
The up to date 2026 BMW XM plug-in hybrid (PHEV) SUV is scheduled to reach in Australia earlier than the top of this 12 months with an enormous worth minimize, as the present three-tier vary is diminished to a single mannequin grade.Â
The present mid-spec XM Label will grow to be the only real XM in native showrooms from 2026 onwards, with its present worth minimize from $344,200 to $309,900 earlier than on-road prices.Â
It can change each the entry stage XM – which is $302,200 earlier than on-roads – and the flagship $349,900 XM Purple Label.Â
BMW Australia has confirmed 2026 XM Label has similar tools – other than extra updates – as the present mid-spec XM, regardless of the $34,300 worth discount.
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The up to date Porsche Cayenne and Range Rover Sport rival will use the identical 550kW/1000Nm 4.4-litre twin-turbo PHEV powertrain discovered within the present XM Label, making it probably the most highly effective manufacturing BMW ever constructed.Â
It additionally endows it with a 0-100km/h declare of three.8 seconds and an autobahn-suitable 290km/h high velocity.Â
The 2026 XM additionally brings upgraded 11kW AC charging (up from 7.4kWh) permitting its 25.7kWh battery pack to be topped up in 2 hours 45 minutes – 1 hour quarter-hour quicker than earlier than.Â
There’s additionally the identical 98km electric-only driving vary as the present XM, making for a mixed gas utilization declare of two.7L/100km.
The 2026 XM may also be provided with a brand new Frozen Tanzanite Blue exterior color (pictured) as a no-cost possibility amongst what BMW says will probably be an expanded vary of personalisation selections.Â
Three new inside leather-based colors can be found too, together with Night time Blue with Classic Leather-based; in addition to a no-cost improve from the usual 22-inch alloys to one in all 4 totally different 23-inch alloy wheel types, with brake calipers in both high-gloss pink or high-gloss black.Â
BMW posted record sales in Australia in 2024 – eclipsing rivals Mercedes-Benz, Audi and Lexus – with sturdy electrical automobile progress led by the i4 Gran Coupe, which outsold your complete Mercedes-Benz C-Class vary.Â
BMW EV gross sales jumped 160.4 per cent year-on-year, which helped the Bavarian premium producer grow to be the fourth best-selling electrical automobile model in Australia behind Tesla, BYD and MG.
The XM just isn’t a quantity vendor for the model, having offered 144 items in 2024 and simply 50 units by the end of May 2025.
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