It is much better than the concept, but in my opinion, it still doesn't look good. I especially don't like the headlights under the very squinty running lights, which they also did with the 7-series. To me, that running light-headlight design appears like they pressed the top of one car onto another. Also, I guess they wanted to pay homage to the M1 with the slats on the rear lights, but I don't like them either.
@@fciz2023 I agree, but what I mean here is that there are way better implementations of the split headlight designs out there. This design in particular somehow accentuates the stacked cars look, in my opinion.
As a 23 years of industrial design I can sincerly say that the sketches are beautiful, but the production version is a total aesthetic mess. Also looks kitsch and cheap. But of course, there are plenty of same kind of people and their tastes that will appreciate this disturbing block.
I think it looks good. lot of people seems to take the huge grille out of the context and say it looks bad but imo bmw designers did an amazing job putting everything together.
Genuinely one of the few occasions where the production model looks better than the concept! Still challenging to look at, but I'm sure the design will grow on me, a bit like Chris Bangles designs
I'm really glad you view the XM like you do, (don't know if you saw my comment in the previous video of BMW X cars) but I do believe the brave will be rewarded in this case. As always, there will be a lot of fallout from 1st impressions, only to be quietly retracted a few months on. Great review!
Let’s be honest man … for me a box and this car … are the same. When you are in the first grade and the teacher asks you to draw a car, you draw this XM.
Absolutely better than the concept. And i didnt even mind the concept but i love this. I agree with the screen - dash intergration. I didn't like it on the Mercs, neither do i in BMW. It could have been better intergrated into the dash
I clicked the video expecting to disagree with everything you say and potentially puke at this thing but holy shit it looks incredible, the angles and theme are soo futuristic and menacing. 10/10 for this one, as much as I hate BMW these days.
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DNA was the round headlights and the angel eyes, true! Allways looked good! Yes... that where the old days... Now, they only want to polarize with Hideous and Grotesk Design...🤢🤮
Every cars had round headlights....times change, trends change. Some people move on, some don't. Which ride you want to stick to, past or future....its your own choice. You're not any more entitled than the other.
It's way better than the concept, but that wasn't that hard of a challenge. It will have a hard time competing against similar prices suvs (170.000€)..
this is the best looking funky bmw’s lately. this is consistently outrageous design, the front,back,sides,lights, grill. wish had more bold wheels to match.
Compared to the concept I agree that they toned down the ugliness a little bit, but the proportions of the whole car are still terrible. The narrow glasshouse on the sides makes it look extremely “heavy”, any sort of sporty proportions that BMW suv typically have are gone. The front face is still kind of a mess , I still dislike the split headlights. Also considering how much the asking price is going to be, the interior is just combination of interior parts from many other BMWs as is not unique and premium enough for a “flagship” M model. I am curious what the sales figures are going to be in the future for this model, if us who criticize it are just oblivious to current trends or if it will flop real hard.
You're probably right but I think BMW took Luxury & Futuristic approach on this, as much as it is an M car but when you look at the proportions think Rolls Royce Cullinan, maybe a fighter against the AMG-Maybach SUV by Mercedes.
I love the concept of having an XM model. Truly the only exterior design elements I like are the rear windshield with double logos and the hi-tech front and rear lights. 🐈⬛
First off I agree massive improvement over concept. Secondly while I am not a fan of this sort of design I appreciate it more than featureless and repetitive design of Mercedes Benz and unimaginative work of Audi.
Now this is awesome. It's one of the really rare moments where a production vehicle is much better looking than the concept. It's almost like BMW gave a polished middle finger to their design department (the ones who did the XM Concept and the 2023 7 series), and hired a new set of designers. Great job, BMW
I was unsure about the concept, but this is much better. Black is def the best color on this and probably all their cars with this head light/DRL design, maybe a really dark gray as well.
I love the design, possibly going to pick one up one day. The only issue I have with it is the steering wheel, its disappointing they haven't done any design update to it. Its starting to look very outdated.
well outdated fits for BMW engineering in general as a whole Company just look at a Model X Plaid looks hideous but can obliterate pretty much any car and got significant more range with more power than any EV BMW has ever produced.
