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Probably a bridge between Rolls and BMW.
I have to agree about not being able to leave BMW. The magic really seems to lie in the transmission tuning as other cars have similar HP figures but nothing can match BMW for acceleration and even fuel economy. You get the best of both worlds.
When I had my X1 we went on vacation to Maine and ended up in a Rav4. It had the same Aisin transmission as the X1 and not a huge HP differential. The difference was night and day. Toyota tuned the trans to almost work like a diesel, it would shift so low and if you did wind it out, it just made noise.
It wasn't a horrible car, but it had no soul or excitement and you just couldn't make any happen. I actually had more fun in the crappy Nissan Versa rental I had while my X2 was being repaired (accident my fault so I paid for the cheapest car I could get). It truly was a horrible car but I enjoyed ringing it within an ounce of its miserable life while the Rav4 was a washing machine on wheels.
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