BMW X5 By Sbarro Is Uglier Than The XM For A Third Of The Money

Frank Sbarro founded his company in Switzerland back in 1971. The firm is known for some wild creations. Some aretruly unique and special, and others are, well,not so great.

We'll leave it up to you to decide what category thisBMW X5falls under. If you love the tacky and weird, a Swiss dealer will sell you this monster. It's not cheap, at $50,162, but you know you'll never walk out to another of the same car parked next to you.

You can't say about the standard BMW X5. And in an age of wild BMW design, at least you can say that this was, on some level, a precursor to today's buck-toothed kidney grilles.

This generation of X5 (the E53) is still a hit with enthusiasts, and Sbarro tried to add a little to that with a redesigned face.

Sbarro has a thing for headlights in this style, and the single-bulb-with-cutout look continues on the XX5. The foglights get the same treatment, but the grille is the big story. Or rather, the lack thereof.

It's not clear why Sbarro thought closing the car's air intake off was a good idea, but we can only assume it's because the lower portion of the face feeds air in from further down on the SUV. The shape of the piece in front of the grille caught our eye, mainly because BMW seems to have copied this shape and applied it tothe current M3, M4, and 4 Series.