Following the reveal of the unique BMW X7-based pickup truck this summer, the company made the concept vehicle available for everyone to see at its BMW Welt museum in Munich, Germany. The car still holds an F 850 GS motorbike in the bed.
Twelve BMW Munich factory interns have spent 10 months designing the one-off truck. The X7 had to forego its third seat row, but received a modest-sized truck bed instead. Its length amounts to only 1.4 meters (4.6 feet) when closed, but you can flip down the tailgate to expand it to 2 meters (6.6 feet). The bed is laid out with timber, and the pickup itself makes use of numerous carbon-fiber body parts, which makes it around 200 kilos lighter than the X7 SUV it is based upon. The same old Х7 xDrive40i turbo-six engine sits under the hood, sourcing 340 hp (254 kW) from its three liters of displacement.
Head of BMW’s R&D department Klaus Fröhlich has repeatedly stated that the company was not planning to launch a production pickup truck anytime soon. Audi had previously voiced the same stance. The rumors that emerged this summer about Mercedes-Benz intending to discontinue its X-Class series could be the reason.
Other manufacturers continue to fight for the dominance in the ‘crazy truck’ market niche, though, with the Tesla Cybertruck, Bollinger B2, Lordstown Endurance and Rivian R1T being only some examples.