BMW gives its trendsetting 2020 X6 crossover a major makeover in redesign

Few luxury automakers have more extensive vehicle lineups than BMW, launching a broad array of new products over the past decade.

The Bavarian marquee refreshed its roster again Tuesday with the redesign of its influential X6 crossover utility vehicle.

Conceived as a blend of a sports coupe and a sport utility vehicle, the original BMW X6 was a breakout product when it was launched in 2008. Its coupe-like shape has spawned a legion of copycat designs from competitors like Mercedes-Benz and Audi and Porsche’s Cayenne.

“It made a difference” in the market, offering more creativity than the classic, boxy SUV, said Stephanie Brinley, a principal analyst at IHS Markit.

But Brinley cautions that the trend may have gone too far. BMW and its German rivals alone have added scores of new models since the beginning of the millennium, and the market is now showing signs of over-proliferation.

BMW itself has added downsized versions of the X6,…