Official: BMW G05 X5 Will Be Unveiled This Year

In BMW’s 98th Annual General Meeting in Munich this week, they gathered together employees, officials and shareholders to loo back at what the company accomplished and to look forward for what is to come. BMW Group’s CEO Mr. Harald Kruger shared another teaser for the BMW iNEXT to talking about upcoming SUVs, a number of topics were covered, including the new G05 X5 that he confirms will be unveiled this year.

The prototypes spotted confirmed that the car is in its final stages of testing but it is only now that we got confirmation of its launch time. Kruger mentioned at the event: “2018 will be our X year, with: the new X3, the cool X2, the athletic X4, from the summer on, and, as I can reveal exclusively today: later this year, a successor to the X5.”

This means that the current generation model, the F15 X5, will have a fairly shorty production run. But this is necessary to bring forward a new and better X5 to play with the competition.

Expect to see a lot of changes in the exterior and interior. It will be built on CLAR architecture which lowers the car’s overall weight. At the same time, new engines will be introduced, with the entry-level xDrive40i model using the B58 3-liter straight six mill. For European customers diesel mills will be plentiful, while hybrid choices haven’t been left out either. The xDrive40e model promises a longer electric range while the power output should remain close to the 313 HP of the current version.