all-new BMW X3 REVEAL 2025 REVIEW
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This is our in-depth review of the all-new BMW X3 inlcuding the BMW X3 M50. We're taking a look at Exterior, Interior and technology.
00:00 all-new BMW X3 base
01:55 X3 M50 in Dune Grey
05:08 Arctic Blue PHEV
05:49 Recharging and battery
07:36 Suspension choices
08:41 Interior base
10:06 Steering wheel and seats
13:30 Cockpit
15:15 M50 or M Sport interior
17:48 Ambient lighting
19:19 X3 vs X1
20:04 Rear seats
21:52 Trunk / boot
23:55 Engines
27:00 Pricing
28:16 Where is the X3 built
28:55 Towing
#BMW #bmwx3
Data & facts:
BMW X3 (all-new 2025)
Factories in Spartanburg USA and South Africa (PHEV)
Better aerodynamics cd 0,27
More sustainability in production and supply chain
Shown colors:
Dune grey (M50)
Arctic Race Blue (30e PHEV)
Optional illuminated kidney
Adaptive Matrix LED optional
Wider track
4,76 m 187“ (+ 3 cm 1“)
18-21“ wheels (19“ M Sport, 20“ M50)
Only M50 has visible exhaust pipes + sport suspension standard
Adaptive suspension or adaptive M suspension optional
12,3“ instruments
15“ (14,9“) infotainment
Optional HUD
Econeer seating 100 % recycling standard
Optional Veganza high grade leatherette in 3 colors
Optional still animal skin available
M Sport: Veganza/Alcantara Mix
Vegan steering wheel standard, M Sport steering animal
570 l trunk (+20 l) - 1700 l
PHEV: 460 l - 1600 l
Petrol (all MHEV) 20 xDrive 2,0 4-cylinder 210 hp 7,8 s
M Performance M50 xDrive 3,0 6-cylinder 400 hp 4,6 s
PHEV 30e xDrive 2,0 4-cylinder 300 hp 6,2 s
Double battery size now 20,4 kWh net, 11 kW AC charging
PHEV not in US
Diesel (all MHEV) 20 xDrive 2,0 4-cylinder 200 hp 7,7 s
later: 3,0 l 6-cyl diesel
Price 58.000 20 xDrive - 66.000 PHEV - 83.000 M50 (without extras), around 90.000 M50 full spec
Towing
2,0 t PHEV
2,5 t ICE
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This is our in-depth review of the all-new BMW X3 inlcuding the BMW X3 M50. We're taking a look at Exterior, Interior and technology.
00:00 all-new BMW X3 base
01:55 X3 M50 in Dune Grey
05:08 Arctic Blue PHEV
05:49 Recharging and battery
07:36 Suspension choices
08:41 Interior base
10:06 Steering wheel and seats
13:30 Cockpit
15:15 M50 or M Sport interior
17:48 Ambient lighting
19:19 X3 vs X1
20:04 Rear seats
21:52 Trunk / boot
23:55 Engines
27:00 Pricing
28:16 Where is the X3 built
28:55 Towing
#BMW #bmwx3
Why are you reviewing a 'pre-production model' and making excuses for the horrible materials on the inside? Very unlike you.
New X3 is Cheap, Brutalist, and Tacky
Hi! Have the top parts of rear doors the same material/quality than front doors or it is similar to new VW Tiguan regarding cost-cutting?
USA and South African built! No thank you - built outside of Germany is not a BMW... and South Africa lol, really... just wow! No way I'm buying this plastic cheap tacky money grab... BMW is dropping the quality.... we want classy, soft touch refined interiors, look at Lexus, they are holding their build, design, and material quality strong.
BMW needs new designers.
Absolutely. BMW needs a new head of design that is brave enough to ditch the kidney grill. BMW has its own logo and emblem. Designers can and must use that as the symbol of BMW not that ugly grill.
the skytop concept car showed that they can produce beautiful cars but something gets lost in translation in production. let's hope it's a sign of what's to come and they're going to phase out the current controversial design language. wouldn't hold my breath though.
I'm starting to think BMW already has new designers and seems like they mostly come with the Korea.. because lately their designs isn't German anymore
This is so frumpy and just odd. No style, no classic teutonic look not even futuristic and forward leaning like the Bangle era. You know things are bad when you long for Bangles designs. Looking at it from the rear 3/4 it's just shockingly inept design. Also the complete deletion of anything resembling a rear bumper means a full tailgate replacement if anything bigger than a shopping cart bumps you in the rear. BMW has completely lost the plot.
