BMW X3 XDrive 20d 2025: Test, price and technical data sheet of the Diesel SUV

Raise your hand who does not remember the first BMW X3. The year 2003 and the stylistic dictates of the Bavarian house at the time wanted square forms and clear lines, with a double kidney front just mentioned. After two other generations and beyond 3.5 million specimens Sold all over the world, the fourth series of the BMW X3 presents itself with decidedly more rounded corners. Less lines but more marked, with the aim of underlining the character of the X. protagonist of the test, with departure and return to Courmayeur, passing through Colle San Carlo, is the X3 xDrive20d, That is to say the only motorization available to date with diesel power supply. As for aesthetics, interiors and technology is identical to the twin Mild Hybrid petrol, already tested. If anything, change the technique. Produced in America and South Africa, X3 will also arrive in its Plug-in Hybrid petrol variant with 90 km of autonomy In 100% electric mode and with a total of 299 HP, while in the future we will also witness the arrival of a diesel six -cylinder, alternative to the 398 HP petrol M50.

BMW X3 xDrive 20d: how it is done

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The new X3 is 3 cm longer than the old model, wider than another 3 cm and lower than 1.6 cm. This gives her greater presence on the road, together with a not indifferent grit, especially if enriched with the aesthetic package M Sportfrom 3,800 euros, or M Sport Pro, 6,400 euros, which include a more aggressive front bumper and a three -spoke sports steering wheel. A package (indeed, two) to which 50% of BMW customers are not willing to give up. To complete the kit of novelty of the new generation of X3, the bodywork handles, the absence of plastic protections for the wheel arches, the double luminous signature of the mirror and the unpublished double kidney, which on request can be retro-illuminated, in addition to a Rich -smoker equipment that is previously and previously and a 14.9 “infotainment display. The XDrive 20d stands out for the adoption of the PowerTrain four in line cylinders, 2 liters turbodiesel from 197 HP power and 400 Nm of torque equipped with Mild Hybrid technology. All -wheel drive XDrive and the 8 -speed automatic transmission ensure accelerations from 0 to 100 km/h in 7.7 secondswith a maximum speed of 215 km/h.

BMW X3 XDrive 20d: how it goes

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Going on board you perceive the enveloping and oriented cockpit towards the driver, with two digital screens to keep an eye on: that of 12.3 “digital dashboardcustomizable in viewing information, and the one from 14.9 “of the infotainment. By the way: the BMW Operating System 9 operating system, which can be used via the curved display placed above the Touch interactive bar, is full of functions, information and applications. Excessively, it takes time to become familiar with it and go straight to the point without distractions. As for driving, climbing to Colle San Carlo we were able to savor the dynamics of the car: comfortable when traveling, more sharp and reactive When you are between the curves and select the Sport mode. The combined engine-tank is commendable, with i 400 Nm of torque of the hybrid engine turbodiesel to tow the car even in pendant climbs with high gears. The 8 -speed Steptronic gearbox rapid and effective, the traction always optimal, with the electronic checks that intervene in the snowy sections to always maintain a high safety standard.

BMW X3 xDrive 20d: strengths and weaknesses

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Here are the strengths and weaknesses found on the new BMW X3 XDrive 20d on the occasion of the national launch in Courmayeur.

• Driving dynamics: balanced and precise between the curves, comfortable when traveling
• Motor: lots of torque at the low and medium regimes and consumption contained. Rationally speaking, it is the best option available today for the new X3
• M Sport package: embellishes and not a little both the aesthetics of the car as the passenger compartment

• Infotainment: so rich as to be dispersive
• Visibility: long hood, not negligible dimensions, non -generous rear window, of course, but it seems to drive a car bigger than it really is, although not among the smallest SUVs on the market