Facelifted 2024 BMW X5 Hybrid Must Be Feeling The Cold, Puts Disguise Back On | Carscoops carscoops
, five years after it introduced the all-new model, so by that reckoning its X5 big brother is in line for the same treatment in mid-2023.
We’ve been spotting refreshed X5s for over a year, and what’s unusual about this car is it’s actually wearing more disguise over its bumpers than the prototype. But we can still make out the new style of vertical air intakes just ahead of each front wheel and the LED headlights are more visible than they have been in previous sightings.
Unlike the facelifted X7 and new 7-Series and XM, which all features a fashionable split-headlamp arrangement reserved for BMW’s most luxurious cars, the reworked X5 stays with a conventional design of light cluster that places the DRLs and main lamps in one unit. Not visible in these pictures, because they all show the passenger side of the X5, is the driver’s side charging flap for this prototype’s
. But BMW handily put some “Hybrid Test Vehicle” stickers on the doors to clue us in to what’s under the hood.Although this car has M-style bumpers and exhaust finishers we suspect it’s actually a M Sport-kitted xDrive45, a mid-range model powered by a combination of a 3.0-liter straight six and single electric motor. That combo is good for 389 hp and 443 lb-ft of torque in the current car, which can scoot to 60 mph in 5.3 seconds.
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