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With this new hardtop retractable roof being the first ever produced by BMW, it is quite obvious they did their research on it, and went through many revisions. The tight tolerances they were able to achieve(we’re talking ½” from one moving part to another) shows off just how much technical engineering went into layout out this design. What’s even more amazing, is there is still trunk space left even with the roof folded up into it. Not exactly a ton of space, but certainly more than enough for 2-3 bags of groceries, or your golf shoes, a broken putter and maybe a sleeve of balls. OK, so grocery shopping still has to be done with your X5, but this car was made to drive, not sit outside the Whole Foods. Under 60mph, wind buffeting was very low, even without the wind diffuser setup over the rear seats. Both myself and Agent008 could carry on a conversation at normal speaking levels, even while winding it out down the highway. Having had my fair share of convertible drives, this was a pleasant surprise. Perhaps not as big of a surprise was how well the hardtop did with keeping in the heat with the top up. Even though we were in the desert, it was still the winter and the weather was 40s-50s depending on the time of the day. With the top up, it warmed up just like the coupe, and never had that draftiness you felt with BMW’s older ragtop 3 series. A big bonus for us Northeasters, this is now a four season car.
