Munich. A brand new BMW Group Vision Vehicle supplies a primary glimpse of the Neue Klasse as an SAV: The BMW Vision Neue Klasse X brings the aesthetics, know-how, sustainability, and philosophy of the Neue Klasse to the Sports Activity Vehicles sector. The first fully-electric raised by-product on the brand new structure will go into sequence manufacturing at Plant Debrecen (Hungary) in 2025.
“Together with the BMW Vision Neue Klasse, the BMW Vision Neue Klasse X showcases the breadth of our future BMW model line-up. The Neue Klasse reflects the variety of all the models that customers want today and in the future – from sporty sedan, with all its derivatives, to modern SAV family,” says Oliver Zipse, Chairman of the Board of Management of BMW AG. “In this way, we are underlining that the Neue Klasse is much more than just a car or a specific concept; it is redefining the BMW brand – and, at the same time, will be more BMW than ever.”
The firm offered a transparent image of the model’s future as a sedan with the BMW Vision Neue Klasse at IAA 2023. The newest Vision Vehicle now illustrates how BMW sees the way forward for its X fashions. The BMW Vision Neue Klasse X stands for an energetic life-style, environment friendly dynamics and a assured stance. Its design combines a transparent exterior design language with a vivid and spacious inside. Special lighting and sound results enabled by the subsequent technology of BMW iDrive improve the intuitive digital person expertise. The three major traits of the Neue Klasse – electrical, digital and round – are expanded right here to incorporate a fourth dimension. The driving pleasure that kinds the core of the BMW model is taken to the subsequent degree with drive and chassis management developed specifically for the Neue Klasse and with the sixth technology of BMW eDrive know-how. Its sustainability idea additionally ensures accountable manufacturing, operations, disassembly and recycling.
Innovative drive and chassis management: extra dynamic efficiency, extra precision, extra effectivity.
A brand new kind of drive and chassis management delivers a superior driving expertise that’s tailor-made to particular person wants. It relies on a brand new software program stack developed in-house by the BMW Group that may assist the autos of the Neue Klasse assure a easy drive always. Two out of 4 new super-brains will take the driving expertise within the Neue Klasse to a brand new dimension.
“Neue Klasse means BMW driving at an even higher level,” explains Frank Weber, member of the Board of Management of BMW AG chargeable for Development. “The BMW of the future will have four totally new super-brains: high-performance computers working smartly together on what, up until now, was processed separately. We developed the first super-brain completely in-house. It integrates the entire powertrain and driving dynamics with up to ten times more computing power. The second super-brain will enable the next quantum leap in automated driving,” Weber continues. “Going forward, we will combine four key control units in a single high-performance computer. The result will be more dynamic performance, more precision, more efficiency and even more fun to drive.”
Design: BMW X fashions reimagined with robust characters.
In mixture with the two-box design of a BMW X mannequin, the pared-down design language developed for the Neue Klasse additionally represents a serious leap ahead in each exterior and inside design. With its elevated floor clearance, the fully-electric automobile structure gives new prospects for an much more spacious inside. It permits for a protracted wheelbase, quick overhangs and basic BMW proportions. Large window areas and the panoramic glass roof flood the inside with pure mild, creating an ethereal spaciousness that’s complemented by textiles in heat colors.
“The BMW Vision Neue Klasse X provides a look ahead to the X models of the Neue Klasse. The same principles apply to our Sport Activity Vehicles: electric, digital and circular,” says Adrian van Hooydonk, head of BMW Group Design.
“The X models will always remain strong in character: monolithic, clean and with a very distinctive vertical interpretation of the BMW light signature.”
The new model search for the BMW X fashions additionally contributes to the Vision Vehicle’s robust presence. Vertically aligned LED items provide a recent interpretation of BMW’s hallmark mild signature. Front and centre is the BMW kidney grille, reimagined as a three-dimensional sculpture with vertically aligned and backlit contours. Together, the headlights and kidney grille create a lighting impact that’s activated as the driving force approaches the automobile and continues within the inside.
The rear part is highly effective and athletic. Rear lights that attain far into the centre present a horizontal interpretation of the acquainted BMW L form. Its 3D-printed components are individually managed with variable mild depth to convey a very expressive depth impact.
Flush glass surfaces and the brilliant “Coral Silver” exterior paintwork give the BMW Vision Neue Klasse X a sure lightness. In the rear portion of the facet home windows, the model’s signature Hofmeister kink is realised not by way of chrome edging, however with a “reflective print” that kinds a clear or reflective floor, relying on the viewing angle.
Custom person expertise with BMW Panoramic Vision and HYPERSONX WHEEL personalised sound expertise.
The barely elevated seating place ensures a assured driving expertise. The redesigned steering wheel with multifunction buttons, Central Display with intuitive contact management performance and BMW Panoramic Vision, along with the superior voice management of the BMW Intelligent Personal Assistant, function the easy and intuitive interfaces for human-car interplay. BMW Panoramic Vision initiatives key info throughout the total width of the windscreen. It shall be complemented in manufacturing fashions of the Neue Klasse by the improved BMW 3D Head-Up Display.
In the BMW Vision Neue Klasse X, the Central Display is elegantly built-in into the instrument panel, offering each entrance passengers with optimum entry to all infotainment capabilities. The colors proven will not be solely transferred to the ambient mild, but additionally to the backlit textile surfaces of the instrument panel.
The Personal Sound Experience, offered for the primary time with the brand new HYPERSONX WHEEL, opens up additional prospects. With this digital operate, automotive occupants can take pleasure in their favorite sound on any journey. The sound, generated in actual time and adjusted with the faucet of a finger on the HYPERSONX WHEEL, is an modern contribution to the immersive and holistic person expertise that transforms the inside of the BMW Vision Neue Klasse X into a private expertise area.
BMW eDrive know-how: Sixth technology extra environment friendly than ever.
In the Neue Klasse, general automobile effectivity reaches a brand new degree. The newest, sixth technology of BMW eDrive know-how is essential to this. In addition to improved e-drive items, it additionally options new and now spherical lithium-ion battery cells, with a volumetric power density greater than 20 p.c greater than that of the prismatic cells beforehand used. In mixture with the transition to an 800-volt system, this may enhance charging pace by as much as 30 p.c – permitting autos to cost sufficient for a 300-kilometre vary in simply ten minutes. The sixth technology of BMW eDrive additionally delivers as much as 30 p.c extra vary. When it involves aerodynamics, the BMW Vision Neue Klasse X boasts a formidable new prime determine: with drag decreased by 20 p.c to a comparable mannequin within the present line-up. New tyre designs and a particular brake system for fully-electric autos assist improve general automobile effectivity by as much as 25 p.c.
Reduced CO2 footprint by way of extra resource-efficient manufacturing and provide chain.
A totally plant-based, mineral-based and petroleum-free floor materials “Verdana” was developed for the inside. It shall be used within the BMW Vision Neue Klasse X within the decrease portion of the door panelling and within the centre console. Maritime plastics are additionally being utilised for the primary time for injection-moulded components. In chosen parts, this secondary uncooked materials, which is obtained, for instance, from discarded fishing nets, already accounts for 30 p.c.
The selection of supplies and building methodology allow simpler disassembly of parts and improved recyclability. The facet skirts and entrance and rear apron attachments are additionally produced from recycled mono-materials. In this, the brand new design idea follows the precept of the BMW i Vision Circular offered in 2021, which relied extensively on mono-materials to optimise recyclability.
The Neue Klasse additionally heralds a brand new chapter in manufacturing historical past. BMW Group Plant Debrecen in Hungary was deliberate and developed as an iFACTORY.
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