Long known for their insatiable craving for gasoline and some legitimate safety concerns, SUVs don't at first blush seem to be a perfect fit for BMW, which established its reputation as a maker of high-quality motor vehicles in the 1930s.
Better known for their looks, which aspire to reach the aesthetic levels of museum-quality sculpture, as well as their precision mechanical superiority, BMW vehicles are manufactured to exacting tolerances. But attaining such an astonishing safety rating is evidence that, for the X5, BMW raised the standard even higher.
"It goes without saying that quality and safety are interrelated," affirms Eduard Walek, BMW's X5 project leader. "If you can't guarantee that each vehicle which comes off the production lines was produced in accordance with a high quality standard, you can't ensure a high standard of safety either. But there's more to it than that. Safety must be designed, simulated, tested and, finally, produced. During all of these stages, high quality standards must be met as far as computation, construction, testing and production are concerned."
But just having high standards doesn't ensure safety in the finished product. Moreover, a safety rating as high as the X5's isn't earned by letting the chips fall where they may.
"Safety must not be left to chance," confirms Walek. "It must be planned. Right from the beginning, it has been our intention to develop a vehicle that sets a new standard as far as the so-called SUVs are concerned. BMW has always adhered to the following principle: The X5 must be as safe as the passenger cars produced by BMW. We did not accept the standards applicable to trucks. So, from the very first moment, we saw to it that the styling allows for high safety standards.
Long known for their insatiable craving for gasoline and some legitimate safety concerns, SUVs don't at first blush seem to be a perfect fit for BMW, which established its reputation as a maker of high-quality motor vehicles in the 1930s. Better known for their looks, which aspire to reach the aesthetic levels of museum-quality sculpture, as well as their precision mechanical superiority, BMW vehicles are manufactured to exacting tolerances. But attaining such an astonishing safety rating is evidence that, for the X5, BMW raised the standard even higher. "It goes without saying that quality and safety are interrelated," affirms Eduard Walek, BMW's X5 project leader. "If you can't guarantee that each vehicle which comes off the production lines was produced in accordance with a high quality standard, you can't ensure a high standard of safety either. But there's more to it than that. Safety must be designed, simulated, tested and, finally, produced. During all of these stages, high quality standards must be met as far as computation, construction, testing and production are concerned." But just having high standards doesn't ensure safety in the finished product. Moreover, a safety rating as high as the X5's isn't earned by letting the chips fall where they may. "Safety must not be left to chance," confirms Walek. "It must be planned. Right from the beginning, it has been our intention to develop a vehicle that sets a new standard as far as the so-called SUVs are concerned. BMW has always adhered to the following principle: The X5 must be as safe as the passenger cars produced by BMW. We did not accept the standards applicable to trucks. So, from the very first moment, we saw to it that the styling allows for high safety standards.
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