@@realme4107 thats maybe the case but it doesn’t change the fact that a Modle X got significant more range ,power, torque, cargo space ,efficiency and the most important their software doesn’t shut down randomly
@@mastodon5220 Well.. thats with 3 motors. Divide the IX M60 HP by two, and add that to the total to get an "tri motor" ix m60. I do concede that efficiency and cargo is better though.
I think they had it before, but were not at liberty to show the double headlighs. So they had to change it rather quickly, resulting in a rushed concept.
And then there're the ones who want to forget the concept and make it like it never existed, and want this to be the one which was the concept and the production to remove the lowered headlights completely, making them an unit again
I don’t have a problem with this car, in fact I think it’s semi cool. BUT, the problem for most is the fact that this is the “M1 homage” after years of M heritage. Disgusting
Why people dont get it that they dont care if we like the Design, they only care if chinese like it, and it seems the more ridicouless the more they like it
Love or hate some of their designs, BMW designers definitely have the most balls and freedom to go wild. None of their products look similar, some look amazing, some less so, but at least they are bold and controversial as hell, which I respect.
I honestly feel like you have to be artistic to like BMWs design and understand what they are doing. I've been a fan of all designs lately, or at least appreciated what they are trying to do which is innovate. That's always been their plan so to me the brand hasn't really lost anything
@@nygeriunprence well MB design’s lead to max aerodynamics thats what u need if u wanna reach Range&Power BMW failed to do both just look at a Model X Plaid space + speed and range just stop being a delusional die hard beema fanboy, jeez cringe
That sounds a bit snobby though Design should represent the function, and bmw (and most car manufacturers) are making their cars more and more aggressive looking, which completely misses the point of it. A car should be user friendly, safe for driver and environment etc. Also these cars are full of useless design features such as fake aero elements, unnecessary lines and bloated surfaces. Yeah it sometimes looks cool, but we’re talking about a transport vehicle, not something from the army.. I’m curious what do you think they are trying to doing lately? Maybe I’m just missing the point
@@pjetrs I kinda think the contrary, in army vehicles design plays a much less important role, mostly follows function since that’s vital. In civilian vehicles design still follows function but it’s not vital at all so they can play a lot with it.
@@pjetrs Usually, for a customer to buy a car he must either feel a connection or emotion with that product (to feel it will make him look cooler, it will make him empowered, it will make him feel rich, it will make him proud of him), either the car is just so cheap he doesn’t care (but that’s for stuff like Dacia and definitely not BMW, although even Dacia changed their positioning and now go for the connection with the customer I was talking about earlier). BMW’s strategy nowadays is focusing on the consumer that’s going to buy that exact type of car when they are designing it, ignoring what the general public (that wouldn’t buy that car) says. Would you buy an SUV that’s so big that you can barely park it in any European city while at the same time it tries to be a performance car with 600 something up and that at the same time is more expensive than a house? Chances are not. The people that would buy this almost illogical mix of a car / atrocity, actually want their car to look like the illogical mix / atrocity it represents and for other people to see how cool they are. And the BMW XM delivers exactly that. I want to mention that I personally don’t like the XM nor do I particularly like the i7, but I understand they weren’t meant for me to like.
serious!? this still is a total desaster. always liked what I saw on this channel and agreed to your opinions. better than concept, yet still a huge violation of automotive design in my opinion.
I don't know what I'm missing, but this looks terrible to me. The front looks so incoherent and I'm still not a fan of the stacked headlights. Nobody's managed to get that right yet, and certainly not BMW. It looks like two different cars clipping into each other. Also I don't like the badges on the rear windscreen. The only thing I like about it is the tail lights. There's a reason why it looks that much better in black. Still better than the iX, thankfully.
BMW Exterior Designers really squandered this opportunity. Exterior looks like a bulky and bloated X7, cannot stand the rims. Should’ve looked more like the sleek X6M!
