According to the recently released luxury brand import SUV insurance volume list, bmw X5 successfully won the title of "sales crown" in this segment with the excellent performance of 50217 vehicles, while the mercedes-benz GLE and Audi Q7 as competitors sold 47786 and 16273 vehicles, respectively. It can be seen that this generation of BMW X5 has gained high recognition in the market, which has also helped it to overcome other competitors.
With BMW's acquisition of 25% of Brilliance Auto's shares, BMW's voice in the company has also become higher, and seeing the popularity of the X5 in the domestic market, adhering to the principle of making more money, BMW has brought this blockbuster model to China for production.
The news about this car has been going on since last year, and the heat has never dropped, until the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology released a "fixed makeup photo". Recently, the Internet has begun to spread domestic long wheelbase version of the X5L real car photos, and even the interior that has not been disclosed has been exposed.
From the appearance point of view, the domestic X5 front face and the imported version of the model is the same, it can be said that the original introduction, the front face of the large size "double kidney" grille still looks very domineering, the headlights on both sides are still sharp and dynamic. However, in order to distinguish between the domestic version and the imported version, chrome decoration was added to the lower surround of the M sports kit, and the fog lights seem to be missing.
The side is the focus of the domestic version, the wheelbase has been lengthened by 130mm, and all are concentrated in the rear row. For reference, the wheelbase length of the imported version is 2975mm, while the data of the long axis version is 3105mm, which is flush with the flagship X7.
In addition, from the spy photos flowing out, the rear space of the long axis X5L is indeed very exaggerated, forming a visible gap with the imported version, and the nearly flat platform makes the comfort of the middle passengers too much discount.
The rear of the car is the same as the imported version, only the tail mark on the lower right becomes xDrive40Li, and the word BMW Brilliance is added to the left side. The bottom surround is a whole piece of sports diffuser, flanked by double outlet exhausts.
The interior styling structure is still in line with the imported version of the model, but there are targeted adjustments in some details. For example, the color of the steering wheel buttons is silver metal, while the imported version of the model is made of black plastic, which looks more advanced. The angle of the multimedia display has been adjusted, and the shape has changed from the original trapezoid to rectangular. The operator station cancels the original storage cover, the left side adds wireless charging, and the right side has a sign printed with "X5", but the cup holder has changed from two to one, and it seems that the storage space of the new car is a reprehensible existence.
In terms of power, the new car will still provide 2.0T and 3.0T power options, and the drivetrain is matched with an 8AT gearbox. Among them, the 2.0T engine has a maximum horsepower of 265 hp, which is produced by BMW Brilliance, while the 3.0T version will be imported through imports, with a maximum horsepower of 340 hp.
I believe that everyone is most concerned about how much this car sells after the listing, we may wish to combine the imported models to guess, the current starting price of the imported version is 699,900 yuan, that is, 700,000, while the 3.0T entry-level model is priced at 754,900. Normally speaking, after domestic production, less import taxes and fees, the price should be lower, many people feel that the starting price of X5L will be less than 600,000. However, in my opinion, the price of new cars may not come down much after they are launched. This point can actually refer to the 5 series of this product line, the domestic 5 series also provides long axle and standard axle models, the former is BMW Brilliance production, the latter is imported sales, but looking at their guide prices can be seen, almost exactly the same, the difference is the two digits behind the decimal point. Coupled with the fact that the BMW X5 car is so popular in China, now the longer wheelbase makes up for the shortcomings of the rear row, and there is no need to worry about no one buying it, so I feel that the starting price of the domestic X5L should still be more than 600,000.
summary
The emergence of the domestic version of X5L, the two most affected cars should be Mercedes-Benz GLE and Audi Q7, which were originally defeated, and now they are also adding long-axle models to carry out differentiated attacks, and the market situation is even more unoptimistic.