BMW has built an X7 Pick-up

No, BMW doesn’t harbour any ambitions to enter the truck market. The X7 Pick-up is actually a one-off conversion devised by the company’s vocational trainees in Munich.

BMW X7 Pick-up Concept (2019) Side

Taking a decommissioned X7 xDrive40i test vehicle as a starting point, they modified the rear doors, removed some bodywork and installed a fold-down tailgate.

BMW X7 Pick-up Concept (2019) Rear

The result combines a five-seat cab with a load bed that measures 140 cm (55”) long. Teak meanwhile provides a suitably upmarket (if somewhat impractical) wooden lining.

BMW X7 Pick-up Concept (2019) Rear Side

Unsurprisingly, a production version isn’t planned.

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