https://www.cnet.com/roadshow/news/bmw-x7-design-leaked-patent-office/

While the real thing won't debut for another few months, we now have another look at the forthcoming BMW X7 thanks to some patent-office photos. The images were sourced by Motor1-Brazil, which discovered them in Brazil's INPI, or National Institute of Industrial Property.

The images show that the BMW X7 will, as expected, look quite similar to both last year's Concept X7 and the pre-production prototypes we were able to sample earlier this year. Its face is straightforward BMW, with twin kidney grilles, squinty headlights and air-vent cutouts on the lower fascia. A clue that it offers three rows of seats, note the third window behind the SUV's C pillar, while the D pillar has BMW's familiar kinked shape. The liftgate, too, recalls other BMW SUVs with its full-width accent trim connecting the taillights, as well as polygonal exhaust finishers and a mock skid plate.