BMW is planning a host of Life Cycle Impulse (facelifted) models and a selection of all-new products in the next five years.
German publication Auto Motor und Sport has learnt that no less than 28 new or refreshed BMW models will hit the market from now until 2021, kicking off with the global launch of the new 5-Series Touring at the Geneva Motor Show in March.
Soon after, it is reported that the BMW 5-Series GT will be replaced by a 6-Series GT borrowing technology from the latest 5-Series. The 6-Series GT will be approximately 100 kg (220 lbs) lighter than the equivalent existing car and be offered with four, six and eight cylinder engines with power ranging from 190 hp to 465 hp.
Also this year, the BMW X2 will debut and initially be offered with the same small petrol and diesel engines of the X1. The next-generation X3 will also bow some time this year and be the brand’s first SUV model using its CLAR platform. This platform will also spawn the long-awaited BMW X7, set to be constructed at the brand’s Spartanburg plant in the United States.
Things will continue for BMW throughout 2017 with the all-new M5 and M2 GTS to both launch in the second half of the year. We already know that the M5 will benefit from all-wheel drive and will have a 4.4-liter twin-turbo V8 delivering over 600 hp. The M2 GTS on the other hand will get an uprated turbo’d 3.0-liter engine lifting power to the 400 hp mark.
Next year will also prove rather fruitful for BMW particularly with the launch of the Z5 sports car, currently in development with Toyota alongside the next-generation Supra. What’s more, the famed BMW 8-Series will be resurrected in 2018 and directly rival the Mercedes-Benz S-Class Coupe. It will give birth to a Cabriolet variant in 2020.
Before that happens, 2018 will also see the debuts of the next-generation 3-Series and X5.
