New spy shots of X5 and X5M

[TallTrees]

Kidney grills look a little funny to me. Liking the rims and exhaust tips, not sure about the headlights.


https://www.autoblog.com/2017/11/06/...und-ab-tile-11

[Habs11]

Grill looks more like the X7.
Rear bumper 2-3 inches closer to the ground than it should be.

[deutsch100]

Like the wheels and exhaust tips too. Grille is way too big...ugly X7.

Rear looks like a Volvo XC90 to me. It does not look bad at all, but F15 looks so much more aggressive, sporty and "masculine".

These pics, make the X5 look very suburban & Mommy and Me :-O

[SCA]

Ugh... not a fan of the huge X7 Concept kidneys.

[Maverik259]

looks like they went back to 4pot on the fronts based on pic 2. unless thats gonna be the X5 (non M), and they are putting 4pot fixed as standard finally.

[bob330i]

Yeah, saw the first large grille on the new X3 and I didn't like that aspect either. It's out of proportion to the headlights and the front in general.

The chassis does look pretty low but I'm wondering if that was done to address car bumper contact.

Lastly, do we know if the back will be a one piece liftgate or a clamshell like in previous designs?

[DuSh]

I still can't figure out if it's more or less aggressive compared to f15?

[Tlon]

It looks like the back slopes more aggressively than the F15, which would be great. It looks more like the new X3. The F15 looks really bottom heavy at the back. It tries to mask this with black trim piecs, which works fine on vehicles that are not black. But the trim does help out on black X5s like mine.

[hyde]

D pillar doesn't look right to me, why such a tiny glass on that panel?

The body is definitely curvier so this could be X5M or just M sport. Lack of roof rails are concerning, but would make sense if it's mSport since it's got the flares.
Also we might be looking at two different cars or are they different angles/mirrored? 1st picture above doesn't have chrome window trim or clearly visible roof rail, but last picture has both.

Those two have to be from different vehicles. The camo patterns don't match either. I suppose 1st pic is from Europe, last one is from US spec vehicles.

[d_v_o_1]

MSport forsure

[gwes]

That D pillar looks really wide - could it be the X7?

[Chadmatic]

I like it, it's going to be sharp! Can't wait...

[SCA]

Originally Posted by gweslock

could it be the X7?

+1

[Habs11]

Originally Posted by gweslock

could it be the X7?

thought that as well but the rear is not big enough - i figured the x7 would have a significant third row that people could actually sit in

[wankelman24]

Originally Posted by hyde

D pillar doesn't look right to me, why such a tiny glass on that panel?

The body is definitely curvier so this could be X5M or just M sport. Lack of roof rails are concerning, but would make sense if it's mSport since it's got the flares.
Also we might be looking at two different cars or are they different angles/mirrored? 1st picture above doesn't have chrome window trim or clearly visible roof rail, but last picture has both.

Those two have to be from different vehicles. The camo patterns don't match either. I suppose 1st pic is from Europe, last one is from US spec vehicles.

Maybe they put a dummy window panel in that was smaller to throw everyone off and make it look like a x3? If it's not fake, it doesn't look good being that small and the D pillar so thick. My 2 cents.

[gwes]

Originally Posted by Habs11

thought that as well but the rear is not big enough - i figured the x7 would have a significant third row that people could actually sit in

The large D panel does look similar to what they did in the X7 concept.

[Kr0m3assass1n]

Originally Posted by gweslock

The large D panel does look similar to what they did in the X7 concept.

Gosh, how fugly is that X7 face?

[P1]

Originally Posted by Kr0m3assass1n

Gosh, how fugly is that X7 face?

Agree, that looks awful.

[Habs11]

Originally Posted by Kr0m3assass1n

Gosh, how fugly is that X7 face?

I like it - yea prob the grill is a bit much but i do like how it's "substantial" looking. IMO the X7 looks way better than anything in it's "class" (Tahoe, Escalade).

[d_v_o_1]

In order to qualify for full size class, your grill must be as loud and obnoxious as possible it seems

[Da X5]

I like it too. Different but looks good.

[smooveken]

Originally Posted by Habs11

I like it - yea prob the grill is a bit much but i do like how it's "substantial" looking. IMO the X7 looks way better than anything in it's "class" (Tahoe, Escalade).

What about the Audi Q7?