BMW India at present launched its strongest automobile within the Indian market – XM.  The BMW XM has been launched in India at Rs. 2.60 Crore (ex-showroom India). Originally previewed as an idea in late 2021, the XM is BMW M’s second-ever bespoke mannequin after the mid-engine M1. Deliveries for the XM SUV will start in India from May 2023.

Under the hood BMW has paired the M Hybrid Drive with the 4.4-litre twin-turbo V8 with a gearbox-mounted electrical motor. The mixed output on the XM is 644 bhp and 800 Nm, making it probably the most highly effective automobile from the corporate’s steady. All that energy pushes the SUV from 0-100 kmph in 4.3 seconds whereas the highest pace is restricted to 250 kmph. 

The XM can do a 0-100 kmph dash in simply 4.3 seconds

The XM can be able to all-electric driving with the on-board 25.7 kWh battery pack providing a claimed vary of as much as 88 km. The XM sits on a double-wishbone entrance and 5-link rear suspension set-up with adaptive M dampers. The SUV additionally options 48V lively roll stabilisation and is the primary BMW M automobile to get integral lively steering as commonplace.

The BMW XM retains the identical design because the idea with cut up headlamps flanking a outstanding BMW kidney grille. The facet profile too is unchanged with the receding window line and outstanding squared wheel arches all carried over. The black trimming on the shoulder line is changed by gold-finished trim on the manufacturing mannequin.

The cabin is completed in dual-tone brown and blue upholstery 

The rear design too stays true to the idea with the manufacturing XM retaining the dual stacked exhaust and slim hind lights – toned down from the idea. Rounding out the design are distinctive 21-inch alloy wheels although choices of as much as 23-inches will even be provided.

The XM isn’t a small SUV both with dimensions just like the full-size X7. The X7 is the longer and taller SUV although the XM is wider and sits on an equivalent 3,105 mm wheelbase. Unlike the previous although, the XM is a 5-seater solely.

The cabin in the meantime is toned down as in comparison with the idea with design components in step with different newer BMWs. The cabin is completed in dual-tone brown and blue upholstery with the XM getting the single-piece curved show housing the digital instrument cluster and touchscreen – a design seen on different new BMWs. The air-con vents and centre console are utterly redesigned from the idea with a extra mainstream BMW design.