With such an unlimited lineup, BMW works across the clock to maintain its quite a few merchandise recent and aggressive. There’s at all times one thing within the works, whether or not a next-generation mannequin or a Life Cycle Impulse. Spy movies taken in Austria present each varieties of new fashions. The clip hooked up under is a window into the way forward for the fifth-gen X5 (G65). Judging by the license plate ending in “E,” we assume it’s both a plug-in hybrid or a totally electrical iX5.
However that’s not essentially the most fascinating half in regards to the X5 prototype. Though the video is shot from afar, we will’t assist however discover tiny winglets above the beltline. It appears to be like as if BMW is giving the G65 the diminutive door handles we noticed final yr on the Imaginative and prescient Neue Klasse X. Curiously, the 2026 iX3 – which the idea previewed – gained’t have them. As a substitute, the second-gen iX3 will undertake lower-mounted flush door handles like different BMWs on sale in the present day.
The brand new X5 will certainly have some Neue Klasse design cues. A few yr in the past, one supplier in the USA talked about X-shaped headlights. They had been possible referring to the interior graphics, not the form of the headlight itself. Regardless of the case could also be, the entrance fascia can have a “imply” look with “in all probability the good factor [headlights] I’ve seen.” These quotes are extra than simply sizzling gossip; the supplier attended a non-public occasion in Las Vegas the place BMW invited US sellers to catch an early glimpse of future merchandise.
The G65 is predicted to enter manufacturing in August 2026, so its world premiere is slated to happen in roughly a yr. BMW is maintaining the V8 engine alive for another era for the X5 M60 xDrive. BMW reportedly plans a second M Efficiency model because the purely electrical iX5 M70 xDrive. The unconfirmed title with the next quantity suggests the EV will pack extra punch than the gasoline mannequin’s twin-turbo 4.4-liter V8 engine. A plug-in hybrid X5 M60e may very well be within the offing as effectively.
A second spy video reveals the 7 Sequence LCI, which can be both a PHEV or an EV primarily based on the license plate. We’re leaning in the direction of the previous for the reason that backside part of the kidney grille isn’t closed. It signifies there’s a combustion engine beneath the hood that wants cooling. The horizontal slats recommend it’s the M760e, however we will’t see whether or not there are quad exhaust pipes. Even from this angle, you may observe the again of the brand new central touchscreen for the iDrive X. The subsequent-gen infotainment measures a stately 17.9 inches.
The jury continues to be out on whether or not the facelifted G70 will proceed to have cut up headlights anymore. We are able to’t see the higher strip of LED daytime working lights. Nevertheless, that was additionally the case with early prototypes of the current-generation 7 Sequence. The truth that the principle headlights (albeit nonetheless provisional) proceed to take a seat so low makes us suppose BMW isn’t abandoning twin lights simply but.
The 7er facelift might arrive barely sooner than the next-gen X5. Bavaria’s up to date flagship sedan is purportedly coming into manufacturing in July 2026, a month earlier than the SUV.
