The 2024 BMW XM Label Purple is on its solution to reign over the German carmaker’s vary. Whereas it isn’t due out till the autumn of 2023, the agency previewed its upcoming flagship mannequin by publishing an official photograph and a set of preliminary specs on its social media channels.
BMW is not giving us a lot data, however what little it launched solutions a number of key questions. First, the range-topping XM might be known as Label Purple and never Purple Label as beforehand reported. That may very well be as a result of Bentley has used the “Purple Label” designation a number of occasions since its inception, although BMW does not appear overly involved with dusting off present nameplates different corporations have not utilized in years. Throughout Europe, the XM title is extra generally related to a 13-window Citroën sedan than with an enormous, high-horsepower SUV.
Second, the Label Purple will make its debut with 738 horsepower and 738 pound-feet of torque, figures barely larger than BMW initially introduced. Exactly what this variant of the XM might be powered by hasn’t been launched. All we all know is that energy will come from a gasoline-electric plug-in hybrid powertrain able to delivering about 55 miles of electric-only vary when put by the optimistic WLTP testing cycle utilized in Europe. For context, the usual XM’s 644-horsepower plug-in hybrid system consists of a twin-turbocharged V8 engine and an electrical motor built-in into the gearbox and linked to a 25.7 kilowatt-hour lithium-ion battery pack.
Purple exterior accents will differentiate the Label Purple from the opposite variations of the XM. They seem across the kidney grilles, across the home windows, and on the wheels. There is a crimson badge within the driver-side kidney grille as properly, and we anticipate finding extra crimson within the cabin.
BMW will start constructing the XM Label Purple within the fall of 2023, which means it would possible arrive in showroom as a 2024 mannequin. Actual pricing hasn’t been introduced, however we all know the mannequin will develop into the most costly automotive in BMW’s modern-day vary with $185,000-plus price ticket.
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