近日外媒刊登了宝马X7合成图，该车将于2017或18年上市。宝马曾在今年3月底宣布为南卡罗来纳州州Spartanburg工厂投资10亿美元，到2016年底将年产量提升至45万辆，而X7就在该厂生产。虽然目前X7细节很少，但预计该车将是一款七座跨界车，它与下一代5系和7系共享35up平台，将销售全球市场。这款轻量化平台采用镁铝、高刚性钢材和碳纤维增强塑料，新一代7系采用该平台后将比现行版重量降低200公斤。美规X7将搭载直列六缸和V8汽油引擎以及直列六缸柴油引擎并增加插电混动版。无论搭载何种引擎，X7都将提供全轮驱动和八速自动变速器。宝马很有可能在2016年推出X7的概念版车型。

 

BMW X7 render is a taste of what's to come

The already confirmed BMW X7 has been digitally imagined ahead of an expected 2017 or 2018 launch.

 

Towards the end of March we heard BMW announcing a huge $1 billon investment at the Spartanburg factory in South Carolina where they want to bump annual production rate to 450,000 cars by the end of 2016. The already confirmed X7 will be manufactured exclusively at this facility and is programmed to come out in 2017 or 2018.

 

Details about the X7 are scarce at the moment but it is believed the seven-seat crossover will be a global model and will ride on the same "35up" platform as the next generation 5- and 7-Series. If this turns out to be true, expect a lightweight construction combining aluminum, high-strength steel, magnesium and carbon-reinforced plastic which in the case of the 7-Series (G11) will enable a diet of approximately 200 kg (440 lbs) compared to the outgoing model.

 

The US-spec X7 will reportedly be offered with turbo inline-six and V8 gasoline engines along with possible straight-six diesels and a plug-in hybrid setup. Regardless of engine choice, all models will have an all-wheel drive setup and an eight-speed automatic transmission.

 

We won't be too surprised if BMW is preparing a concept for 2016 to preview the production X7.