BMW X3 UK Review 2022 - Worth Buying One? | OSV Short Car Reviews

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Meet the new BMW X3 👋

This is the latest version of the third-generation BMW X3 and in today’s quick review we’ll discover if it’s still a strong offering in the increasingly competitive compact SUV segment.

So, does it do enough to tempt buyers away from family SUVs? Watch this video for Tom’s first impressions...



⏳  TIMESTAMPS ⏳  
00:00 Introduction 
00:49 Design
02:28 Practicality & Boot Space 
03:28 Driving 
05:52 Interior 
11:20 Conclusion 

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[peromalmstrom]

New X3 Tyre/Wheel issues. 

Due to where I live in the UK, we have to either run All Season tyres, or swap-out between summer and Winter between late October and early April each year. The new X3 has thrown-up tyre challenges i was not expecting, or i did not do my research properly. New 2022 X3's & X5's come in a different wheel size (Width) from previous BMW X models. This means there are very few options with tyres available, especially as run-flats.

North America has different legal and non legal standards of tyre requirements than Europe and UK. This means the following, does not necessarily equate to non UK subscribers to your channel.

It is currently impossible to get All Season or Winter run-flat (& non run-flat) tyres to fit the new 2022 X3 21 inch wheels in the UK. This means, if wanting to keep driving safely, you have to not only get 4 new tyres, but 4 new wheels. Even then, when moving to a 20 or 19 inch wheel (Only size that fits the BMW X3 M40I due to break calliper size), due to BMW's weird new wheel size, there is hardly any choice on tyre manufacturer and i have been forced to go with a prestige tyre manufacturer i personally would not have chosen, due to complete lack of choice. So i was forced to go into my BMW Dealership, after 1 Month wait from ordering the new tyres and wheels, to get exchanged the 21 inch wheels on summer run-flat tyres to 19 inch wheels on winter run-flat tyres. I store the 21 inch wheels at home and will swap them over again in April 2023. This instantly felt safer and the X3 now grips the road again in rain, ice or snow and any temperature below 7 degrees (44.6 Fahrenheit), which is almost a constant in UK during the months December to late March. The tyres are the only thing connecting vehicle to road, the safety of my family comes above any consideration of cost or time spent on logistically sorting out. Though 4 new wheels, plus 4 new tyres did cost me £3000+ (If going for 20 inch wheels, this cost rises to £4500)

I did look at ordering and shipping tyres from North America, but BMW UK informed me if i did this, all my BMW warranties and on top of that, car insurance, would be nil and void for running illegal tyres for the UK market. So BMW, tyre manufacturers along with insurance and the UK law, have UK consumers cornered with little to no choice. It is not just on new X3's, but X5's as well, due to this wheel change size BMW have instigated without the tyre companies keeping-up to provide tyres, be it run-flats or normal tyres.

Point, do research and think carefully over wheel size from new and even consider a different vehicle/manufacturer choice, as these nuances can become extremely expensive, as I've found-out to my cost!

[slugger]

I wish you would give us a real world mpg figure from your test as these WLTP figures are not realistic really ever

[standelasanantone]

2022 X3... how do I change my RED rear turn signals to AMBER/ORANGE...???

[damirmajer]

Very nice X3 don’t think about the comments 😂

[squelch]

Is the dude super tiny or the x3 is gigantic 😂

[MRROBBIEWATTS]

Imagine the Mercedes 10.4 Inch Display in one of these, i would buy it tmrw....the display screens in these look crap next to the Merc

[allanhaines]

There much cheaper SUVs available on the market...I thought that maybe you would have been taking about affordable SUVs there are not many working class people that could afford the vehicles that you have choose to test and if I'm honest I would not buy any of th anyway..although one of them is a superb vehicle to own one would be wishful thinking...it would be great if you actually did the same with affordable SUVs

[Mrniceguy]

The X3 drives like your nans mobility scooter compared to the F-pace.