IT CAN DO DONUTS!!!
it's not that fun...but it can do them! the rear swings out pretty easily with all season tires (Rear-biased AWD system? not sure).
(i got kicked out by the cleaning crew today and got told i was ruining their scraping of snow....LOL)
BTW, i really like the X1. A very nice package. It's not a 'fun' car per se, but very nicely appointed and seems to be an honest, reasonably affordable, BMW family mobile. Probably the ONLY SUV i could be happy owning. I just wish it came with a manual gearbox. An N55 X1 with a manual gearbox would be one hell of a family-mobile.
