04-27-2020, 12:36 PM | #1 |
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BMW X8 M Rumored to be a PHEV and First Electrified M Car
BIMMERPOST NEWS BMW X8 M Rumored to be PHEV and First Electrified M Car Take this one with a grain of salt as no source is cited by Car, but they are claiming that the X8 M (recently trademarked) will be a plug-in hybrid (PHEV). The report claims that the X8 M PHEV would feature approximately 750 HP and 737 LB-FT by pairing electric motors to a 4.4L twin turbo V8. An X8 M PHEV wouldn't come as a total surprise however, as BMW M CEO Markus Flash said last year that: "I can assure you we’re working on electrification... I've driven petrol-electric vehicles from the M team. I've driven plug-in hybrids from the M team." But, for now, electrification of M models will be limited to the larger, heavier cars like SUVs. In the same interview from last year, Flash said: "The models that will see electrification won’t be the pure, the core, the most distilled projects such as the M2, 3 and 4. If we do something that will bring weight it’s very likely to be to a heavier, larger car. The X5 M today is a heavy and large car."
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04-27-2020, 02:37 PM | #2 |
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No surprise. They need to go electric and PHEV is the way to do it in an M
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04-27-2020, 03:11 PM | #3 |
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Jesus, I don’t even want to know the price. Probably starts at 160k.
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04-27-2020, 03:12 PM | #4 |
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Why are they supposedly/allegedly using the new X8 platform to market an electrified M? I would think they would use a more established platform.
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04-27-2020, 03:15 PM | #5 |
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Well, they need to offer more hp for their flagship model and it makes sense to just take the established V8 and make it PHEV.
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04-27-2020, 03:23 PM | #6 |
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You make it the flagship vehicle and then see how it gets accepted and then the technology trickles down to the more volume m cars. If they did this with the m3 the internet would be flooding with fanboys up in arms. At least this way they limit that and those fanboys are not even prospects
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prob will be pricey
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04-27-2020, 05:09 PM | #15 |
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Not sure I would use the word "need". No one really needs 750hp. I don't need 510hp in my car (although it's nice).
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04-27-2020, 07:15 PM | #19 |
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This is amazing. If they can manage to get enough electric range from the plugin hybrid powertrain of, say, 40-50 miles, X8M owners will be able to get their groceries without even using the V8.
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04-27-2020, 10:53 PM | #20 |
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Not that expensive. I see it fully loaded at $175k at most. I doubt they will price the car at or above the Cayenne Coupe.
They want a competitor against the Cayenne Turbo S e-Hybrid (which has 670 hp and 663 lb-ft, and is the 2nd most powerful SUV on sale today, after the Trackhawk). |
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https://www.motorauthority.com/news/...-its-73-series When it comes to premium vehicles, especially at the high end of the market, customers' actual needs are far less important than customers' expectations, and those expectations are built in no small part on the features other manufacturers have managed to offer in their products. |
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