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I disagree on this one actually, I reckon the first-gen Touareg is about as handsome as SUVs get. That was one instance for me where a manufacturer's normal styling trend at the time worked well applied to a completely different shape from normal. Cayenne not so much, though that was improved at the first facelift when it ditched the fried-egg style lights and gained slightly squarer details.Touareg
To keep us vaguely on BMWs, I reckon the second-gen X5 (the E70) is the best-looking of that model. First-gen did look a bit too much like a 5-series Touring on stilts and the 3rd and 4th gens became kind of default bland large SUVs, but the E70 struck just the right balance. Just a shame it spawned the first X6...
I've become weirdly fond of the first-gen X3 over the years. It's actually quite different from any other SUV that BMW has built. Suffers slightly from looking a bit narrow from some angles like the first X5, but like a lot of Bangle-era BMWs it's aged fairly well I think.
That's interesting. I do like the E60, but I don't think it's as fundamentally right as the E39, whatever the trim level. Basic E60s do look "sportier" but the E39 for me just has more class and less bulk to it. That generation of executive cars in general (late 90s to very early 2000s) was probably the last that still looked quite appropriate on the smaller wheels of lower trim levels.I can't say I'm adding much to this thread, but I will say that I agree the E60 is a good looking car. Honestly, I think it's better looking than the E39. While the E39 M5 looks great, the normal E39s look pretty pedestrian & unsporting, whereas even the lowliest E60 still looks pretty sharp.