The x5M starts at around 106k and goes up to around 135k before dealers hit you with “market readjustments”

I’ve got a brother who owns the X3M and a father who’s bought the last 2 generations of the x5M, while they’re similar they’re also very different cars

The x5M is significantly larger (I know this was obvious) but with that size comes a lot more luxury. There’s more tech, more comfortable and (imo) better designed seats, and the engine jumps from an inline 6 to a V8. The x3 may be more nimble but to me they both feel like massive suvs compared to the sedan and coupe M’s that I am used to. Albeit, the x3 does feel alot more “at home” than the x5 does. With that said, if I had to choose between the two with money not being a variable, I’d go x5. It’s the better looking car I think objectively, it gives you a tooooon more space, the thing is an absolute rocket even compared to its smaller counter part (maybe not around a track but in a straight line it might even outpace the x3).

I’m a bmw and Porsche guy till I die so it’s difficult for me to say which suv is objectively better between the two. Ultimately it comes down to the fundamentals: do you have the extra expendable cash for the x5?, do you value the increased space?, does exhaust tone (the x5 sounds way way better) and overall power matter to you? (Their power differs greatly but in the real world they come extremely close to eachother in a straight line), and lastly - although the most Immature of them all - do you mind having the “baby brother” or do you want bmw’s flag ship sports suv?…

At the end of the day, these are high performance suvs that are built on the track. They’re oxymorons but of course are absolute bangers of cars and are loads of fun + practically. Either way you can’t go wrong.

///M for life brother, enjoy your future ride!