{"id":47619,"date":"2026-07-02T21:07:10","date_gmt":"2026-07-02T21:07:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/47619\/"},"modified":"2026-07-02T21:07:10","modified_gmt":"2026-07-02T21:07:10","slug":"2027-bmw-x5-g65-top-6-new-features","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/47619\/","title":{"rendered":"2027 BMW X5 (G65): Top 6 New Features"},"content":{"rendered":"

Article SummaryThe G65 X5 replaces its door handles entirely with B-pillar-mounted Winglets that open three different ways, including a full mechanical fallback.The double-X headlight graphic pays homage to the original 1999 E53 and can be switched off from the iDrive menu.BMW’s first genuine slate trim and passenger touchscreen debut on the X5, alongside a five-powertrain lineup that includes a 2028 hydrogen variant.<\/p>\n

BMW just replaced the X5\u2019s door handles with pillar-mounted sensors, borrowed a party trick from the 7 Series, and put real stone on the center console. The fifth-generation X5, codenamed G65<\/a>, revealed itself as the biggest break from the outgoing model in the nameplate\u2019s 27-year history, and these are the five details worth knowing before it hits dealers.<\/p>\n

1. BMW Winglets: Three Ways to Open the Door<\/p>\n

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The G65 does away with the conventional mid-door handle entirely. In its place is the BMW Winglet, a slim gloss-black tab mounted into the B- and C-pillars rather than the door skin itself, a look BMW previewed on the limited-run Skytop and Speedtop<\/a> before bringing it to a regular-production model for the first time. It\u2019s standard equipment on every X5, not an option, and it comes paired with a standard soft-close mechanism regardless of trim.<\/p>\n

There are three ways to work the Winglet from outside the car. A light touch on the sensor at the front edge triggers the powered release on cars with the optional automatic doors. If the power system is off or the buyer skipped that option, a gentle pull engages the integrated servo motor that lets the door swing with minimal effort. And if none of that is available, a firm pull operates the winglet like a conventional handle, since BMW built a fully mechanical fallback into the design so nobody gets locked out by a dead sensor. Locking works the same way in reverse: hold a finger on the front locking surface for about a second and the car locks itself.<\/p>\n

2. X Headlights Pay Homage to the Original X5<\/p>\n

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The new double-X light graphic is the most talked-about piece of the exterior redesign, and it\u2019s not just a styling flourish. BMW is calling it a nod to the Home of X in Spartanburg and to the E53, the 1999 original that invented the sporting SUV category and put BMW\u2019s X lineup on the map. The graphic folds the low beams, daytime running lights, side lights, and turn signals into a single housing, which BMW says is a first for the brand, and it stays lit day and night as part of the welcome light sequence.<\/p>\n

Not everyone is going to want an X tattooed across their front bumper permanently, and BMW built in an escape hatch. Buyers who\u2019d rather not run the double-X motif can switch it off inside the iDrive menu, which reverts the housing to a simpler diagonal light bar. Cornering lights remain standard either way.<\/p>\n

3. Open and Close the Doors With the Brake Pedal<\/p>\n

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Buyers who option the automatic doors get a feature already familiar to 7 Series owners: once you\u2019re seated with your foot on the brake, pressing the pedal automatically closes all four doors. No reaching for a handle, no button hunt. BMW carried the same radar-based sensor setup from the 7 Series into the X5\u2019s front and rear side skirts, and the company says it\u2019s quicker to react and better at spotting nearby obstacles than the systems it replaces. Spy photos of the next-generation X7 (G67), due in 2027, already show it wearing the same winglet hardware, so the brake-pedal trick is a reasonable bet to show up there too.<\/p>\n

Skip the automatic-door option entirely and you don\u2019t lose much. Soft Close, which pulls each door the rest of the way shut once it\u2019s nearly latched, comes standard across the whole X5 lineup at no extra cost.<\/p>\n

4. Genuine Slate BMW: A First for the Brand<\/p>\n

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BMW is putting real stone inside a production car for the first time. It\u2019s available as part of the optional BMW Glass Controls package, which bonds an ultra-thin layer of authentic slate to a contoured base rather than trying to fake the texture in plastic. It looks the part and it feels the part too, with the same small bumps and irregular grain you\u2019d expect from actual stone rather than a smooth composite standing in for one.<\/p>\n

The slate covers the center console control panel, giving the cockpit a matte, tactile surface that sits in deliberate contrast to all the glass and screens surrounding it. BMW built touch-sensitive controls for the parking brake, hazard lights, and rear defrost directly into the stone itself, and the package pairs the slate with crystal glass on the gear selector, the volume roller, and the seat-adjustment switches. It\u2019s a genuinely unusual materials choice for an interior at this price point.<\/p>\n

5. The First Passenger Screen in a BMW SUV<\/p>\n

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The cabin also debuts BMW\u2019s first passenger touchscreen on an SUV, a 14.6-inch, full-HD optional display that runs independently of the main central 17.9 display. It\u2019s not a brand first outright, since the facelifted 7 Series got there before<\/a> it but it\u2019s optional in the new X5.<\/p>\n

The screen handles video streaming, live TV, music, and gaming through BMW\u2019s AirConsole integration, which turns a passenger\u2019s phone into a game controller, and it also doubles as a video-conferencing display using the cabin\u2019s interior camera. BMW built in a safeguard for the obvious concern: while the X5 is moving, that same interior camera watches for driver distraction, and a shield function automatically darkens the passenger display if it catches the driver looking over.<\/p>\n

6. The First BMW With Five Powertrains<\/p>\n

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No BMW has ever launched with this many ways to power it. The G65 covers mild-hybrid gas engines, a diesel<\/a> that won\u2019t come to the US, plug-in<\/a> and mild-hybrid electrification, a fully electric iX5<\/a>, and a hydrogen fuel-cell version BMW<\/a> says it\u2019s targeting for 2028 production. Offering gas, diesel, PHEV, MHEV, battery-electric, and hydrogen under one nameplate is BMW hedging every bet on where propulsion regulation and buyer demand actually land over the next few years, rather than picking a lane and committing to it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Article SummaryThe G65 X5 replaces its door handles entirely with B-pillar-mounted Winglets that open three different ways, including…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":47620,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20955],"tags":[39042,6213,33155,24837],"class_list":["post-47619","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-bmw","tag-2026-bmw-x5","tag-bmw","tag-g65-x5","tag-ix5"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47619","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=47619"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47619\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/47620"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47619"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=47619"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=47619"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}