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2023 BMW XM SUV Is 644-HP, 168-MPH Hybrid-Electric Hostile Architecture
BMW’s new flagship model may not be for everyone, but that’s kind of the point.
Despite BMW’s “hostile architecture, but make it a car” stance towards styling over the past few years, it’s hard to say that the company hasn’t been pushing boundaries in technology and performance. The brand-new XM SUV (which just debuted on Tuesday) is a perfect example of this.
Not only is it BMW’s flagship model, and not only does it produce 644 horsepower, but it’s a plug-in hybrid. It’s also technically BMW’s first M-only model since the M1 from the 1970s, even though it does share a platform with the X7. It’s also remarkably similar to the XM Concept we saw not too long ago.
The XM’s powertrain is an updated version of BMW’s tried-and-true 4.4-liter twin-turbo V8, which makes 438 horsepower all by itself. That is then paired with a 194-hp electric motor and 29.5-kilowatt-hour battery to generate its final system output of 644 hp and 590 pound-feet of torque. BMW claims this is good enough for a 0-60 time of 4.1 seconds and a top speed of 168 mph.
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BMW’s new flagship model may not be for everyone, but that’s kind of the point.
Despite BMW’s “hostile architecture, but make it a car” stance towards styling over the past few years, it’s hard to say that the company hasn’t been pushing boundaries in technology and performance. The brand-new XM SUV (which just debuted on Tuesday) is a perfect example of this.
Not only is it BMW’s flagship model, and not only does it produce 644 horsepower, but it’s a plug-in hybrid. It’s also technically BMW’s first M-only model since the M1 from the 1970s, even though it does share a platform with the X7. It’s also remarkably similar to the XM Concept we saw not too long ago.
The XM’s powertrain is an updated version of BMW’s tried-and-true 4.4-liter twin-turbo V8, which makes 438 horsepower all by itself. That is then paired with a 194-hp electric motor and 29.5-kilowatt-hour battery to generate its final system output of 644 hp and 590 pound-feet of torque. BMW claims this is good enough for a 0-60 time of 4.1 seconds and a top speed of 168 mph.
2023 BMW XM SUV Is 644-HP, 168-MPH Hybrid-Electric Hostile Architecture - Jalopnik
Despite BMW’s “hostile architecture, but make it a car” stance towards styling over the past few years, it’s hard to say that the company hasn’t been pushing boundaries in technology and performance. The brand-new XM SUV (which just debuted on Tuesday) is a perfect example of this.
jalopnik.com
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Official: this is the all-new £145k BMW XM SUV
BMW M’s brand new Big Car gets 644bhp hybrid V8 for the first time, and there's a 738bhp version incoming
This is the new BMW XM, and it is a car of Firsts, and Mosts. The first M car to deploy a hybrid powertrain. And thus, the first M car able to be motivated – albeit for short distances – purely on electricity. The most powerful series-production M car ever devised. In fact, the most powerful BMW ever built.
It’s also the first BMW M car to look the most… well, you be the judge. Perhaps it’s better to focus on the technology at play here, lest we get caught up in what BMW calls a “strikingly unique exterior”. Suffice to say, it’s BMW’s widest ever car featuring illuminated kidney grille surrounds and a comically aggressive silhouette that suggests it is not in the mood for your taunts about its comically aggressive silhouette.
So, the first ever BMW M hybrid. Long expected of course, and as befits BMW’s storied performance division, shares its genes with the M Hybrid V8 endurance racer set for the IMSA WeatherTech championship next year.
It’s an “extensively updated” version of BMW’s venerable 4.4-litre V8. The crank’s been reinforced, the turbos have been mounted close to the exhaust manifold and get an electrically controlled blow-off valve, and there are fancy oil pumps, sumps and separators.
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BMW M’s brand new Big Car gets 644bhp hybrid V8 for the first time, and there's a 738bhp version incoming
This is the new BMW XM, and it is a car of Firsts, and Mosts. The first M car to deploy a hybrid powertrain. And thus, the first M car able to be motivated – albeit for short distances – purely on electricity. The most powerful series-production M car ever devised. In fact, the most powerful BMW ever built.
