The long-rumoured BMW X7, a full-size SUV, has been announced by BMW. As expected, it will be built in the US at an expanded Spartanburg plant.
“To meet strong global demand for our BMW X models, we will invest a total of one billion US dollars in our Spartanburg plant by 2016. This will increase annual production capacity by 50% up to 450,000 vehicles from 300,000 currently,” explained Norbert Reithofer. BMW AG’s chairman was speaking at a special ceremony in Spartanburg which commemorated 20 years of US production.
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This, the F17 project, will be BMW’s largest SUV yet. No images, further details or launch date have been released but the X7 is expected to be a restyled, long-wheelbase variant of the third generation X5. That will make it a rival for the Mercedes-Benz GL-Class, Range Rover and future Jeep Grand Wagoneer.
