X5 [Spy Shots] Next Gen BMW X5 (G65) and iX5 - coming in 2027?

[Ghost1]

This car is going to be a winner. Too bad the M version will have that awful sound again. Any news about the upcoming the new GLE?

 

[leylandi]

This car is going to be a winner. Too bad the M version will have that awful sound again. Any news about the upcoming the new GLE?

May 2026

 

[Ghost1]

May 2026

Is it a new model or just a facelift?

 

[Esp5]

Is it a new model or just a facelift?

Just a simple exterior facelift, but with a new dashboard and perhaps something more inside in terms of materials

 

[leylandi]

Is it a new model or just a facelift?

facelift

 

[empower77]

It's just cost cutting. The prototypes of the Touring still had the split window part if I recall the spy shots. It was a last minute ditch to cut costs.

The X5 will look cleaner without another additional shut-line in the rear of the X5, but it's a feature I hate seeing go..

Not sure what I make of the New Class designs. I’ll have to see them in person before making judgement. That said I like this gen of X5… hope it remains handsome. Most of the X5s were good looking (except the F15)

 

[empower77]

This has been doing the rounds in the interwebs. Any truth in this design?

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[martinbo]

Off topic posts regarding cost cutting in BMWs have been moved here:

Gone off track Thread 'Cost Cutting Discourse moved from next-gen G65 X5 thread'

Dec 16, 2025

I think it has been removed from the X5. But the X7 still has it.

Is there anything BMW hasn't removed or plans to remove soon?

My rear seats are almost never used. I'm just waiting for some BMW employee to read out data on how little the rear seats have been used and thus remove the rear seats "because we have data that so few people use the equipment".

New BMW slogan; "BMW - The Ultimate Cost Cutting Company - We cut where everyone else delivers, at the same price or higher than before."

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On topic: the forthcoming next generation X5 and all-new iX5.

 

[Design FIRST]

These renderings look as though they could be very close to the real, in the metal series production vehicle.

The new X5/ix5 is going to present BMW with quite the "luxury problem". I can easily envision this car treading on 5/i5 Sedan/Touring territory with vigor. But let's see what the G60/61 LCI brings.

 

[Esp5]

These renderings look as though they could be very close to the real, in the metal series production vehicle.

The new X5/ix5 is going to present BMW with quite the "luxury problem". I can easily envision this car treading on 5/i5 Sedan/Touring territory with vigor. But let's see what the G60/61 LCI brings.

Those still seem to me to be 80% based on the current generation; they lack the fundamental global and overall elements seen beyond the camouflage.

 

[Titot]

Source: https://g65.bimmerpost.com/forums/s...-Lb230lR07zk_Y_qrU_aem_89I1eqoUQ-9iMzTbkXhPFQ

 

[Swissbob]

Doorhandles like a Mustang mach E, which will be forbidden in China.

 

[Design FIRST]

Doorhandles like a Mustang mach E, which will be forbidden in China.

I am wondering how manufacturers are going to address this issue. Will we be returning to the old school conventional exterior doorhandles of the pre-2020s ? Or a solution similar to that seen on the BMW G60 5er or C9 Audi A6, meaning flush yet with an additional provision of easily fitting the hand into a cavity in order to mechanically pull and release the door ?

For the sake of design, I'd like to see something similar to the latter.

 

[Design FIRST]

I am wondering how manufacturers are going to address this issue. Will we be returning to the old school conventional exterior doorhandles of the pre-2020s ? Or a solution similar to that seen on the BMW G60 5er or C9 Audi A6, meaning flush yet with an additional provision of easily fitting the hand into a cavity in order to mechanically pull and release the door ?

For the sake of design, I'd like to see something similar to the latter.

^^

 

[klier]

Doorhandles like a Mustang mach E, which will be forbidden in China.

They wouldn't have done that if it were the case.

It must be for new cars in a few years if actually true. Not applicable to the new X5.

 

[Matski]

It must be for new cars in a few years if actually true. Not applicable to the new X5.

Once the regulations are approved the manufacturers have between 13 and 25 months to comply depending on where they are at with type approval at that point. There was also a consultation period (albeit seemingly a very short one), so I'm sure they're already on it.

edit: Just realised the effective date is 1st Jan 2027, so effectively cars currently pending type approval have to meet the requirement by 1st Jan 2028. Cars that already have type approval have to be compliant by 1st Jan 2029.

For the sake of design, I'd like to see something similar to the latter.

Some examples of interior and exterior handles that would be suitable for testing to the new regulations...

 

[SKY]

Source: https://g65.bimmerpost.com/forums/s...-Lb230lR07zk_Y_qrU_aem_89I1eqoUQ-9iMzTbkXhPFQ

I may be biased by some renders, but I am becoming increasingly negative about the rear end.

Hope I'm wrong.