2019 BMW X7 First Drive Review | Looking past the grille

2019 BMW X7 First Drive Review | Looking past the grille

It's surprising that a vehicle the size of the 2019 BMW X7 has taken so long to come to market, given how early BMW boarded the luxury SUV train. The original X5 debuted in 1999, just a few years after Mercedes-Benz brought its mass-market ML-Class SUV to suburban driveways. Twenty years later, the X5 is in its fourth iteration, and the entire BMW lineup is awash with SUVs, from the compact X1 to the controversial X6.