Properly, shade us intrigued. New spy pictures of a mysterious BMW are making the rounds on social media. Doubtless an SUV judging by the tall silhouette and the beneficiant floor clearance, the intriguing automobile was seen hiding underneath a canopy whereas being carried inside an enclosed automotive transporter. We don’t keep in mind seeing that wheel design earlier than, and the truth that it has a middle lock setup leads us to consider this isn’t an XM.

A better take a look at the BMW roundel suggests it is a new idea automotive because the barely up to date brand seems to have the identical design as on the i Imaginative and prescient Round, i Imaginative and prescient Dee, and the Neue Klasse. Logic tells us we’re trying on the new Imaginative and prescient idea introduced earlier this week. It’ll be formally unveiled on March 21 in the course of the BMW Group Annual Convention 2024. Particulars are scarce, however the German luxurious model touts it’ll be a “imaginative and prescient automobile on the street to Neue Klasse.”

The quick entrance overhang suggests we’re taking a look at an EV using on a devoted platform. A bespoke structure equivalent to Neue Klasse permits engineers to maximise the wheelbase by shaving off the entrance and rear ends as a lot as attainable. That is achieved due to superior packaging in comparison with a automobile powered by a combustion engine. Eagle-eyed viewers will discover there’s one other automotive above it. Judging by the wheels, it’s the Neue Klasse sedan from final 12 months. Maybe BMW intends to point out each at its forthcoming convention.

We’re doubtlessly taking a look at a Imaginative and prescient idea in SUV format. A few of you’ll recall that it was initially teased as a camouflaged prototype in September 2023 when the sedan was launched on the IAA Mobility Present in Munich. Though this new automotive shall be labeled as an idea, it could’t be too far off from the manufacturing mannequin coming subsequent 12 months. Set to interchange the CLAR-based iX3, the brand new electrical SUV will enter manufacturing in mid-2025 on the Debrecen plant in Hungary.

If our sources are correct, the longer term iX3 is codenamed “NA5” and can spawn a totally fledged M model recognized internally as “ZA5.” All fashions based mostly on Neue Klasse will make the most of BMW’s sixth-generation battery promising a lift in power density of over 20% and a rise in WLTP vary of 30%. Charging pace can also be going up by 30%. No matter mannequin, all EVs may have cylindrical cells with a 46-mm diameter however peak will depend upon the automobile: 95 mm for automobiles and 120 mm for SUVs.

Count on to see the tenth-generation iDrive (with out the controller) and the Panoramic Imaginative and prescient head-up show as extensive because the dashboard. We must always study extra about Neue Klasse when the brand new Imaginative and prescient idea debuts subsequent month.

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