BMW’s best-selling luxurious SUV is about to enter a brand new chapter. The subsequent-generation BMW X5, chassis code G65, begins manufacturing in 2026 and launches as a 2027 mannequin 12 months. That includes Neue Klasse-inspired styling, cutting-edge expertise, and the first-ever absolutely electrical iX5, the brand new X5 lineup guarantees to be essentially the most versatile but. It’s an SUV price ready for, whether or not you need luxurious, effectivity, or uncooked efficiency. In 2026, BMW’s flagship SUV is on the point of cowl all of the bases.
G65: Subsequent Era BMW X5 Coming in 2026
The brand new X5 debuts as a 2027 mannequin 12 months, however manufacturing begins so much sooner than that. So far as we all know, the G65 will begin manufacturing in August 2026. So, count on deliveries to start out later within the 12 months (from This fall on) or early 2027. Spy photographs point out that the brand new X5 will get Neue Klasse influenced styling inside and outside. Our first take a look at X5 inside revealed Neue Klasse additions like Panoramic Imaginative and prescient and a singular 17.9-inch middle show.
Powertrains are assorted, with gasoline, hybrid, and EV choices all on the best way. BMW may conceivably launch a hydrogen-powered mannequin; particulars are scant in the meanwhile, although. If there’s a hydrogen BMW X5 coming, it gained’t be launched with the preliminary lineup providing — 2028 manufacturing is extra seemingly. Talking of manufacturing: BMW, at the moment, is estimating G65 manufacturing to run via July 2035. That’s an extended than regular manufacturing cycle seemingly accounting for the massive number of fashions on supply.
First Ever iX5 Coming in 2026
Arguably extra thrilling is the all-electric iX5. It’s the primary of its variety, and BMW will allegedly supply three distinct grades: 50 xDrive, 60 xDrive, and M70 xDrive. Because the G65 iX5 will successfully bump the iX from the lineup over time, count on enhanced efficiency however comparable positioning. We’ve additionally heard studies of an iX5 Rex, or range-extended mannequin with over 1,000 kilometers of vary. The extra vary comes from a smaller gasoline engine, or “vary extender,” much like what the i3 has. All electrical X5s will depend on a brand new Neue Klasse battery with tremendously elevated efficiency total, however arduous numbers are nonetheless off-limits. We do know that the swap to an 800-volt structure will allow max charging of 350 kW. That equates to 186 miles (300 kilometers) of added vary in round ten minutes.
Fuel, Hybrid, and Diesel G65 X5 Powertrain Breakdown
Reportedly, gasoline engines prolong to six- and eight-cylinder fashions. The lineup might embrace at the very least two hybrid fashions, 50e xDrive and M60e xDrive; whether or not the S68 + battery mixture will trickle down from the XM and M5 to the G65 X5 stays to be seen, however a G95 X5 M is deliberate. That stated, we spied PHEV inline-six and V8 fashions testing only a few days in the past. Ought to the S68 stay restricted to the M60 xDrive mannequin, count on the M60e to sport a extra highly effective model of the B58 inline-six that may seemingly additionally sit beneath the hood of the 50e xDrive mannequin.
Diesel choices might be obtainable, almost definitely solely outdoors the US, and BMW continues to supply rear- and all-wheel drive choices on the entry degree (X5 40). China will even see lengthy wheelbase variations, however they gained’t come to different markets. Dimensionally, as all the time, the following X5 might be greater total than the present G05 mannequin.
That about wraps it up on what we all know concerning the G65 X5. With manufacturing beginning round one 12 months from now, leaks will seemingly ramp up because the date attracts nearer forward of an official reveal a month or two earlier than manufacturing begins. The brand new G65 might be a vastly totally different automobile than the mannequin we all know at the moment. We’re excited to see BMW hopefully nail it.