It’s also the first BMW M car to look the most… well, you be the judge. Perhaps it’s better to focus on the technology at play here, lest we get caught up in what BMW calls a “strikingly unique exterior”. Suffice to say, it’s BMW’s widest ever car featuring illuminated kidney grille surrounds and a comically aggressive silhouette that suggests it is not in the mood for your taunts about its comically aggressive silhouette.
So, the first ever BMW M hybrid. Long expected of course, and as befits BMW’s storied performance division, shares its genes with the M Hybrid V8 endurance racer set for the IMSA WeatherTech championship next year.
It’s an “extensively updated” version of BMW’s venerable 4.4-litre V8. The crank’s been reinforced, the turbos have been mounted close to the exhaust manifold and get an electrically controlled blow-off valve, and there are fancy oil pumps, sumps and separators.
Official: this is the all-new £145k, 2.7-tonne BMW XM SUV
BMW M’s brand new Big Car gets 644bhp hybrid V8 for the first time, and there's a 738bhp version incoming
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New BMW XM is a 740bhp hybrid super-SUV
The bespoke Porsche Cayenne rival is set to take M division into new territory
The new BMW XM is the first electrified car from the company’s M performance division and only its second completely bespoke proposition, following the M1 supercar of 1978.
It is also the division’s most potent and expensive car yet, with orders opening now from a Range Rover P510e-rivalling £144,980 and the promise of a range-topping ‘Red Label’ variant in 2023 with 738bhp – over 100bhp more than the current BMW M5 CS.
The CS is edged by even the standard XM seen here, which packs a combined 644bhp and 590lb ft from a newly developed PHEV system. It pairs M’s familiar (but “extensively updated”) 4.4-litre twin-turbocharged V8 with a new electric motor – integrated into the eight-speed automatic gearbox – producing 194bhp and 207lb ft in its own right. Working together, the two powerplants send the XM from 0-62mph in just 4.3sec and on to an optionally derestricted 168mph top speed.
With hefty upgrades to the petrol element of the drivetrain, the Red Label car will boost total outputs to 738bhp and 738lb ft – making it the most powerful nonelectric SUV on the market.
www.autocar.co.uk
The bespoke Porsche Cayenne rival is set to take M division into new territory
The new BMW XM is the first electrified car from the company’s M performance division and only its second completely bespoke proposition, following the M1 supercar of 1978.
It is also the division’s most potent and expensive car yet, with orders opening now from a Range Rover P510e-rivalling £144,980 and the promise of a range-topping ‘Red Label’ variant in 2023 with 738bhp – over 100bhp more than the current BMW M5 CS.
The CS is edged by even the standard XM seen here, which packs a combined 644bhp and 590lb ft from a newly developed PHEV system. It pairs M’s familiar (but “extensively updated”) 4.4-litre twin-turbocharged V8 with a new electric motor – integrated into the eight-speed automatic gearbox – producing 194bhp and 207lb ft in its own right. Working together, the two powerplants send the XM from 0-62mph in just 4.3sec and on to an optionally derestricted 168mph top speed.
With hefty upgrades to the petrol element of the drivetrain, the Red Label car will boost total outputs to 738bhp and 738lb ft – making it the most powerful nonelectric SUV on the market.
BMW XM Label Red brings 738bhp for £170,860 | Autocar
Reworked V8 makes the top-rung XM the most powerful hybrid SUV on the market
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Introducing the sizable 2023 BMW XM Super SUV
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Introducing the sizable 2023 BMW XM Super SUV
BMW M has revealed its first standalone model since the iconic M1 supercar of the 1970s. The long-awaited 2023 BMW XM has finally been displayed to the world and it becomes the first-ever BMW M hybrid model. Brimmed with as much power as it has luxury; 480 kW to be exact.
