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BMW X7 "Ultra Widebody" Is Crazy About Fitment

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BMW X7 "Ultra Widebody" Is Crazy About FitmentBMW X7 "Ultra Widebody" Is Crazy About FitmentBMW X7 "Ultra Widebody" Is Crazy About FitmentBMW X7 "Ultra Widebody" Is Crazy About FitmentBMW X7 "Ultra Widebody" Is Crazy About Fitment
Unlike many modern BMWs, the ultra-large X7 has a very clear purpose. It's got to be the best 3-row luxury vehicle you can get from the Bavarian automaker's showroom.
But as is usually the case with German vehicles, the X7 is a multi-tasker. It's also a brute with a twin-turbo V8 engine, a supercomputer on wheels, and a fashion statement. Like a controversial runway collection, this SUV was the talk of the town thanks to its gigantic length and equally large twin kidneys.

People had never seen anything like this from BMW, so it's not easily forgotten. Today, we're going to look into a rendering that adds yet more talents to the X7's repertoire. Namely, this X7 wants to be a show car and a fat race car.

Jokes aside, artist Hugo Silva has put together the kind of X7 that's unlikely to ever occur in the real world. The only place where this might exist is Pikes Peak, but BMW is done with weird motorsport records.

A widebody kit is something many SUV owners want. But the ones that get built are usually more restrained than this. From what we understand, German law doesn't allow you to extend the body of a car like this. It might be legal in America, but we're not sure how many love BMW that much here. So that just leaves Russia and Japan, the two homes of the seemingly impossible.

Fitment usually refers to the size, shape, and pattern of the wheel. However, this crucial part of the tuning industry also wants you to focus on getting the car as low as possible to the point where the rims are touching the fenders. This is also happening in this rendering.

We can only imagine that the forces in a full-size SUV rolling with no suspension travel are pretty extreme. However, the pickup specialists at Phat Phabz might be able to create a custom chassis and air-lift suspension, just like they did with the Lincoln Navigator.

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About the author: Mihnea Radu
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Mihnea's favorite cars have already been built, the so-called modern classics from the '80s and '90s. He also loves local car culture from all over the world, so don't be surprised to see him getting excited about weird Japanese imports, low-rider VWs out of Germany, replicas from Russia or LS swaps down in Florida.
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