BMW hasn’t revealed the long-awaited X7 yet, but
company execs are already exploring the possibility to follow it up with an
even more luxurious SUV dubbed the X8.
According to a report from BMW Blog, this
won’t be the case, as the X8 will instead be a traditional luxury SUV that’s
even larger than the X7. The German brand is pondering whether there would be
demand for the X8 in markets like China, where customers demand lots of room
for rear seat passengers. If the X8 gets the green light, it will essentially
sit between the X7 and Rolls-Royce Cullinan in the Bavarian Group’s range of
uber-SUVs.
Thus, the X8 will be the most luxurious and
expensive BMW ever produced and come complete with the automaker’s most
advanced comfort, driver-assist and self-driving technologies. The
model should get a choice of powertrains that will include at least one
V8-powered version and a plug-in hybrid.
As the X8 is still been discussed, it won’t arrive
before the end of the decade at the earliest.
