On April 13, BMW registered trademarks X8 and X8M in the German Patent Office, and more and more news about X8 came out. Especially, what kind of powertrain BMW X8M, as the flagship model, will adopt has become a hot topic.
At present, many organizations have made imaginary diagrams of X8. Obviously, X8 was changed into a coupe SUV on the basis of X7.
Now, BMW insists on using two engines in its flagship model, the inline six-cylinder turbocharged engine and the V8 4.4-liter twin-turbo engine. Six-cylinder and eight-cylinder engines for cars and SUVs have high-power versions of 450 HP to 600 HP on each model. Therefore, the X8 M to be released in 2022 is likely to be equipped with V8 4.4-liter twin-turbo engines used by M5, X5 M and X6 M.
1 BMW X8M or hybrid V8 twin-turbo engine.
However, German professional media Auto Moto Unsport(AMS) announced on the 7th local time that BMW will be equipped with a hybrid V8 twin-turbo engine on the X8 M, and AMS predicted that the existing V8 4.4-liter twin-turbo engine will be replaced by a V8 hybrid engine, which is in line with BMW's new energy strategy in the future.
As for the diesel engine, the 50d inline six-cylinder 3.0-liter turbocharged engine is also mentioned.
The 2V 12 engine will be out of the historical stage.
It is expected that the V 12 engine will also be terminated in the current 7 Series and will no longer appear in BMW models. Therefore, it can be speculated that the V8 4.4-liter twin-turbocharged engine currently used in M model will be equipped with a hybrid power system, which includes a motor and a battery to increase the output.
In addition, the existing 600-horsepower 4.4-liter twin-turbo engine is combined with an electric motor capable of exerting 200 horsepower, and the total output level of the system is expected to exceed 760 horsepower. Therefore, an electronic four-wheel drive system can be installed and a single rear wheel drive mode can be supported.
BMW X8M will be one of the most powerful SUVs in the world.
At present, there are only a handful of high-performance SUVs that can provide more than 600 horsepower in the world. Porsche Cayenne Turbo E-Hybrid has 680 horsepower, Lamborghini Urus has 650 horsepower, Mercedes -AMG GLE 63S has 603 horsepower and Bentley Bintai has 635 horsepower. So BMW X8M's 760 horsepower will surpass many high-performance SUVs.
It is said that BMW has built an assembly line at Fort Sparthan factory in the United States to produce X8.
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