Do they? sales are increasing, profits being made. online sentiment doesn't reflect reality sadly...
the whole bmw design team should be fired. from 7 seires to x3. utterly ugly.
Not to mention the recent M2 the ugliest BMW.
Do you really think it is "Design Team" that draws something and says - "Alright this is what we are going to make" :D There were probably quite many quite different projects, at the end of the day it is the Board that selects and orders development.
Why would they fire them? They make designs that sell better and better. It would be the stupidest move ever. And they are very good, if you see some of their press sketches their work is top notch
Yet BMW continues to break it's own sales records. Last year the M division posted its highest sales numbers ever for the company.
Yet all I see are armchair warriors on TH-cam complain M cars are ugly 😂😂😂. Well I'm sure ya'll ain't buying them so please continue moaning. It's great entertainment 😂
Chinese people like this kind of design, that's why BMW keep doing this and the sale number still going up
Why does the interior of the m50 look like a JBL party-speaker?!
spot on mate! 👌
Bruh 😂😂You been living under a rock the past decade? Every new car interior especially EV models have ambient lighting like this. Jesus Christ, this is nothing new. The Mercedes EQS has a 1 inch wide light band running around the entire dash into the side door panels and even the footwells front and rear 😂.
BMW really needs to fire the Design Department.
Oh no.. They want to distract you with those shiny lights so you don't notice all the cost cutting they did on that interior..
and price increase
Yip.. the cost cutting on the ix1 and ix2 are very noticable... No scuff plates for starters, thinking no one would notice
My 2023 x1 looks much better inside. Very evident cost cutting on doors and dash. Sad to see.
Looks like they have installed way more hard plastics on the inside.. Also the seats don't look premium at all..
Leather no longer stock. This cheap vinyl/cloth and partial leather is terrible. Honda and Mazda have some better stock options
Does anybody know how long BMW will keep or replace Domagoj Dukec, their current head designer? Because ever since he became the head of design back in 2019 he’s done nothing but ruin bmw 😑
Except his designs grew their sales more than ever before. It would be the stupidest move ever firing him. And this X3 is a lot better than the other recent ones, the grille is separated, it's doesn't look like a Kia (as the new 1 series), it doesn't have split taillights, it doesn't have the bad grille headlight proportion of the 5 series, it doesn't have the overcrowded bumper of the 5 series and so on. This is quite similar to the X1 and will definitely grow on people, like the X1 did.
@@mihnealazar7039 "It doesn't look like a Kia" Really? That is an achievement now? Hey, how about making BMW look like a pile of s...t? Then it will not look like any other car at all!
@@mihnealazar7039don't go into design
@@user-hz3eu5in it's not an achievement, but it's a step in the right direction. I simply stated a reality. This BMW looks like a BMW, not like a Kia or other cars, which was a problem for some cars like the new 1 Series. It also has a separated grille, which is something people have been requesting for a while and they delivered.
This X3 may look like shit to you now, but in 2 years you probably won't be saying that. When the new X1 launched it was full of people like you in the comments. Now it's one of the best selling (if not the best selling) premium C-SUV in the world and I see very few people criticise it.
You blind? @@mihnealazar7039
Thank you BMW! The value of my M40i G01 just increased! ✌️
Can someone explain to me how manufacturing fake leather from scratch is better for the environment than using animal hide? We don’t farm animals just for their hide. 🤪 We farm them for produce and their hide is a byproduct, it’s the ultimate form of recycling. I’m actually sick of hearing the “better for environment” argument because it’s objectively untrue.
Thank you very much for your interest in this topic. I also bought cars with animal skin leather seats before I did my research and got to know the industry. The most important thing is: With today's modern materials, you have nothing to lose, just to gain. You achieve the same kind of luxury and comfort or even better while having the same or better durability with less impact on humans, animals and the environment.
You can use fabric/cloth, microfibre or leatherette. The classic approach is using oil/plastic as source material. Overall, a vehicle contains about 300 kg plastic. A car seat needs about 5 kg plastic. So the overall plastic share for the seats is very low and it is at this moment the most efficient way to produce a car seat. A couple of litres of fuel equals a car seat basically. So if you want to save oil/plastic, rather look at consumption for energy, fuel and heating and to other car parts than the seat. Note that animal skin leather also always contains a plastic coating for durability. However, long-term we should of course find raw oil alternatives. So going further, seats can be made from recyclables (e.g. from PET-bottles or old fishing nets) or even increased share of plant-based materials (like pine oil, canola oil or start-up materials like Pinatex from pineapple leaves or Desertex from cactus fibre or the mixed-plant-based Mirum, so be seen at th-cam.com/video/S1aNZeoatmE/w-d-xo.html). On a calculation base, by ditching animal skin leather from car interiors, the amount of emissions (CO2e) is reduced by 85 (!) % (www.press.bmwgroup.com/africa-dom-easteurope/article/detail/T0403389EN/on-the-market-from-2023:-bmw-and-mini-models-with-vegan-interiors?language=en) - and that is a very conservative calculation. So it is at this moment the most important thing you can do to make car interiors more sustainable.
