2027 BMW X7 SUV spied for the first time, set to go electric
The 2027 BMW X7 large SUV has been spied testing after the carmaker confirmed a second generation – which will include a battery-electric iX7 version – expected in showrooms from 2027.
The German brand revealed it's working on a second-generation of the X7 SUV – a rival to the Mercedes-Benz GLS, Audi Q7 and Lexus LX – in its latest financial reports.
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The report confirmed costs incurred in the carmaker's financials for the new X7 – the first public mention of a successor to the current model – as well as the iX3 battery-electric SUV and new 2026 X5 SUVs.
BMW Australia has yet to confirm the next X7 for local showrooms.
According to Autocar the new X7 will use a heavily updated version of the current vehicle's Cluster Architecture (CLAR) underpinnings – meaning similar dimensions – and be offered in both petrol-hybrid and electric powertrains.
'We are in a phase where flexibility is required,' BMW R&D boss Frank Weber told Autocar. 'We have to detach ourselves from how we have perceived platforms up to now.' Supplied Credit: CarExpert
The current X7 – codenamed G07 – is sold in Australia with a choice of 3.0-litre turbocharged petrol and turbo-diesel in-line six-cylinder engines and a 4.4-litre V8 twin-turbocharged petrol M60i flagship.
The carmaker recommitted to internal-combustion engines earlier in 2025, saying it will continue to offer V8 engines for certain models.
'V8s are here to stay. There are markets such as the US and Middle East where you cannot replace V8s with inline-six hybrids,' said Mr Weber. 'We will continue to offer V8s.'
The current 'S68' V8 in the X7 was adapted to a plug-in hybrid set-up for the BMW M5 performance sedan and wagon, meeting Euro 6d emissions standards and making it a logical fit for the 2027 X7. Supplied Credit: CarExpert
Electric versions of the X7, badged 'iX7', could use the 800V tech being developed for the battery-electric iX5 expected in showrooms from 2026.
Spy shots of the camouflaged SUV show exhaust pipes and heat shields at the rear indicating the vehicle pictured uses internal combustion and is not the battery-electric model.
It also reveals an exterior design departing from other BMW SUVs, showing a front-end closer to that of the 7 Series sedan. Supplied Credit: CarExpert Current X7 Credit: CarExpert
BMW has said it will roll out its Neue Klasse design language with the next BMW iX3 due to be unveiled at the 2025 Munich motor show in September.
'We will make sure that the form language that we are developing now – and starting this year at the IAA [Munich show] with the first of the Neue Klasse vehicles – will be rolled out over the entire product portfolio, leaving no car behind,' BMW head of design, Adrain van Hooydonk, told Autocar.
'Of course, it would not be good for us or for our customers if there would be a new type of BMW and a 'classic' type of BMW. We're going to change the look and feel of the BMW brand.'
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