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New BMW XM Revealed and Confirmed for SA
The new BMW XM has officially broken cover, boasting a lofty peak power output of 480 kW courtesy of the M division’s first plug-in hybrid powertrain. And, yes, it’s coming to South Africa…
The wraps have finally come off the new BMW XM, which arrives as the M division’s second standalone model after the M1 of the late 1970s. South Africans won’t have to wait long to see the plug-in hybrid performance SUV in the metal as it will be on display at the 2022 BMW M Fest at Kyalami in mid-October.
Revealed as part of the M division’s 50th anniversary celebrations (and preceded by the BMW Concept XM), the new 5-seater high-performance SUV is scheduled to go on sale in South Africa in the second quarter of 2023. BMW says the Spartanburg-built vehicle will appeal to “new target groups”, though promises it will still deliver a “well-resolved performance experience worthy of the M badge”.
But wait, there’s more: a 550 kW BMW XM Label Red is coming
If the “standard” output of 480 kW isn’t quite enough for you, we have good news for you: BMW says it will launch the XM Label Red in 2023. This model will arrive as the most powerful road-legal series-produced car in the history of BMW M, offering system outputs of 550 kW and 1 000 Nm.
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The new BMW XM has officially broken cover, boasting a lofty peak power output of 480 kW courtesy of the M division’s first plug-in hybrid powertrain. And, yes, it’s coming to South Africa…
The wraps have finally come off the new BMW XM, which arrives as the M division’s second standalone model after the M1 of the late 1970s. South Africans won’t have to wait long to see the plug-in hybrid performance SUV in the metal as it will be on display at the 2022 BMW M Fest at Kyalami in mid-October.
Revealed as part of the M division’s 50th anniversary celebrations (and preceded by the BMW Concept XM), the new 5-seater high-performance SUV is scheduled to go on sale in South Africa in the second quarter of 2023. BMW says the Spartanburg-built vehicle will appeal to “new target groups”, though promises it will still deliver a “well-resolved performance experience worthy of the M badge”.
But wait, there’s more: a 550 kW BMW XM Label Red is coming
If the “standard” output of 480 kW isn’t quite enough for you, we have good news for you: BMW says it will launch the XM Label Red in 2023. This model will arrive as the most powerful road-legal series-produced car in the history of BMW M, offering system outputs of 550 kW and 1 000 Nm.
New BMW XM: SA Price Revealed
The new BMW XM has broken cover, boasting a lofty peak power output of 480 kW courtesy of the M division’s first plug-in hybrid powertrain.
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Big, bold BMW XM is the firm’s most powerful model
It’s big, it’s bold and it doesn’t care if you don’t like the way it looks. Meet the BMW M Division’s first standalone product since the M1.
The new BMW XM is a far cry from that mid-engined sports car of the 1970s, however. It takes the form of an SUV, or SAV as BMW calls it, and it also happens to be the most powerful vehicle that the Bavarian carmaker has created.
This is thanks to a new hybrid drivetrain that, in the standard version, produces system outputs of 480kW and 800Nm. It pairs a 4.4-litre turbocharged V8 engine, which on its own delivers 360kW, with a 145kW electric drive system.
Later in 2023, BMW will be introducing an even more powerful XM called the Red Label, which will boast system outputs of 550kW and 1000Nm. BMW hasn’t listed any performance figures for the Red Label, but it will certainly improve on the standard XM’s claimed 0-100km/h sprint time of 4.3 seconds.
As a plug-in hybrid, the BMW XM can also be driven on electric power alone for up to 82kW (on the WLTP cycle) thanks to a 25.7 kWh lithium-ion battery. THe M Hybrid button on the centre console allows drivers to shift between three operating modes.
It’s big, it’s bold and it doesn’t care if you don’t like the way it looks. Meet the BMW M Division’s first standalone product since the M1.
The new BMW XM is a far cry from that mid-engined sports car of the 1970s, however. It takes the form of an SUV, or SAV as BMW calls it, and it also happens to be the most powerful vehicle that the Bavarian carmaker has created.