BMW skillfully keeping us just hopeful enough so that they can keep disappointing us later on
Maybe they're just testing stuff out rn and seeing what sticks
@@gotworc nah they are just trolling on another level, it is a big conspiracy against us ;D
Hear me out just buy a merc. More comfy more reliable and much better
@@mac.fk14 really? lol bmw buyers are always loyal to it and ofc now bmw overall provied better overall package my friend
You won't believe the design of the M2
It’s better than the concept that’s for sure
An ugly BMW don’t worry me
A BMW that doesn’t handle do
Which is probably the case with the XM.
It’s 3 tons and 5.1m long
It still doesn't look good. Too much going on in front, and the grille is still too big.
@@damilolaakanni at least it's not like m4/m3's grille
That's not that much of an achievement
he should make discord server we give ideas
It is much better than the concept, but in my opinion, it still doesn't look good. I especially don't like the headlights under the very squinty running lights, which they also did with the 7-series. To me, that running light-headlight design appears like they pressed the top of one car onto another. Also, I guess they wanted to pay homage to the M1 with the slats on the rear lights, but I don't like them either.
You don’t have to like it but that’s the new thing now a lot of makes are going with split design dead lights now
@@fciz2023 I agree, but what I mean here is that there are way better implementations of the split headlight designs out there. This design in particular somehow accentuates the stacked cars look, in my opinion.
Whoa! It’s actually better than the concept! Shout out to design regulations
haha, for once lol
When is BMW not designing divisive vehicles? I love the polarizing designs of BMW
From like 2008 to 2018.
Agree with you man
do people still buy BMWs? Swear Merc and Audi just look a lot better nowadays
As a 23 years of industrial design I can sincerly say that the sketches are beautiful, but the production version is a total aesthetic mess. Also looks kitsch and cheap. But of course, there are plenty of same kind of people and their tastes that will appreciate this disturbing block.
I think it looks good. lot of people seems to take the huge grille out of the context and say it looks bad but imo bmw designers did an amazing job putting everything together.
That’s better be sarcastic
The grill is 1 of million things wrong with this car’s design.
How civilisation has fallen
@@ahkiii_ nothing civilisation about this....
Everything together is the thing they did wrong
That concept worried me. Thankfully they came through and made something that finally looks badass. This blacked out one looks menacing.
Not a fan of the rear part, but the front and overall proportion of the XM looks surprisingly amazing!
Bmw designers must be angry birds green piggy fans
BMW might have an identity crisis but as long as they make stuff like this I’m ok with it. It’s insane
Itslike an X5 and Toyota Rav4 had a beautiful baby.
@@mikeicee indeed. And a very powerful one
wtf you think this looks good
@@centenario6677 exactly what you don’t think looks good: the car
@@Andrew9565-AD dont you think it looks like a ai designed car?
Interesting that it has old school grab handles and not the newer BMW flush style
I'm neither a BMW owner/fanboy nor a SUV fan, but I think this is a damn good looking car all around. Love the exhaust tips and the headlights.
It is fine. Since last weekend, I've accepted that anything is possible when I overheard someone said Clint Eastwood was still looking young.
Genuinely one of the few occasions where the production model looks better than the concept! Still challenging to look at, but I'm sure the design will grow on me, a bit like Chris Bangles designs
I'm really glad you view the XM like you do, (don't know if you saw my comment in the previous video of BMW X cars) but I do believe the brave will be rewarded in this case. As always, there will be a lot of fallout from 1st impressions, only to be quietly retracted a few months on.
Great review!
I actually kinda like the design now
Let’s be honest man … for me a box and this car … are the same. When you are in the first grade and the teacher asks you to draw a car, you draw this XM.
Absolutely!🤣👍 But... Even as a kid you would never draw such big kidneys into the front... It still looks hideous/hilarious!🤷🏼♂️
They still have time to not release it
Absolutely better than the concept. And i didnt even mind the concept but i love this. I agree with the screen - dash intergration. I didn't like it on the Mercs, neither do i in BMW. It could have been better intergrated into the dash
I love how people complain about screens aren't integrated into the dash, but never complains about screens just sitting on their desk exposed.
It's as if an architect designed a BMW, a very striking vehicle.
