Don't look away - full skinny on 653hp hybrid M flagship right here 👇
. From BMW’s perspective this is a hugely significant new product, the first bespoke M car since the M1 and tip of the spear for a newly electrified era as the subdivision turns 50. And for the rest of us, the XM looks like BMW - indeed the wider car industry, really - at its least desirable. It’s a plug-in hybrid, 650hp V8 SUV so heavy there’s not a kerbweight quoted in the 18-page press release, with 50 miles of electric range and a £145k asking price. And this isn’t even the fast one.
But the XM can counter from a fuel economy and emissions perspective, at least as far as the WLTP test goes. Official numbers are 33-36g/km, 176.6-188.3mpg and 51-55 miles of pure electric range, at up to 87mph. Bear in mind that a 680hp Cayenne Turbo S E-Hybrid returns up to 88mpg and from 72g/km of CO2 and the BMW’s numbers look even more impressive. Handy for the powerfully built company directors among us.
This being the M flagship, that’s just the start of an extensive chassis kit list. Because there’s four-wheel steer and then BMW four-wheel steer. The XM debuts Integral Active Steering, which combines speed sensitive power assistance, variable ratio and a steering rear axle. ‘In challenging driving situations, stabilising steering inputs at the rear wheels can help to keep the BMW XM safely on track’, reckons its maker. Which promises to be an experience, if nothing else.
Then there’s the XM’s interior overhaul. Here more than anywhere else is where the new, more luxurious direction of M takes shape. And where Alpina might end up come 2026, perhaps. So if your favourite M car has manually adjustable seats, or an orange roll cage or four big buckets like an M5 CS, look away now; but if you want to see just how plush a £150k BMW can now be, roll right up.
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