宝马近日刚刚发布了外观和技术升级后的2018款X4，新车的车身进一步增加，内部空间，尤其是腿部空间更充裕。该车将于7月上市，而最近有人绘制了其M版本合成图。从图片看，M版X4除了大部分外装——包括双肾格栅和后部向下延伸车顶外，还增加了一些新的元素。格栅嵌条为黑色而非镀铬处理。格栅下面的进气口进一步扩大且更精致，两侧边角个有一个小的散热孔，内部还镶嵌了LED行驶灯。整个车身离地间隙更小，外观更具侵略性，车顶采用黑色碳纤维材质。至于该车动力系统，预计将搭载取自M3和M4的S553.0升六缸引擎。在那两款车上，功率为350/354千瓦/470/475马力。先前拍到的X4M谍照显示该车还配备了四排气尾管和专属车身面板。X4动力最强版本搭载一台3.0升直列六缸涡轮引擎，功率265千瓦/355马力，扭矩495牛米，搭配八速自动变速器和全驱系统，车辆0-96公里/小时加速时间4.6秒，7月上市。预计M版本将于年底前发布。

 

BMW X4 M Will Probably Look A Lot Like This

With an updated exterior and a tech-heavy cabin, the BMW X4 is all new for 2018. The larger, lovelier-looking SUV stretches out by three inches over its predecessor, and adds an extra inch of legroom to the interior. Even though the base model won’t be on sale until July, rendering artists have already gone to work on bringing a hardcore M model to life.

 

Artist X-Tomi Design has imagined the more hardcore X4. Apart from many of the obvious cues that carry over from the base model – the dual kidney grille and the sloped roofline, for example - the X4 M rendering gains a few new cues that make it unique.

 

The grille inserts are now finished in black instead of chrome. The lower air vent on the grille is now larger and more defined, and comes accented by two smaller vents at each corner, each with embedded LED running lights. The entire body is lower to the ground and more aggressive, and the roof is finished in a black carbon fiber treatment. If we had to hazard a guess as to how much horsepower it might have, we look to the rest of the BMW lineup for inspiration. The hardcore X4 will share an updated version of the 3.0-liter S55 six-cylinder engine found on cars like the M3 sedan and M4 coupe. In this application, it should be good for somewhere in the neighborhood of 470 to 475 horsepower (350 to 354 kilowatts). Already the more aggressive X4 has been spotted testing, wielding features like quad exhaust tips and unique body panelling.

 

The most powerful X4 currently available uses a 3.0-liter turbocharged inline-six that delivers 355 hp (265 kW) and 365 pound-feet (495 Newton-meters) of torque. All that performance comes paired to an eight-speed automatic and all-wheel drive, giving the crossover the ability to sprint to 60 miles per hour (96 kilometers per hour) in just 4.6 seconds.

 

The new BMW X4 will go on sale in July. We hope to see the more-powerful M model before the end of the year.