2025 BMW X3 - Better than ever?

Completely redesigned, the all-new 4th generation 2025 BMW X3 comes with plenty of standard safety features, much better fuel consumption compared to the 3rd generation, and new design cues throughout.

It sports a new 2.0L turbocharged 4-cylinder engine with 255 horsepower and 295 lb-ft. of torque, a 48 volt mild hybrid system, standard all-wheel drive in Canada, and impressive driving dynamics.

Interestingly, there will be no more "i" included in the names of any fuel injected BMW's going forward; the "i" will only be used for EV's.
So this is now the X3 30, no longer X3 30i.

Will these changes pull buyers away from the Mercedes-Benz GLC, Genesis GV70, Audi Q5 and Porsche Macan?

0:00 Intro & Exterior
2:59 Interior
7:03 Driving, Fuel Economy & Safety
11:50 Pricing & Competition

#BMW #luxurycar #carreview

[Modern.Motoring]

Would you take this over the Mercedes-Benz GLC, Genesis GV70, Audi Q5 and Porsche Macan?

[daveryland]

Currently leasing a '22 M40i. End of lease in coming up in May, so began looking at the '25 M50 a couple of months ago. Have owned and leased five X3's since '06. LOVE the car and have always been pumped to get into a new one every 3 years or so. NOT THIS TIME! Have given the M50 plenty of chance to compel me . . . multiple test drives, etc. etc. . . . but it's just not happening, for all of the reasons listed by so many others in comments below. Gonna buy out my M40i. Asked my sales guy if he could find any new '24 40i's still out there, but no luck. So, I'm bummed not to get the "new car" fun this time around, but it just made me appreciate the car I'm currently in that much more. Challenge is going to be finding a replacement in another 2 or 3 years. Might need to change brands. Wake up, BMW!

[SteadyAscension]

I really feel like all the people who don’t like this x3 are people who recently bought the older x3. I just bought the new one, and compared it the older one, and the design, drive and tech, are way more advanced and better than the older one🤷🏽‍♂️

[spoiler]

NOPE.
I appreciate the tech advances, but:

1) Exterior is bulbous and bland imo, it is larger and heavier. The rear looks fine.

2) Interior has more plastics, widescreen like everyone else, most physical buttons gone. More glossy areas for fingerprints, don't like the giant lighted thick "U" in the center console.

3) Ambient lighting gone for the rear doors

4) Comfort rear access is gone

5) Sunroof does not open

People who know BMW's may consider the previous gen interior to be dated, but I'm new to BMW and the 24 interior simply looks like a classier, higher quality place to be.

I could have chosen and afforded either, but it was pretty easy. A loaded 24 X3 M40i. Perhaps the LCI in a few years.

[stevelouie]

They need to tone down the las vegas light show inside. It's too wide. Also the no sliding moon roof doesn't bother me. I never open mine but I wish they would have a retractable shade.

[frederick]

Lot of people are complaining no sunroof. I've had sunroofs in all of my cars and never opened them at all national defense to me the interiors what I'm not liking all the plastic all the lighting looks like you're in outer space

[stevelouie]

Once you load this up with options, it's well over 60k. You could get a GX 500 premium plus for the same price. For an X3, it seems a little over priced.

[kevinn]

I would order the M Sport trim to minimize that kidney grill design. The only other issue for me is that they got rid of the BMW quad headlight design. So far I'm not digging that. As for the rest of the design, I like it. Very clean.

As for the competition, GLC is a granny car imo. And the Audi is sharp but no prices yet. And the Genesis prices are crazy. Am I missing something? Start at 61k? I'm shopping for a new car now and I've narrowed it down to the Audi or BMW. I might even go for a X1 M35 as I like the front end more.

[tgchris]

Fantastic, will sell like hotcakes……looks beautiful

[DocUltimate]

😢 poor design choices but luckily it’s very subjective
To this day I cannot get over the vertical grills on the 3’s 🤢🤮
And this one looks unappealing kinda generic in some of the shape overall. Oh well I’m stoked the 2024 x3 is freaking amazing all around

[abpakdeep]

1. The interior door handle feels cheap.
2. No ambient lighting in the rear.
3. Headlight switch integrated on turn signal like Nissan.
4. More plastic less choice of interior trim.
5. Fixed moonroof.
6. Sits lower to the ground by 1 inch.
7. Hideous grill.
8. No comfort access in the rear.
I test drove it, it drives awesome but not my favorite! I prefer the older generation.
The only good features are parking assistance professional and interior camera!

[BS-dooy]

Interior is crap! Reason why I will not change my 2022 X3 M40d…

[BocaAtractivo]

Great review and props to BMW for all the interior 'gimmicks' to be unique. However the vehicle is FUGLY inside and out. I feel sorry for anyone who keeps this past warranty - when those screens fail, good luck. I wouldn't go near any of it's competitors within the same vehicle segment.

[painworthembracing]

bmw suffer from identity crisis, very sad switching to Porsche Was loyal to a brand since the 90s

[karthikJ-]

you missed the elephant in the room, how cheap this new interior is, the cost cutting is so bad they had to save 10 dollars on seat side bolsters on the front seats with cloth, hard plastics everywhere, rear comfort access gone, ambient lights gone in rear as well as door pockets(bottle holders), dash and door tops are straight from a kia and lower dash felt like it came from a garbage recycling factory, its terrible inside out, doesnt feel like a bmw whats so ever . absoulte garbage interior, in canada this monstrocity is 100k after taxes you must be kidding me any car thats over 70k should not have to deal with this interior quality. i want to see the guy who thought cloth is a good material in a luxury car, cloth used to be the base material in a 20k car

[jonwear]

This new 2025 X3 design looks like the XM Ev; the real aggressive style of X3 is gone RIP.

[fredrelay]

So ugly, i hope they sell zero so i don't have to see them near me..