BMW on Monday night unveiled a brand new high-performance idea car that previews an electrified crossover anticipated to start manufacturing late subsequent yr in South Carolina.

The brand new manufacturing automotive, known as the BMW XM, will probably be out there solely as a plug-in hybrid electrical car below the corporate’s “M” efficiency division, the automaker mentioned. The idea automotive unveiled Monday features a V-8 engine mixed with electrical motors to supply 750 horsepower and 737 foot-pounds of torque.

A BMW spokesman declined to verify whether or not the manufacturing car will match these efficiency metrics, however a launch known as the forthcoming car the “strongest BMW M automotive ever to enter collection manufacturing.”

BMW mentioned the U.S. will probably be an important gross sales marketplace for the brand new high-performance car.

Along with previewing the brand new automotive, the German automaker mentioned the Idea XM exhibits the brand new front-end design course for BMW’s future luxurious fashions. The car’s entrance contains two massive nostril grills, smooth headlights and a extra aggressive entrance facia than the historically smoother strains discovered on BMW fashions.

The inside of the car options vintage-look leather-based, copper and carbon fiber in addition to a big digital data and command heart.

“The BMW Idea XM represents an entire re-imagining of the high-performance car section,” BMW M CEO Franciscus van Meel mentioned in a launch. “It underlines the power of BMW M GmbH to interrupt with established conventions and push boundaries in an effort to provide followers of the model the final word driving expertise.”

The car being a plug-in hybrid mannequin might shock some, given the automotive business’s present consideration on all-electric autos, which don’t embody a standard engine. BMW additionally has mentioned it plans for at the very least 50% of its international deliveries to be all-electric autos by 2030.

Plug-in hybrid fashions are seen by many as a steppingstone to completely electrical autos. The BMW Idea XM contains as much as 30 miles of all-electric driving, the automaker mentioned Monday.

The revealing of the idea car comes three months after BMW CEO Oliver Zipse advised CNBC that the corporate could be unveiling a brand new car this yr that may be constructed at its plant in Spartanburg, South Carolina.

The Spartanburg plant at present produces the BMW X3, X4, X5, X6 and X7 in addition to efficiency fashions of a lot of the autos.