The tuning of the renewed BMW X5 continues its process. The Munich firm has taken a step forward in the conventional versions of this luxury SUV, with a small uncovering and also showing the new rear light clusters. An important improvement that will confer a more modern aesthetic, and that will arrive in 2023.
Little by little, the prototypes of the new BMW X5 Facelift 2023, revealing the new aesthetic features that the SUV that represents the brand in the E segment will wear from next year. A facelift that affects all versions, whether combustion, plug-in hybrid and even the sportiest of the X5 M that we have already seen in spy photos in different scenarios.
This time the protagonist is one of the sportiest options in the X5 range, the one that bears the “M Performance” stamp, that of the M50i which will become the M60i. The prototype sports a more camouflaged bumper as it will have a differentiated design and large air intakes occupying the defense. We have already seen that the headlights will also be thinner, which is why BMW has made sure that this detail is not too exposed. Even the double upper grille also presents a slight modification, now with more integrated edges and new vertical bars inside.
2023 BMW X5 M60i Facelift Spy Photos
The images also confirm that it is this sports version betrayed by a couple of details. The first are the blue brake caliperstypical of M, and by the rectangular trims integrated into the rear bumper, revealing two exhaust terminals in each of them. In addition, it already has the production light groups that, until now, had only been seen on the X5 M. These they will retain the original shape but show a more modern image and, at the same time also more sporty.
An important improvement that will be accompanied by novelties inside, with the great curved screen occupying the dashboard, and the infotainment system with iDrive 8.0. The X5 will continue to be offered with five and seven seaterbenefiting from the latest equipment innovations, mostly inherited from the restyled X7, comfort, safety and driving assistance, in addition to the corresponding revision of the chassis, direction, brakes and suspensions.
The X5 Facelift will be a novelty at the end of this year, being introduced on the market spring 2023. The range of engines will maintain its structure, although the top of the range, the sports version of M Performance of the X5 M50i will change its commercial name to the M60i. As in the odd big brother, the powerful twin-turbocharged 4.4-liter V8 engine will adopt the 48 Volt MHEV technologywhich will make it possible to improve consumption and emission figures, without increasing the maximum power figure will maintain at 530 hp of the current model.