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BMW X7 Pick-up concept unveiled

Mercedes-Benz has the X-Class, BMW has... well at the moment it doesn't have anything, but that doesn't mean the company's engineers in Germany don't know how to make a ute.


Unveiled overnight, the BMW X7 Pick-up concept was developed over 10 months by vocational trainees, with help from the company's concept construction and model technology teams, in Munich. That's despite the fact the X7 is built Spartanburg, South Carolina.

The concept is about 100mm longer than the donor vehicle, and features a cargo tray lined with handcrafted teak panels and trim strips made from SLS 3D pressure components.

According to BMW, the use of honey-coloured wood and blue metallic paint was inspired by sporting yachts.

Because the concept uses carbon-fibre reinforced plastic for its unique rear doors, roof, and rear lid, the pickup actually weighs 200 kilograms less than the production crossover.

The X7 pickup is able to carry a BMW F 850 GS motorcycle with the tray door open. BMW says the length of the concept's loading area is 1400mm when the door is up, and 2000mm when it's down.

BMW is eager to stress the X7 Pick-up concept is a one-off, and "series implementation is not planned".

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