A good example for high-end luxury with ventilated animal free seats is the BMW X7 with Sensafin: th-cam.com/video/1pRNkW9nrrw/w-d-xo.html
And the Kia EV9 with plant-based oil share: th-cam.com/video/6vXePQi_MAk/w-d-xo.html
New leatherette materials can be superior in every aspect, even for cleaning: th-cam.com/video/u94YXJ72UTA/w-d-xo.html
More and more natural materials are rising: th-cam.com/video/nRSsXEnwHDo/w-d-xo.html
Also check out what the animal skin leather industry tried to with our channel: th-cam.com/video/nP_CvLlaFlI/w-d-xo.html
For seeing how the animals are being treated and transported in the global leather industry, watch this footage: th-cam.com/video/tkjCAmq1_8E/w-d-xo.html
Note that the footage is genuine and was recorded by a highly decorated investigative journalist in Germany I know myself personally.
Also a group of researchers and German journalists from public media could recent directly trace the connection between car animal leather production and illegal burning down Amazon rain forest:
www.daserste.de/information/reportage-dokumentation/ard-story/videos/illegales-leder-video-100.html
In a high animal skin grade, the animals are specifically raised for this matter. However even if meat is the "first" misuse case, the hide remains a profitable body part. That means: If manufacturers put animal leather in a car and you demand it as a customer, you give your money to an industry that earns money by oppressing humans, animals and harms the environment, you make them more profitable. Alternatively, you could support industries with your wallet which try to improve the sustainability of materials. Also, if you turn the argument around to "meat is the waste of the leather industry" you realize that it doesn't make sense (and is ethically doubtful) to discuss the primary use of individual body parts of mammals. Mind experiment: You are getting slain down on the street; would it matter to you if it was for your smartphone or for your purse? Remember that animal skin leather is no different to fur, fur is just leather where the hair is still on. And fur is widely not accepted for clothing anymore, and of course not for cars.
We cannot change what we have bought in the past, but with more information and compassion we can change how we decide in the future.
For a great insight into sustainability in the automotive industry, you can also check out our extensive documentary:
th-cam.com/video/-8gNXlRGngA/w-d-xo.html
@@autogefuehl
The problem is: who does/do fund all those research?
You can find articles proving coffee is a carcinogen whilst at the same time the other one(s) proving coffee is the ultimate cancer-prevention thing.
You never know
@@autogefuehl Try do your research again! They don´t care about anything but MONEY! Fake "leather" is cheaper and easier to make then real leather! That´s all! There is nothing wrong say it´s cheaper and vegan friendly. 😉 But don´t make fool of us with all those saving world s***! Everyone with class always can tell difference between real and fake leather it never feels the same! Just like real fur and faux fur! Fur is and always will be accepted for clothing! Have you ever been in real high class party in winter? 😂
@@ravenheart369 Lol bet he won't respond to your reply.
They need to fire their designers now! Make these bad designs stop
Fire the designers responsible for putting you as the number 1 premium car manufacturer in the world for several years running? 😂😂
So happy these companies are in the hands of sane people and not people like you.
I get that BMW is great and I have a 21 x3 and I had a 15 m4… it’s just that this new one looks plain and boring.
@@ferdl7940 Buy something else then. Vote with your wallet. The complaints here on TH-cam and even BMW forums won't sway them to change their product pipelines. People have been saying "Fire the designers" for the last decade and every year the company just continues to sell more and more cars so clearly the designers are doing something right. Its almost become routine at this point.
New BMW unveiling !!!
** Head over to comments section **
** Cue everyone crying & moaning about the designers/company **
Rinse & Repeat
That interior looks so dead. 💀 absolutely no character.
It’s not bad. Just pick the lighter color upholstery. (Usually BMW calls it “oyster”)
Cheap, Brutalist, and Tacky ...... Just terrible... It truly is depressing
A golf from 2014 has a way better interior than this. The “screen screen screen” fad is maybe not the best.
