Ngemuva kokwethula, embukisweni wokugcina wezimoto iFrankfurt Motor Show, i-prototype yeSUV enkulu, eseqophelweni eliphezulu, abayiqambe ngeX7 Concept, iBMW isiyavuma ukuthi isikhiqize olunye uhlobo, osesikhundleni esiphezulu. Futhi lokho, kwezohwebo, kufanele kuthathe igama le-BMW X8.
Isambulo, sithuthukisa i-British Autocar, sivela embikweni wangaphakathi wohlobo lwe-Stuttgart uqobo. Lomagazini unezela ukuthi obani abanomthwalo wemfanelo bakholelwa ukuthi ngeke kube khona ukuntuleka kwemakethe yesiphakamiso esinjalo!
I-BMW X8 imbangi ye-Urus ne-Q8
Imbangi, kusukela ekuqaleni, yamamodeli afana ne-Lamborghini Urus noma i-Audi Q8 osekunesikhathi ilindelwe, ukuthi kungenzeka ukuthi imodeli enjalo ingaba yingxenye yesipho se-BMW, ngendlela, futhi isivele yamukelwa yinhloko yezokuthuthukiswa komkhiqizo, Klaus Frölich. Okungukuthi, ezitatimendeni zokushicilelwa okufanayo, kuthathe le modeli "ithuba".U-Klaus Frölich, inhloko yezokuthuthukiswa kwa-BMW“Kusesekuseni kakhulu ukukhuluma ngeX8. Noma-ke, esinye sezinqumo zokuqala engazenza, ngenkathi ngisebenza endaweni yesu lomkhiqizo, kwakuwukuqhubeka nokukhiqiza kokubili i-X5 ne-X6. Ingxenye ikhula ngokushesha, ngakho-ke ithuba lizogcina livela”.
Kwabanye, “sikhona isikhala se-X8, ikakhulukazi ezimakethe ezifana neChina. Nokho azikho izinqumo esezithathiwe. Imoto ngayinye kufanele ibe nesimilo sayo, wuhlobo lwezindawo ezithatha isikhathi ukuzihlola.”
I-X8 Coupé… noma i-X8 nje?
Futhi ngokusho kwe-Autocar, i-BMW okwamanje ihlola ukuthi, ngokwesibonelo, i-X8 yesikhathi esizayo kufanele ibe "nje" uhlobo oluhlukile lwe-X7 yesikhathi esizayo, esebenza kancane njengoba kwenza i-X4, uma kuqhathaniswa ne-X3, noma i-X6, uma kuqhathaniswa eya X5. Noma ngabe, ngokuphambene nalokho, kufanele kube imodeli "ezimele", eyakhiwe endaweni yesikhulumi eside.
Noma ngabe yisiphi isinqumo, incwadi yaseBrithani iyakuqinisekisa ukuthi okuqinisekile ukuthi i-X8 izohlongozwa ibe nezihlalo ezine noma ezinhlanu, kunalokho izoba sesithombeni seRange Rover SVAutobiography, kunokuba ibe nezihlalo eziyisikhombisa, njengoba kwenzeka nge-X7. Umqondo. Futhi lokho, ngenhlanhla, kufanele kudluliselwe ku-X7 ezayo.
I-plug-in hybrid ne-V12 nazo ziyimibono
Okokugcina, mayelana nezinjini, i-X8 kufanele isebenzise uhla olufanayo lwezinjini ezivele zikhona ku-Series 7, futhi kufanele zitholakale esikhathini esizayo se-X7. Ngamanye amazwi, amabhlogo amasilinda ayisithupha nayisishiyagalombili, ane-turbocharged, uphethiloli kanye nodizili. I-plug-in hybrid version yohlobo lwe-iPerformance 40e, kanye nolunye olufana ne-V12, 6.6 litres engu-609 hp no-800 Nm ehlomisa i-M760Li xDrive, nakho kungenzeka.
Nokho, kungakhathaliseki injini, BMW X8 kungenzeka kuphela ukufinyelela emakethe ekuqaleni kweshumi leminyaka, ibikezela Autocar.
