He has resisted, but has finally been hunted down. The prototype of the BMW X5 M Facelift 2023 has appeared among the different mules that the German brand has been shooting in recent months, showing in these new spy photos the camouflaged rear, and with interesting details.
After months of testing with different mules from the BMW X5M Rolling without the camouflaged rear, finally the sportiest version of the Bavarian SUV has been hunted in an environment somewhat further from the Nürburgring. It has been, once again, in the facilities of the Munich firm where they have already located a prototype camouflaged from behind as we expected.
some interesting spy photos because they show new details. Up front, flatter headlights are shared with conventional versions of the updated BMW X5, but the bumper will be different, with more leafy air intakes and revised lines that will give this X5 M Competition a greater prominence and aggressiveness. Details that will not attract as much attention as the new ovoid grille, which will receive the new double horizontal bars that we have already seen in the new batch of BMW M models.
2023 BMW X5 M Facelift Spy Photos
However, this prototype already shows the renewed taillights for the first time. Although they maintain the original shape, a new graphic of the functions, with a darkened upper section and a finer light signature and that makes it stand out more, as we have seen in the new XM that is also speeding up its development program.
Another unprecedented detail in the aesthetics of this 2023 X5 M are the brake calipers that, for the first time, will not only be available bathed in the characteristic blue of “M Sport”, but also in red as usual for the “M Performance”, and that the latter will be an option. Improvements that will be complemented by the new most avant-garde dashboard with a thin curved screen occupying from the instrument area to the center console and the new multimedia platform with the latest version of the “iDrive8” operating system.
Important improvements that will also reach the engine 4.4-liter twin-turbocharged V8 that animates the sporty SUV. Although you will not enjoy an increase in maximum power, a value that will remain at about enough 600 CV, yes it will incorporate the technology MHEV of 48 Voltswhich will reduce the figures for fuel consumption and CO2 emissions. The BMW X5 M LCI becomes the X5 M Competition and it will be a novelty, together with the rest of the versions of the model, in spring 2023with the market launch scheduled for July of the same year.