Rumors of an X8 originally emerged four years ago, but it wasn’t until about a month ago when BMW chairman Oliver Zipse indirectly confirmed the flagship SUV. “Another high-end car” will be unveiled at the end of the year, and since it will be built at the Spartanburg plant, it must be an SUV as the factory in South Carolina is where the X3 through X6 models come to life, complete with their M versions, plus the X7.

You’ve likely seen the rather worrying spy shots of prototypes by now, and this fresh rendering from Kolesa attempts to digitally remove the camouflage to unveil the controversial design.
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