Spread the love. 4×4 (or four-wheel drive) is always on in the X5—no button needed! Four-wheel drive is when all the wheels are powered. In many vehicles, the car can switch back and forth between two-wheel drive and four-wheel drive. However, the BMW X5 is automatically in 4×4, so there’s no need to press any buttons! Table of Contents show. 2002 X5 4.6is 4dr All-Wheel Drive specs (horsepower, torque, engine size, wheelbase), MPG and pricing. The BMW X5 of 1999 would inaugurate a new era in all-wheel drive vehicles from Munich, with the 2004 version debuting xDrive. An all-new reengineered xDrive system arrived four years later, in Start movie. Even if weather or driving conditions change – the sheer driving pleasure will always remain. With BMW xDrive, the intelligent all-wheel drive system adjusts in fractions of a second to new conditions and distributes the driving forces to where they are needed. The result is optimum traction, control and stability. The many versions of the X5 start with the rear-wheel-drive, gasoline six-cylinder BMW X5 sDrive35i at $53,750, including destination charge. My test vehicle was the next level up: an all-wheel BMW X5 xDrive40i: The xDrive40i comes with a 335-horsepower turbocharged inline-six-cylinder engine, all-wheel drive, the iDrive infotainment system, a 12.3-inch touch screen, a touchpad controller, Apple CarPlay, a navigation system, a 10-speaker stereo, three USB ports, Bluetooth, and HD Radio. Other standard features include heated front Check out the full specs of the 2021 BMW X5 xDrive40i, from performance and fuel economy to colors and materials All-Wheel Drive. Body Type. SUV. Seating capacity. 5 seater. Trunk Volume. N/A All X5s have full-time all-wheel-drive, with a power split of 38 percent to the front wheels, 62 percent of the power to the rear. BMW X5 4.6is . Engine: 4.6-liter DOHC V-8 . Transmission: 5 pVL5.