A few days ago, overseas media captured a set of TEST photos of BMW's new X5 M, and the new car has begun to be tested at the Nürburgring. The car will be built on the new CLAR platform, and the body will use a lot of lightweight materials to achieve the purpose of reducing the weight of the body.
The BMW X5 model, bmw's first SUV, was officially called SAV (Sport Activity Vehicle) at the time. The model exposed this time is a new replacement model, that is, the third generation of BMW X5, as BMW's flagship SUV, this replacement is quite important for BMW.
Although the exposed photos use heavy camouflage, it can be roughly seen that the body size of the new car has changed slightly, and the new car is longer and wider, giving people a more sporty sense of sight. The double kidney grille on the front face is wider and flatter, and it is speculated that the headlights group also adopts an open-eye design, which is consistent with the new BMW 5 Series, which is also BMW's current family design style. The new car looked like it had a very sporty body kit and exhaust system, so it can be guessed that the sub-model should be the M50i performance version, equipped with a V8 engine.
The new car, like the 5 Series, is based on BMW's new CLAR platform, and the body will use a large number of lightweight materials such as aluminum alloy, magnesium and carbon fiber, and the curb weight of the new car will be reduced by a certain extent.
Since it is based on the same platform as the 5 Series, it will also maintain a similar power configuration, mainly based on the 3.0T in-line six-cylinder engine. And, at least one plug-in hybrid version will be introduced. The model exposed this time should be the X5 M50i xDrive four-wheel drive version, equipped with a 4.4T V8 gasoline engine, the maximum horsepower of more than 600 horses; the transmission system, will still match the 8-speed automatic transmission.
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