It might stike you if you dont get in the "showers".
Don’t insult architects. Architecture is about harmony of elements, this has zero of that.
@@ws1814 not necessarily. Remember brutalism?
@@ws1814 I thought I'm the only 1 who thinks this is horrific.
"It looks fantastic" - WHAT?!
I know, I don’t know what’s he’s on sometimes. 😂
Yeah... Couldn't believe it too what he said... Must be really good what he smokes...🤷🏼♂️
Or, you know…that’s just his opinion 😂
i like it as well, this looks way better and more head turning than a gle63 or cayenne or rsq8
I clicked the video expecting to disagree with everything you say and potentially puke at this thing but holy shit it looks incredible, the angles and theme are soo futuristic and menacing.
10/10 for this one, as much as I hate BMW these days.
Please make your audio volume a bit louder. Thanks!
Bruh, BMW are fqqing with us at this point. lol
Hey Bembli, would you make a video about your model car collection? Searched for a bit and didn't find one. Would def love to see it
The front resembles the pigs from Angry birds even more than before.
Get your eyes checked mate
@@boondockbwoy14 I got them checked. Thank you for your concern. My opinion still stands.
@@adityashubham8381 I don't think your doc is properly certified
@@boondockbwoy14 Alright then. Pay for my visit to a certified doctor you know. I’m happy to travel to your country on your funds and get it checked.
@@adityashubham8381 Sorry for the inconvenience but I cannot do so at the moment unfortunately, if it takes time for you then so be it just keep in mind you require a properly certified professional
6000 lbs is 2.7 tonnes.
WTF, not a chance in hell am I driving that for pleasure.
8:34 it’s not black just a reflection. It’s the same car.
BMW must really hate the M1 if this is how the choose to pay tribute to it.
Why have they completely abandoned the round headlights? It’s a BMW brand DNA. It plays off the roundel.
DNA was the round headlights and the angel eyes, true! Allways looked good! Yes... that where the old days... Now, they only want to polarize with Hideous and Grotesk Design...🤢🤮
Every cars had round headlights....times change, trends change. Some people move on, some don't. Which ride you want to stick to, past or future....its your own choice. You're not any more entitled than the other.
It actually looks beautiful 😮
I know right? Not like the M3/M4/i4/iX which are design disasters.
I rather don't want to know what drug you were on to write this comment 💀🤓
It's way better than the concept, but that wasn't that hard of a challenge.
It will have a hard time competing against similar prices suvs (170.000€)..
What competitors? Everything in this price range is traditional SUV or mall crawler. It has no cheaper lookalike as does cayenne and g-wagen
BMW, WHAT THE FUCK IS THIS SHIT WITH THE GRILL?
this is the best looking funky bmw’s lately. this is consistently outrageous design, the front,back,sides,lights, grill. wish had more bold wheels to match.
Compared to the concept I agree that they toned down the ugliness a little bit, but the proportions of the whole car are still terrible. The narrow glasshouse on the sides makes it look extremely “heavy”, any sort of sporty proportions that BMW suv typically have are gone. The front face is still kind of a mess , I still dislike the split headlights. Also considering how much the asking price is going to be, the interior is just combination of interior parts from many other BMWs as is not unique and premium enough for a “flagship” M model.
I am curious what the sales figures are going to be in the future for this model, if us who criticize it are just oblivious to current trends or if it will flop real hard.
You're probably right but I think BMW took Luxury & Futuristic approach on this, as much as it is an M car but when you look at the proportions think Rolls Royce Cullinan, maybe a fighter against the AMG-Maybach SUV by Mercedes.
From the side It looks like a KIA Seltos
all cars look better in black, if your choice is black - it means that car isnt beautiful
I love the concept of having an XM model. Truly the only exterior design elements I like are the rear windshield with double logos and the hi-tech front and rear lights. 🐈⬛
To be fair, I'm loving this new Cyberpunk design aesthetic from BMW in their 7 series and XM lines. So far it's been pretty good design choices
Says nobody ever
I love the design, it looks so good, the concept looked good but this looks way better
You're defenitely on drugs.
