The BMW X4 is a fine car, pity it’s so ugly and impractical

At the very outset let me say what a fine car the BMW X4 is . But it is a car I would not be seen dead in. In fact, I don’t get this thing at all - in much the same way I didn’t get their X6 either.

The X6, of course, was BMW’s first stab at a car in a segment it pretty much invented by itself - the Sports Activity Coupe (SAC). This is a - not so obvious, perhaps - derivative of the Sports Utility Vehicle, a type of car which has undoubtedly endeared millions of drivers the world over.

With its coupe-esque styling - a sharply sloping roofline defining the look and the original four seater design confirming it - the X6 was (and remains so, in my view) a bastardised take on the whole 4x4 thing and while it is a really good car to drive, it raised many questions, particularly the one about who exactly would buy one.