This concept previews the future of BMW EVs, and it has enough torque to restart a planet
- This is the Vision Driving Experience, a new BMW concept car
- The concept previews the next generation of BMW vehicles
- It produces over 13,000lb-ft of torque
Published on Feb 17, 2025 at 7:48 PM (UTC+4)
by Alessandro Renesis
Last updated on Feb 21, 2025 at 12:23 PM (UTC+4)
Edited by
Amelia Jean Hershman-Jones
This is the BMW Vision Driving Experience (VDX), a concept car that previews the future of the brand.
The first thing we should point out is it has enough torque to restart a dead planet.
When BMW said how much torque it’ll generate everyone assumed it must’ve been a typo in the company’s spec sheet, but it wasn’t one.
This concept produces over 20 times more torque than a Ferrari SF90.
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The idea behind the BMW Vision Driving Experience
BMW has spent the last two years or so banging on about the company’s new Neue Klasse program.
German for ‘new class’, Neue Klasse embodies a new design language and direction for the entire brand, and this concept previews what future models will look like.
Translated, if we could peel off the camo wrap from this concept car, we’d end up with something that’s very close to production model.
Visually, there are a couple of things that stand out at the back and one major difference at the front.
The rear section features an integrated wing and a sizable diffuser, both of which represent a novelty in terms of design for the brand.
At the front, the iconic kidney grille is still there, but it’s now completely horizontal, a lot slimmer but wider.
BMW has revolutionized the grille a million times before, and this version harkens back to the design of BMWs from the 1960s and 1950s.
An incredible amount of torque
Like most cars these days, everything is run by software.
The VDX runs on four central computing units.
The first is called Heart of Joy, even though it’s actually more like a ‘brain’, not a heart, and that’s the one that manages the engine.
According to the automaker, the VDX can generate up to 13,269lb-ft of torque, which is more than the Cybertruck or the Rivian R1T.
A Ferrari SF90, by comparison, is a supercar that ‘only’ makes 590lb-ft.
Then there are three more for automated driving, infotainment, and one more for other things like climate and lighting.
There’s no deadline yet, but we can expect the first ‘Neue Klasse’ model to debut by the end of the decade.