Bruh its opinions but i cant actually see enything good about this design
@@diogolaroca3937 And looking at the past comments you left on this channel you despise of BMW.
How could you even think about buying that thing
First off I agree massive improvement over concept. Secondly while I am not a fan of this sort of design I appreciate it more than featureless and repetitive design of Mercedes Benz and unimaginative work of Audi.
A gigantic atrocity. And it weighs six thousand pounds lol
it's so bad it hurts
It is honestly stunning😍😍
Do a video on the BMW M2 leak
It reminds me of a Transformer that front bumper really nice 👍 truck overall
Can you turn the grill light off?
I came here thinking you'd tear this abomination apart, but I was disappointed....
Now this is awesome. It's one of the really rare moments where a production vehicle is much better looking than the concept.
It's almost like BMW gave a polished middle finger to their design department (the ones who did the XM Concept and the 2023 7 series), and hired a new set of designers.
Great job, BMW
It could also be the concept and the production version were designed by the same designers.
Im happy for you that even blind people are doing well in the automotive design branch.
I was unsure about the concept, but this is much better. Black is def the best color on this and probably all their cars with this head light/DRL design, maybe a really dark gray as well.
Yes. Black makes it “bearable”
if they can iron out the ugly in next gens lineup, they actually have a clean futuristic design somewhere in this mess 👍
Does anyone know where I can get those model cars from? I love them!
You wish you were able to design a car so beautiful lol
Haters always compare to the older models is what I see, I don’t know why people can’t accept it, is way better than your civic or Corolla…
I love the design, possibly going to pick one up one day. The only issue I have with it is the steering wheel, its disappointing they haven't done any design update to it. Its starting to look very outdated.
well outdated fits for BMW engineering in general as a whole Company
just look at a Model X Plaid looks hideous but can obliterate pretty much any car and got significant more range with more power than any EV BMW has ever produced.
@@mastodon5220Bmw ix has a much higher real world range. Only thing tesla is experienced at is manufacturing plastic.
@@realme4107 thats maybe the case but it doesn’t change the fact that a Modle X got significant more range ,power, torque, cargo space ,efficiency and the most important their software doesn’t shut down randomly
@@mastodon5220 Well.. thats with 3 motors. Divide the IX M60 HP by two, and add that to the total to get an "tri motor" ix m60. I do concede that efficiency and cargo is better though.
Now THIS is the kind of bold I want from BMW. Please give the iX this same proportions.
This is the first time I have disagreed with you, this things disgusting
Spot on review. Well said about it splitting hearts but moving design boundaries forward
The new studio looks great! Honestly I like the black one as well because it makes it harder to see how ugly it is 😂.
I think they had it before, but were not at liberty to show the double headlighs. So they had to change it rather quickly, resulting in a rushed concept.
What size is this similar to? X3, X5, iX?
X7
Holy shit, they actually made it look good
It´s very, very nice. About time BMW.
Monster 🔥🔥🔥
why your sound is so quite? i did not hear anything
Why the sound is so quiet on the latest videos?
I'm glad I'm not a BMW driver anymore.
I’m not the biggest fan but I respect the dedication to the design.
It's just the rear end, particular the area where windshield starts is pushed too far back. That needs fixing. Oh and the exhausts too.
And then there're the ones who want to forget the concept and make it like it never existed, and want this to be the one which was the concept and the production to remove the lowered headlights completely, making them an unit again
I like the xm actually.
The recording volume is low compared to most other videos on youtube.
I don’t have a problem with this car, in fact I think it’s semi cool. BUT, the problem for most is the fact that this is the “M1 homage” after years of M heritage. Disgusting
Your cat looks IDENTICAL to mine. I checked if my cat is missing 😂
it looks great without the bronze trim
Surprisingly hot 🔥!
Really stunning and lightyears
better than this Chinese VOLVO! ✨
The back looks like a Volvo.
