sport was its superb straight-six diesel
engine and the fab CLAR platform. Driving that diesel
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This is a big car, stretching for 4.7 metres from its
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SUV which is the biggest talking point in terms of
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spoiler on top of the rear windscreen make it stand out from the usual lot of
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with parts borrowed from some of its siblings. It’s an all-black affair with a top-
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Road Test BMW X4 xDrive30d