BMW’s best-selling luxurious SUV is about to enter a brand new chapter. The following-generation BMW X5, chassis code G65, is rumored to start manufacturing in August 2026 earlier than arriving in showrooms as a 2027 mannequin yr car. Our unique renderings, impressed by latest closely camouflaged prototypes, think about how BMW’s flagship SUV may evolve underneath the affect of the Neue Klasse design language.
A Acquainted Form with Neue Klasse Particulars
From the entrance, the render exhibits a design that borrows cues from the upcoming iX3 (NA0). The kidney grille is cleaner and extra upright, framed by slim headlights with two slanted LEDs contained in the housing. Alongside the facet, the X5 retains its iconic proportions however beneficial properties extra sculpted surfacing and fewer character strains, signaling a transfer towards a tidier, extra futuristic look. Wing-style handles, mounted excessive alongside the beltline, echo the Imaginative and prescient Neue Klasse X idea.
The rear is the place the render makes a daring assertion. The taillights circulate right into a central ridge throughout the trunk, linked by a skinny LED bar. Every taillight ends in an inverted V-shaped signature, including distinction whereas hinting on the Neue Klasse’s emphasis on light-based design motifs.
Rendered: BMW X5 M60
Our render additionally imagines the BMW X5 M60, which can stay powered by the twin-turbo V8. As with right this moment’s mannequin, the M60 sports activities quad exhaust ideas, giving it the identical stance and angle as a full-fat X5 M. Whereas the eight-cylinder’s future in Europe is much less sure, the U.S. market will proceed to see the S68 V8 mild-hybrid carried over.
Manufacturing Timeline and Inside
Although the X5 debuts as a 2027 mannequin yr, manufacturing kicks off in August 2026, with first deliveries anticipated late that yr or early 2027. Inside, the SUV takes a leap ahead: early spy photographs already revealed Neue Klasse tech just like the Panoramic Imaginative and prescient show and a 17.9-inch middle display built-in right into a redesigned sprint.
Powertrain: Gasoline, Hybrid, EV, and Extra
BMW is making ready the broadest X5 lineup but. The G65 will probably be supplied with:
- Gasoline fashions: six-cylinder and V8 choices, together with plug-in hybrids just like the 50e and M60e.
- All-electric iX5: BMW’s first totally electrical X5, anticipated in 50 xDrive, 60 xDrive, and M70 xDrive trims. Constructed on an 800-volt system, the SUV will permit a rumored 350 kW+ charging, including round 186 miles of vary in ten minutes. A rumored iX5 REx with over 1,000 kilometers of vary might observe for some markets, regardless that a remaining choice has but to be made.
- Diesel variations: for choose markets exterior the U.S.
- Hydrogen: deliberate for 2028, extending BMW’s fuel-cell program past the iX5 pilot fleet.
China will even obtain a long-wheelbase variant, whereas the remainder of the world continues with commonplace proportions.
Longer Cycle, Larger Ambitions
BMW is at the moment planning for G65 manufacturing to run via July 2035, an unusually lengthy lifecycle that displays the number of drivetrains and international demand. For followers of extra energy, the rumormill churns out that we’ll see one other full X5 M. Given BMW M’s product cadence, such a mannequin would probably seem after the debut of the sequence X5.
