SUV offered well in the premium segment set up by Audi and Mercedes-Benz.
Because I have been around some time and it means that I always
If you did not have diesel vehicles in your portfolio, you were struggling as a motor manufacturer. This was a time when diesel was a clever option. You did not buy an oil-border to show. You bought it because you were the man who could drive from Jobberg to Cape Town on a tank.
BMW believes
Diesel was skilled, torque and intelligent. And then people decided that the battery electric vehicle is the thing that was going to save the world. Ignoring how the battery is made and we burn coal to produce electricity to charge these batteries. And thus the diesel ended in the mischievous corner.
But thankfully, BMW did not get the memo. Because here we are in 2025 and Civic motoring The new G45 X3 has just spent a week to run 20D XDRIV M Sport. To find out if diesel still has a place in a world that wants everything to plug in, light up, and talk back. And I can say without a doubt it does exactly.
Most of the reason for this feeling is that BMW’s long service under Bonton, very loving, tried and test 2.0-liter is four-cylinder turbo diesel. Now it is combined with one 48 V mild-hybrid system This is not only to help meet emission rules, but also to provide a little additional urge when desired. Talking about, you have 145kw power and 400Nm torque that is on tap that runs through an eight-speed auto box for XDRIVE all-wheel drive set-up.
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BMW X3 20D easy on juice
The BMW X3 20D Forte is taking open road kilometers completely easily and returning the real world fuel consumption figures that easily live around 6-liter between 100 kilometers and offer close to 1 000 km per tank. But it is also seen as a child of the new BMW X3 range, it is sharp for it.
It is not that I think this aspect of my review will give you a lot of interest if you are an out and petrol because it is more about the X3 M50. But we had this BMW X3 20D in Gerotech and hit 100 km/h in 7.9 seconds, away from the BMW’s claim of 7.7 seconds only. The top speed is called 215 km/h and it is more than enough for those long straight roads in Karu. If your discretion and wallet will allow you to consider N1 as an autobile as that is.
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Practicality has not been forgotten because you will expect from a middle -sized family oriented SUV. Rear seat with 570 liters of boot space is a decent volume for passengers. If you bend the back seats down then it is expandable for 1 700.
Very intelligence
Digital screens and infotainment systems are in the latest use. And the cabin looks modern without very complex or artificial.
BMW X3 20D XDRIVE is possibly attractive in M Sport Trim, as it is well made. Retail sales for approximately R1 175 000, it is not here to compete with the high end of the Chinese market. Rather, the premium segment set up by Audi and Mercedes-Benz has an extraordinary good price offer.
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You will not win any impressive digits in 2025. But if you care about the ability to drive in the provinces without range, torque, rest, and anything charged, but your smartphone, this BMW X3 still makes sense.
BMW X3 20D Testing Results