Nah. The back looks like VooDoo
Why people dont get it that they dont care if we like the Design, they only care if chinese like it, and it seems the more ridicouless the more they like it
It's definitely better than new BMW i7 and x7 2023 because this new BMW xm has front aggressive look just love interior as well
they fixed the front end but ruined everything else imo
Love or hate some of their designs, BMW designers definitely have the most balls and freedom to go wild. None of their products look similar, some look amazing, some less so, but at least they are bold and controversial as hell, which I respect.
Looks immense
I honestly feel like you have to be artistic to like BMWs design and understand what they are doing. I've been a fan of all designs lately, or at least appreciated what they are trying to do which is innovate. That's always been their plan so to me the brand hasn't really lost anything
Same, these people just want all the boring safe designs MB and others have been churning out with.
@@nygeriunprence
well MB design’s lead to max aerodynamics thats what u need if u wanna reach Range&Power
BMW failed to do both
just look at a Model X Plaid space + speed and range
just stop being a delusional die hard beema fanboy, jeez cringe
That sounds a bit snobby though
Design should represent the function, and bmw (and most car manufacturers) are making their cars more and more aggressive looking, which completely misses the point of it. A car should be user friendly, safe for driver and environment etc. Also these cars are full of useless design features such as fake aero elements, unnecessary lines and bloated surfaces. Yeah it sometimes looks cool, but we’re talking about a transport vehicle, not something from the army.. I’m curious what do you think they are trying to doing lately? Maybe I’m just missing the point
@@pjetrs I kinda think the contrary, in army vehicles design plays a much less important role, mostly follows function since that’s vital. In civilian vehicles design still follows function but it’s not vital at all so they can play a lot with it.
@@pjetrs Usually, for a customer to buy a car he must either feel a connection or emotion with that product (to feel it will make him look cooler, it will make him empowered, it will make him feel rich, it will make him proud of him), either the car is just so cheap he doesn’t care (but that’s for stuff like Dacia and definitely not BMW, although even Dacia changed their positioning and now go for the connection with the customer I was talking about earlier).
BMW’s strategy nowadays is focusing on the consumer that’s going to buy that exact type of car when they are designing it, ignoring what the general public (that wouldn’t buy that car) says. Would you buy an SUV that’s so big that you can barely park it in any European city while at the same time it tries to be a performance car with 600 something up and that at the same time is more expensive than a house? Chances are not. The people that would buy this almost illogical mix of a car / atrocity, actually want their car to look like the illogical mix / atrocity it represents and for other people to see how cool they are. And the BMW XM delivers exactly that.
I want to mention that I personally don’t like the XM nor do I particularly like the i7, but I understand they weren’t meant for me to like.
Thousands upon thousands of 🤮 from BMW fans in instagram finally sunk in.
Definitely the black, it looks awesome, thanks for the review.
serious!? this still is a total desaster. always liked what I saw on this channel and agreed to your opinions. better than concept, yet still a huge violation of automotive design in my opinion.
I don't know what I'm missing, but this looks terrible to me. The front looks so incoherent and I'm still not a fan of the stacked headlights. Nobody's managed to get that right yet, and certainly not BMW. It looks like two different cars clipping into each other. Also I don't like the badges on the rear windscreen. The only thing I like about it is the tail lights. There's a reason why it looks that much better in black. Still better than the iX, thankfully.
This clown car design is hilarious! LMAO
Looks infinitely better than the concept!
when I first saw the thumbnail of this video, I thought it was a batmobile SUV, lol!
BMW Exterior Designers really squandered this opportunity. Exterior looks like a bulky and bloated X7, cannot stand the rims. Should’ve looked more like the sleek X6M!
the best SUV design ever , even the kidney grill is smaller as compare to concept , I wish the wheel and back light was same as concept, love BMW
Looks way better than the concept
Just when I thought the m2 was the worst they could’ve made
Anytime someone say "there are people that gonna like it, and people that gonna hate it" I know that I'm part of second group...
I like both the concept and the production version. BMW are taking the right path finally
I wish the DRLs were slightly more thicker...like u know..a bit more noticeable
Actually the 2 tone is kinda sick done right. Maybe like a light bronze color with a brownish trim
why are you suggesting 70’s honda civic colours?
Monumental and sick XM!!! 🔥🔥🔥