[Video]: 2018 X3-M, 2018 M5, X5-M, M2, i3 and Rolls Royce SUV Spied in Death Valley!

The Automotive Enthusiast · 08-17-2017, 10:07 AM

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I spy with my little eye in Death Valley:

F97 X3 M
F90 M5
Rolls Royce Cullinan
Rolls Royce Phantom
X5 M
I01 i3 (i3s?)
F39 X2
F87 M2 CS

infamousq · 08-17-2017, 11:05 AM

Nice

Too__Hu///Mble · 08-17-2017, 11:06 AM

allen3ybq · 08-17-2017, 11:10 AM

You just won spy of the year title

Kief · 08-17-2017, 11:17 AM

Sign my wife up for that X3M!!!

Paulson · 08-17-2017, 11:19 AM

This really is an awsome spy shot. There is so much going on there I almost have trouble figuring out X3M VS X5 VS X7. All of them look cool except one, might be the GT or something.....

M5007 · 08-17-2017, 11:21 AM

Wow. Extended family gathering.

mkoesel · 08-17-2017, 11:32 AM

I've tried my best to put the vehicles identified by the OP (thank you for posting!) in order from the front of the line to the end, with small additions/tweaks from myself and others. Please chime in with corrections.

DarkstarZero · 08-17-2017, 11:38 AM

That's the M2 CS! Still with the tumor M4 exhaust can

3M TAPE · 08-17-2017, 11:47 AM

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Originally Posted by Kief

Sign my wife up for that X3M!!!

I mean does your wife really need X3 M? Why not X3 3.0?

mkoesel · 08-17-2017, 11:50 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 3M TAPE

I mean does your wife really need X3 M? Why not X3 3.0?

No one needs an M anything, especially an SUV. If his wife wants a quick grocery getter, more power to her.

ynguldyn · 08-17-2017, 11:53 AM

7. F39. G24 is still 3 years away, too soon for a production quality item to exist.

mkoesel · 08-17-2017, 11:54 AM

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Originally Posted by ynguldyn

7. F39. G24 is still 3 years away, too soon for a production quality item to exist.

I had just changed that, probably as you were posting. However, I listed the X4 model code instead of the X2 - fixed. Thanks.

By the way, and this is a bit tangential, but I figured that I'd ask while I know you are online - will the non-M V8 X5 be called the M50i or just 50i? Seems the former makes sense given the new conventions, but it is just listed as 50i in the future model thread.

ynguldyn · 08-17-2017, 12:02 PM

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Originally Posted by mkoesel

I had just changed that, probably as you were posting. However, I listed the X4 model code instead of the X2 - fixed. Thanks.

By the way, and this is a bit tangential, but I figured that I'd ask while I know you are online - will the non-M V8 X5 be called the M50i or just 50i? Seems the former makes sense given the new conventions, but it is just listed as 50i in the future model thread.

It was just 50i when it first came out. I should know in a couple of months if this is going to hold for the public release.

Froggi · 08-17-2017, 12:09 PM

Nice video. Looks like the spy photographer is keeping a low profile in that bright yellow convertible C7... That Rolls Royce SUV looks like a hearse.

ssuene93 · 08-17-2017, 12:21 PM

Nice Spy. +1 on the X3M. Thank you for sharing!

Mamyf30 · 08-17-2017, 12:23 PM

Haha i love the sneak through the bush zoom in technique. Nice job!

Kief · 08-17-2017, 12:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 3M TAPE

I mean does your wife really need X3 M? Why not X3 3.0?

Because why settle with the M40i!! (And then the price is revealed-Haha)

Quote:

Originally Posted by mkoesel

No one needs an M anything, especially an SUV. If his wife wants a quick grocery getter, more power to her.

^^^This!

Besides, I'd be driving it as much as her!

Zeroblade · 08-17-2017, 12:39 PM

BMW train

Feels like a long time for these things to come out already lol Yeah I know it takes a while to develop a car but just feels like wait is longer than usual

M3 Adjuster · 08-17-2017, 12:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mkoesel

Quote:

Originally Posted by 3M TAPE

I mean does your wife really need X3 M? Why not X3 3.0?

No one needs an M anything, especially an SUV. If his wife wants a quick grocery getter, more power to her.

Silly oldhead.. Groceries come from Amazon ..

FSociety · 08-17-2017, 12:54 PM

kozzi Crashnbrn5 sign us up for that REAL X3M pls

SpartaEvolution · 08-17-2017, 01:15 PM

That phantom looks bigger then the SUV!

That is a lot of new machinery all in one place.

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