The elegant SUV BMW X8 will replenish the brand line along with plugin-hybrid and m-versions. Exclusive images that have been at the disposal of 32cars.ru edition show how it may look.
BMW owns the brand X8 for several years, and with the launch of the car, the line of SUVs under the brand X will expand to 10 models. BMW X8 is a stylish analogue of a full-sized crossover X7, with which it divides the running part. With its appearance, as in the case of X7, X8 will challenge such cars as Mercedes GLS, Audi Q8 and Range Rover. Like other BMW SUVs with even numbers in the title, such as X4 and X6, the flagship X8 will be a model with a coupe in the style of a coupe, but first-oriented to the markets of China and the United States.
As spy shots and exclusive images show, X8 will be more sporting than x7. Taking the style of the coupe, it will partially retain a vertical profile, but with a number of constructive changes to the body cover. According to the authors, it will look like Audi Q8, which uses the same chassis and nasal part as Q7, but has its own design, ranging from the back of the front racks.
The vertical front part X8 will have a huge grille X7 radiator, but surrounded by two-level LED headlights - a design that will be present in other new BMW models, such as the X7 restyled crossover and a new 7-Series sedan scheduled for 2022. On the other hand, hard and impressive design X7 will give way to a slightly more sporting lines and details. In the back, much more embossed wheeled arches and the bumper, in which two oversized exhaust are integrated.
The BMW X8 interior is expected to get minimal changes compared to X7 and will use the same advanced design and technology. Two 12.3-inch display will appear in front of the newest information and entertainment system BMW IDRIVE, and since BMW resists the desire to make the X8 with a real compartment compartment, the more vertical back can still assume the presence of a third row of seats.
That x8 is a more sports alternative X7, hints and further activity of the trademark. Although the BMW M unit did not touch the X7, the X8 M patent application was noticed. This model is likely to use the 4,4-liter twin-turbo V8 installed in the BMW X5 M Competition, where it develops 616 hp And allows you to dispersed x5 m from 0 to 100 km / h in 3.8 seconds. Such power and performance will allow X8 M to compete with such models as Porsche Cayenne Coupe Turbo.
The plug-in hybrid engine has not appeared yet in X7, but spy photographs suggest that the BMW X8 can present an electrified power plant in the top line of the BMW SUVs. Especially the test mules with the "Hybrid Test Car" stickers were noticed.