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Originally Posted by JMD
Hmm, I don't think so. For instance, BMW used the chassis of the 440 Gran Coupe for the i4 40i / i4 M50i. This had to be eazy-peasy for them to do. So, adding a single motor or dual eMotors tge chassis of the current X5/X7 would be very easy to do. That's why I said they really didn't need to dump all that money into the iX.
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Sure, you can put the motor in, CLAR allows for that; the question is: Does it make sense? The X5/X7 are US-centric vehicles, and everytime BMW releases a BEV, people in here claim there's not a enough range for their cross-country road trips.
Also, the 4er GC is a gran coupe, which is much more efficient from a drag coefficient than a SUV/SAV.
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Now, I'm prolly just speaking for myself,...but I'd take the X5's design over the iX all day long.
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Yeah.
I did not realize this until now, but it looks like the next generation of X5 and X7 will make your wishes come true, i.e. the iX5/X5 and iX7/X7 will be the same chassis, similar to the i5/5 and iX3/LWB X3. Let's wait and see whether those will be more BEV or ICE optimized.
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X5/X6/X7/XM
* G65/G95 X5, iX5, X5M, Spartanburg, 12/26-7/33
* G66/G96 X6, iX6, X6M, Spartanburg, 4/28-3/35
* G67 X7, iX7, Spartanburg, 8/27-11/34
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https://g20.bimmerpost.com/forums/sh...d.php?t=901686