A design so unfeasible, we all thought, that it didn’t matter how unviable.
An SUV Coupe? Ruthlessly absurd!
How wrong we were! Car enthusiasts obviously recognize this compact crossover shape from more than three dozen new or upcoming road cars. The chopped roof, the bluff face and 1-series-previewing headlamps? Z4 Coupe backlight, with the high rump of the X6?
It all came true!
Like a wild wet dream for gravel drifters… the X Coupe came well ahead of its time in 2001.
Concept Flashback – 2001 BMW X Coupe
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