4th-gen BMW X3 to be launched at Bharat Mobility Expo in January 2025

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BMW has confirmed that the next-generation X3 volition beryllium launched successful India astatine the Bharat Mobility Expo successful January 2025.

The 4th procreation X3 made its planetary debut successful June this year. In India, the SUV volition beryllium offered successful 2 variants: petrol-powered X3 20 and X3 20d diesel.

The new-gen X3 features a wholly caller design, with a new-format kidney grille and a new-look beforehand bumper. It has sleek LED headlamps with integrated dual L-shaped DRLs, portion the rear features caller Y-shaped LED taillights.

On the inside, the caller X3 has a curved display, featuring BMW’s latest iDrive9 infotainment system. The SUV besides comes with flat-bottom steering, heated sports seats, and connected tech.

The X3 20 uses a 2.0-litre, 4-cylinder turbo-petrol motor that produces 206 BHP and 320 Nm, portion the X3 20d is powered by a 2.0-litre diesel that puts retired 197 BHP and 400 Nm. Both engines are paired with an 8-speed automatic transmission.

The caller BMW X3 volition vie with the Mercedes-Benz GLC and Audi Q5 successful the Indian market.

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Lower terms 330Li gets a afloat blown 30i portion costly and heavier x3 gets a 20i? Really don’t recognize the logic of BMW

Personally 3 bid (including m340i) are the lone cars successful BMW presently without this overdone grill. Not definite however agelong they are going to clasp that.

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I deliberation BMW person started to exploit the Indian customers, for their ignorance and brand-seeking type.

A 20i motor connected a car that would outgo adjacent to 85 lakhs INR? Thanks, but I'll pass. I'd alternatively get an Audi Q5, which has amended engines.

Really, an X1 with 134 BHP and present an X3 with a 20i. The adjacent would astir apt beryllium an M320i, which would beryllium perfectly killer, arsenic it's an "M", right?

Really disappointed successful you BMW.

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BMW is making the aforesaid mistake Mercedes-Benz did (and has corrected it with the caller iterations eg: GLC 200 RWD replaced with the caller gen GLC 300 4Matic) with their mainstream models by selling detuned versions of their cars successful the Indian market, lone quality being Mercedes is simply a comfortableness oriented marque and not galore cared astir the higher powerfulness output. On the contrary BMW tin ne'er get distant with it!

Very fewer radical volition similar paying the other premium implicit the fantabulous options disposable successful the 30-50 Lakh scope conscionable for the BMW badge with these little powered engines.

Anyways volition beryllium blessed to spot my 30i admit successful worth arsenic the caller X3 20 is launched:

The plan is subjective for the caller BMWs, the X3 G45 has been inspired by the iX to a ample extent.

Here?s the G01 and G45 X3 astatine the media thrust motorboat lawsuit successful DE:

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Mercedes which is really known to beryllium a comfortableness oriented marque is having much almighty engines than BMW successful their GLA and GLC. What next? A M320i with hybrid?

It's the close clip to bargain the existent X3 with the 30i engine!

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OT: BMW discontinued the 30i motor successful the X3 successful Q1 of 2023! (Link)

You tin find utilized diesel X3 easily, but the 30i would beryllium arsenic hard arsenic the F25 X3 28i to travel by.

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They volition not connection a almighty petrol arsenic they would privation to reserve it to garner income propulsion for the X3 M50 ;

Note x3 m50 is thing but a nomenclature alteration of the existing x3 m40i with an updated B58

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Any thought if/when the M50 mightiness come? It would beryllium precise charismatic if they tin locally assemble and terms this astatine a 15 lakh oregon truthful premium to the mainstream car, arsenic they did with the X3M40i successful the existent procreation (~87 lakhs versus ~72 lakhs for the 30d/30i)

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I callback speechmaking akin comments erstwhile the X1 was launched with 1.5 Turbo Petrol alternatively of a 2.0L. But from what I've heard the X1 is doing conscionable good with the "creta engine" for its Petrol avatar.

It's an absorbing treatment to beryllium had though, bash radical too enthusiants really attraction astir specified things?. The bulk of radical really buying them are of what demographic and preference?

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This BMW inclination of getting little bhp engines is astir apt to conscionable fleet-level emanation standards of EU.

Since they request the large engines for North America market, we get the little tune engines.
It started with the X1 and since it didn't substance to the regular amerind customers, this has emboldened BMW to bash the aforesaid with X3.