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Originally Posted by mkoesel
Yes, that's always a possibility. On the more typical 7 year trajectory, the X5 would have been good until 2020. So even if it is pushed into 2019 that's still a shortened lifecycle. The question is, can BMW afford to do that? SUV's are hot right now in the US and BMW needs fresh product to keep in the race. X5 sales have been hit or miss.
SCOTT has also mentioned that by the end of next year the X1 will be the oldest SAV. However, with the new X6 not currently scheduled until 2019, that info isn't strictly correct. But if you interpret his words to mean the core odd-numbered products, the X5 would be expected on the current schedule for mid next year.
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Yeah, and I do remember him saying in the past that either 2017 or 2018 would be the year of the SAV as you said in your first post. Just seems hard to imagine they'd launch all-new X5 and X7 in such a short timeframe. And today's PR suggests that the next product is the X7 coming late 2018 (although obviously they missed the X4).