#BMW X3 XLINE REVIEW ANDROID#
Standard digital connectivity in M Sport trim cars includes networked sat-nav services and Spotify music streaming (the latter, after a year, is by subscription only), as well as smartphone mirroring for both Apple and Android phones.Ĭheaper trims support only Apple CarPlay via a wireless connection. If you go for M Sport trim, BMW includes the 10.3in ‘Operating System 7.0’ touchscreen infotainment set-up and 12.3in digital instruments for no extra cost. Boot space falls from 550 to 450 litres up to the windowline but, when looking at what is left from the X3’s boot opening, you would never guess the compromise was worth that much. But for the initial lip, however, there’s no awkward lump in the loading area midway along its length. The compromise in boot space isn’t a huge one effectively, you lose the bottom three inches of load space across the boot floor. It’s fitted out in a way that’s appealing on the eye and solid to the touch. Offering seating for five, the cabin remains spacious by class standards. Perhaps not quite the ride and handling sophistication of other versions, however. It had the impressive performance and drivability we’ve come to expect from BMW’s plug-in hybrid options and most of the practicality, refinement and interior classiness of the wider X3 family, too.
#BMW X3 XLINE REVIEW PLUS#
We tested the car in M Sport trim but without the M Sport Plus pack and the suspension and steering upgrades associated. They do get enlarged M Sport brakes as standard, though, which would cost you extra on a 20d M Sport. Mostly because this is such a heavy car, I suspect. If you don’t go for the optional adaptive suspension, be aware that 30e M Sport BMWs are the only ones that don’t get lowered, stiffened passive sport suspension as standard they stick with the same springs and dampers as SE and xLine versions. It's possible to put enough optional kit on an X3 xDrive30e that you will end up paying 12% BIK rather than 10%, but M Sport trim doesn’t tip the balance on its own – not even if you have it with the 20in wheels and adaptive dampers of the optional M Sport Plus pack.
M Sport trim is likely to be the most popular choice in the UK market, with its racier styling touches, and in this case you can have it without worrying that the extra rolling resistance of the bigger wheels and tyres or the weight of the extra kit will tip your optioned-up car into the next tax bracket. But the X3's drive battery does displace the fuel tank, which is carried above the rear axle instead of in its usual berth, and that difference does adversely affect loadbay space just a little. Unlike in Volvo and PSA Group PHEVs, the motor is housed within the transmission and so drives through all four wheels, just as the piston engine does. It uses the same combination of a 181bhp four-cylinder turbocharged petrol engine and a 108bhp electric motor for power as BMW's other 30e derivatives, plus the same 12kWh lithium ion drive battery, which in this case sits under the back seats. There are one or two technical distinctions and stipulations associated with the car, though, of which canny customers ought to be aware. Like most other X3s, it can be had in SE, xLine or M Sport trim, and in all versions it gets four-wheel drive and an eight-speed automatic gearbox. For private buyers, UK prices on the car start just below £50,000, making it a good chunk more expensive than any other four-cylinder X3 and about level on price with the six-cylinder BMW X3 30d diesel.
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