2019 BMW X7 Flies on Nurburgring, Corners Flatter than Rolls-Royce Cullinan

"Who would love to check out a full-size crossover getting punished on the world's toughest racetrack?" we hear you asking. Well, the answer might surprise you, especially since the three-row machine seems to hold its own pretty well.

This seems to be a performance incarantion of the Bavarians' upcoming flagship SUV. While we could be looking at the xDrive50i model, this could also be the rumored X7 M50i - forum chat mentions the latter borrowing the monstrous hardware of the BMW M550i.

Considering the fact that the market for such muscular large SUVs already exists, it wouldn't surprise us to see BMW's thirst for filling up niches to take the X7 to this side of the segment.

BMW is set to introduce the X7 in September, at the Frankfurt Motor Show. However, the automaker is expected to drop a concept version of the high-riding model at the German event, with the production model probably coming next year. As such, the first X7 customers in the US should take delivery of their vehicles in the first quarter of 2019.

Time for an unholy comparo

Of course, since we're dealing with a prototype, the action in the piece of Ring footage at the bottom of the page needs to be taken with a grain of salt.

For instance, we're not expecting the production version of the Rolls-Royce Cullinan, which shouldn't be all that far in terms of size and weight when compared to the X7, to exhibit as much body roll as the tester we've spotted on the Green Hell.

Regardless, it's amazing to see the roll difference between the two prototypes (apple-to-orange moment over).