BMW Catches Audi in China Driving Across Mongolian Desert: Cars

For two days in Inner Mongolia, Tom Liang took a Bayerische Motoren Werke AG X5 sport-utility vehicle up 100-meter-high sand dunes and across rocky river beds past camel cemeteries.

“Driving in the desert brings out all the best functions of the car,” said Liang, 36, who attended BMW’s first off-road terrain course held this month in Ordos, northern China. “This training opened my eyes to what my X5 can do.”