BMW, Audi and Mercedes tend to play a copycat game when it comes to new niches and models. With Mercedes having announced its upcoming X Class pickup truck, is it possible that BMW follows suit at some point?
If it were based on the current X5 (F15), these renderings below are what it would resemble. BMW hasn't indicated any plans for a pickup, but last Summer BMW's Australian Marketing Manager Marc Werner did
go on record with the statement: "Never say never," ... "We're watching the space closely" when asked about a potential BMW pickup. Most likely he was just having some fun with the press... or was he?
Even if BMW never officially produces a pickup truck for sale, they have made some fun one-off projects in the past. In 2011, BMW pulled the wraps off an one-off
E92 M3 based pickup truck. And in 2013, an Australian BMW dealership chopped up a first gen X5 to create a mini X5 Ute.
So what say you -- would you like to see a BMW make a pickup model to take take on the Mercedes X Class?
Mercedes X Class Pickup Concept.
E92 M3 Based Pickup.
E53 X5 Based Pickup.
