It seems like these days there's a rounded-rear version for every premium SUV out there. The X3 has the X4, the X5 has the X6, the GLE has the GLE Coupe, the Cayenne has the Cayenne Coupe and so on. You get the point.

Coming back to BMW's Xs, its largest SUV to date - the X7 - is in need of a hunchback brother and that might come in the shape of the X8. But one designer went ahead and concocted what he calls the X8 M.

If Dr. Frankenstein's sapient creature was a car, it would look like this

We've seen pretty bad renders over time and while this particular one might seem alright at first sight, take a closer look and you'll see that's not the case. At all.

Yes, the BMW X7 has a huge grille but it's not shaped like a beaver's incisors. On top of that, you've got the 8 Series headlights - what's up with those? - and the C-pillar taken from the lesser X2, together with the BMW logo - which is a neat touch in itself but simply not at home on a would-be BMW X8 M.

How do we know the X8 is coming?

On March 24, 2020 BMW applied for the X8 name with the German trademark and patent office. According to Car and Driver, the X8 could actually be well into its R&D process and on top of that, an M-badged, hotter X8 is also bound to see daylight, most likely in M50i form.

Performance-wise, the X8 M50i would use the same parameters as the X7 M50i, including the 4.0-liter V-8 good for 523 horsepower and 553 pound-feet of torque. Don't expect a Competition model, though.

And, of course, before all, we must ask ourselves this: does the market really need more bulky, larger and larger SUVs and crossovers?