
The size is omnipresent, on purpose, and it’s 2005mm wide and 1755mm high, which mandated M’s active damping all round, with the 48-volt active roll-bar adjustment attached to it all to keep the body under control under cornering forces. The 3105mm wheelbase is enormous for a vehicle that isn’t three-row capable (with positive implications for rear-seat passengers), and it ends up at 5110mm long.

The 2023 BMW XM super-SUV might take pains not to be considered a BMW, but it’s very much a BMW. Its Parking Assistant is the Professional kind too (in BMW-speak) and includes a 360-degree 3D camera and automated parking. The XM also comes with the Professional version of BMW’s driving assistant, combining autonomous emergency braking (AEB), lane keeping assistance, lane centring assistance, cross traffic monitoring at both ends, blind spot monitoring and adaptive cruise control that works, technically, for eight seconds (but actually hangs on for up to 30 seconds even if the warnings to retake control are ignored). It includes things like dynamic skid control, cornering brake control, dynamic brake control, dry-braking function, drive-off assistant and M Sport differential, all-wheel drive, active roll stabilisation, active roll comfort, ABS, near-actuator wheel slip limitation and the two M Dynamic Modes operated via the red buttons on the steering wheel.