This is thanks to a new hybrid drivetrain that, in the standard version, produces system outputs of 480kW and 800Nm. It pairs a 4.4-litre turbocharged V8 engine, which on its own delivers 360kW, with a 145kW electric drive system.
Later in 2023, BMW will be introducing an even more powerful XM called the Red Label, which will boast system outputs of 550kW and 1000Nm. BMW hasn’t listed any performance figures for the Red Label, but it will certainly improve on the standard XM’s claimed 0-100km/h sprint time of 4.3 seconds.
As a plug-in hybrid, the BMW XM can also be driven on electric power alone for up to 82kW (on the WLTP cycle) thanks to a 25.7 kWh lithium-ion battery. THe M Hybrid button on the centre console allows drivers to shift between three operating modes.
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Carwow first look at the BMW XM
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The New BMW XM Is Extremely Ugly And Surprisingly Heavy - The Utopian
You might want to ask your children to step out of the room, lest they be frightened by the sight of this behemoth. This is the new BMW XM, and although it may look bad, I promise that its appearance isn’t its most troubling part.
Upon seeing leaked photos earlier this year, I had hope that maybe the XM wouldn’t look so bad. There’s a chance that under the protective wrapping, BMW cleaned up some of the fussy details on the front clip.
Nope. Claus Luthe is rolling over in his grave so violently that Olaf Scholz could hook up a generator and use Luthe’s corpse to solve the German energy crisis.
It’s like the design team was given a budget of eight pixels and told to make do.
The New BMW XM Is Extremely Ugly And Surprisingly Heavy - The Autopian
The new BMW XM looks rather hideous, yet that's not the most concerning part of this electrified 6,000-pound German behemoth.
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Opinion: The XM is an M car like none before it
It's big, wide and fitted with 740bhp, but what did our road test editor make of it?
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It's big, wide and fitted with 740bhp, but what did our road test editor make of it?
Opinion: The XM is an M car like none before it | Autocar
It's big, wide and fitted with 740bhp, but what did our road test editor make of it?
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Best comment I’ve seen: “the BMW designers recently discovered the ruler - and haven’t stopped using it”.
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Hideously fugly, bloated, and ridiculously ostentatious excess - it should NEVER have seen the light of day.
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BMW XM Label Red Is a 735 HP Special Edition of the Polarizing Flagship SUV
Let’s face it, though, with that much power and 735 lb-ft to match, people won’t care how it looks.
Listen, the fact that BMW is going to sell a 644-horsepower plug-in hybrid SUVas its flagship model is already pretty over the top. Of course, nothing excels like excess, and so BMW also announced another special, limited version of the XM on Tuesday. It’s called the XM Label Red, and it’s even more ridiculous than the normal version.
Ridiculous how? Well, it cranks the XM’s output up to a frankly stupid 735 hp and 725 pound-feet of torque. That’s over 100 hp more than BMW’s current reining champ for horsepower, the M5 CS. In an SUV. That you can plug into a wall. These are wild times we live in, friends.
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Let’s face it, though, with that much power and 735 lb-ft to match, people won’t care how it looks.
Listen, the fact that BMW is going to sell a 644-horsepower plug-in hybrid SUVas its flagship model is already pretty over the top. Of course, nothing excels like excess, and so BMW also announced another special, limited version of the XM on Tuesday. It’s called the XM Label Red, and it’s even more ridiculous than the normal version.
Ridiculous how? Well, it cranks the XM’s output up to a frankly stupid 735 hp and 725 pound-feet of torque. That’s over 100 hp more than BMW’s current reining champ for horsepower, the M5 CS. In an SUV. That you can plug into a wall. These are wild times we live in, friends.
BMW XM Label Red Is A 735 HP Special Edition Of The Polarizing Flagship SUV - Jalopnik
Listen, the fact that BMW is going to sell a 644-horsepower plug-in hybrid SUV as its flagship model is already pretty over the top. Of course, nothing excels like excess, and so BMW also announced another special, limited version of the XM on Tuesday. It’s called the XM Label Red, and it’s even...
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