Mar 21 • The Vault
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This is where the E53 X5's future gets designed before it
gets fabricated. AI-generated concepts, livery iterations,
aero development, and the real process behind using AI as
a design tool for custom automotive work.
FIRST DROP: DESIGN DIRECTION
The X5 build has two visual lives. Stage 1 is the truck
sorted and on the road — sage green, blacked out trim,
custom forged wheels, clean and understated.
Stage 2 is something else entirely.
We've been running AI design iterations on a custom carbon
fiber widebody kit. The brief: GT3/GT4-class aggression
applied to a 20-year-old SUV platform. Functional aero
surfaces. Haunched rear quarters wide enough for 355-series
tires. Carbon fiber panels with visible weave contrasting
against the body color.
Here's where we are. Here's what's working. Here's what
isn't. And here's where your input shapes the next round.
[Upload 2-3 of the sage green stock renders followed by
3-4 of the aggressive widebody renders]
WHAT'S WORKING
— Carbon-to-body color transition reads engineered, not
bolt-on
— Rear haunches are aggressive — planted from every angle
— Roof rails stayed. Still an X5. That tension is the
whole concept
— Splitter and diffuser reference real GT aero
WHAT NEEDS WORK
— Rear needs to grow for 355s — current renders don't
reflect the width difference front to rear
— Carbon coverage extends too far into the doors on some
iterations — doors should stay body color
— Side skirts need more presence with a visible aero
undercut
— Exploring front canard elements ahead of the wheels
This is not a finished design. It's a direction. And it
keeps evolving — some iterations driven by engineering,
some by aesthetics, some by what you tell us is wrong.
What would you change? What references should we be looking
at? Drop it here. The next render round incorporates the
best feedback.
Go WOT.
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