Vehicle
BMW XM
The plug-in hybrid performance SUV, and the only M car since the M1 with no combustion-only sibling. Its interest is the powertrain: a 4.4 twin-turbo V8 with the electric motor built into the eight-speed automatic, drawing on a 25.7 kWh usable pack — so unlike most plug-in hybrids the electric machine sits inside the gearbox housing, and a fault there is a transmission job rather than an axle one. High-voltage precautions therefore apply to work that otherwise looks entirely ordinary.
Generations
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G09 2022–present
The electric motor lives inside the eight-speed automatic, so high-voltage precautions apply to what otherwise looks like ordinary gearbox work.
- Body styles
- SUV
- Platform
- BMW CLAR
- Engines
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- 4.4 twin-turbo V8 — S68 · plug-in hybrid · 480 kW (644 hp) combined · 25.7 kWh usable; the motor is integrated into the gearbox
- 3.0 turbo straight-six — B58 · plug-in hybrid · XM 50e
- Transmissions
- 8-speed ZF 8HP automatic
- Drivetrain
- Four-wheel drive
Service information
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