BMW Open to Ultra-Luxurious Variant of Upcoming X7 - autoevolution
BMW announced back in 2014 that it’s time to take things to a new level and offer their customers a car that, according to them, has been asked for by quite a numerous crowd. The only things we know at the moment are that it will be using the new CLAR platform, it will be built in Spartanburg and that it was officially confirmed by BMW. First of all, 3-liter engines might not be used for the new flagship as it may be too big for them alone to do well carrying it around. A 340 HP mill with a 100 - 150 HP electric motor next to it could provide 450 HP for this monster on wheels, that could be called X7 xDrive50e. We’re pretty confident that the 4. 4-liter V8 will be powering most of these cars with outputs between 450 and 500 HP while a 6-liter V12 is also rumored at the moment. According to Drive , though, the X7 could have two versions: one luxurious barge for regular people that want a rival for the Escalade and one ultra-luxurious one that would have just four, huge seats. This latter version was admitted as a possibility by BMW Interior Design Chief Oliver Heilmer during an interview as he said: “as a company, we are open-eyed, and we are having a close look at our competitors, and this is where we are actually... Source: www.autoevolution.com