It’s great for customizing it but it’s really for cutting costs. I hope we get back the interior quality of cars from 2012-2017
It looks very dark here but if you go see some photos in better lighting it's actually nice and looks more premium than the last gen, even if the materials may not be.
@@John.Christopherbmw never had cheap interiors tho
There was a time when the BMW light rings were scary at night.. Now it's all lost! 😢
Now the illuminated 🐽 makes me crack up when I see it in the rear view mirror
Now the design of the car has become scary.... 🤣
bruhhhh is it just me or the older models look soo much better? i’d rather get a mazda cx60 or cx70 tbh
mazda and bmw moving in opposite directions atm
Mazda is the only car maker with the right mind today, IMO.
Cx70 looks amazing. And better performance than regular x3
What a bad day to see. They absolutely butchered my boy.
Facts
Wtf, it's way more beautiful than predecessor
X Series were always lame
“Car enthusiasts” always complaining like children… nothing new to see here
@@forestfire1231 Its called forming an opinion, you should try it sometime. Your comment makes no sense lol.
they can’t be serious, with that plastic door handle?!?! 😂
Pre production model materials aren’t final doubt it’s what production version will look like
@@RayanMADAO They are cutting costs like never before. Expect to see it in the production car... Even Chinese cars are today more posh then German "premium" brands.
Did you listen to what he was saying on mute? He said not final materials. Carry on hating.
Pre-production!
@@paulklavas668 sure hope so lol
BMW really needs to fire the entire Design Department. Sales will absolutely plunge down with these ridiculous design of their cars..
Bmw es basura... Cada vez mas feo el diseño.. mi próximo coche sera un Mercedes.
What happened to the luxury in BMW’s interiors. There used to be wood/carbon fibre paneling, high-grade leather, ceramic control knobs and iDrive wheel. This has a fabric dashboard, hard plastic door panels. They tacked a big screen panel on the dashboard and removed everything that made a BMW interior luxurious. This interior has the quality of a Kia!
Wow…BMW went nose dive super fast
ironic
BMWs are usually faster than they claim to be. 😑
It's a 70k Kia.
They just keep digging deeper and deeper.
Why would anyone pay £90k for a shyt looking X3 when you can get so many other nicer cars for that or much less
BMW has just lost it.
Just when I thought it couldn’t get any worse 🤦♂️
This makes the X1 look like a thing of beauty in comparison…
The interior is a big step down. They cannot charge 100K for a M50 and have hard plastics what they are thinking?
As Long as they sell for those prices, nothing will Change.
some things dont need to be changed..
They do if you want to cut costs, which is what they did here.
If I were a BMW shareholder I’d be psyched because their profit margins on this must be insane with how much cost cutting was done on the interior. Nothing about the interior says sport luxury.
Germans can't afford expensive interiors like Chinese brands.
Its literally mentioned several times in this video that this is a pre-production model and the interior materials will change for the final production model 😂😂😂😂😂😂
@@blackpanda7612
That's a PR lie.
As an X5 50e (2024) owner, I can honestly say that if the revised X5 looks anything like this… I’m buying a RR Sport or Cayenne next… 😔
Cayenne is next level, way above bmw
I'm considering the X5 50e now, with like 10k on the odo. How do you find it?
@@drunkenwhiskeyeu Best car for the $$$!
I literally last filled up on May 6th, and I’m crushing with half a tank lol
If you daily commute less than 50 miles, you’re Golden! (Also, the torque is amazing) I’m coming out of a 2021 M550i 530hp and 550lb/ft of torque…
And I cannot feel the difference in torque!
You will love it
Super happy I'm about to pick up a '25 x5 50e. Best of classic design styling and modern technology. I plan to own it for a long time. Hopefully in 10+ years, BMW will learn their errors correct course on their design
@@opticzar I'm Glad there's another brother from a different mother. :-D My thoughts exactly, though I'm going to get a dealership car. It's around 1/3 of the price off.
BMW’s persistence & commitment to ruin every one of their cars is truly commendable 👏🏻
Yeah they're runing their own cars all the way to the number 1 spot of Premium Auto Manufacturer in the world for several years running.
What a way to ruin your brand when you're selling more cars than you ever have in the history of your company.
RUUIINNED !!!
BMW designers 🌚
Listen and repeat: Synthetic leather and fabrics are no good for the environment. They are based in OIL and require several industrial and chemical processes and lots of energy to be made.
Thank you very much for your interest in this topic. I also bought cars with animal skin leather seats before I did my research and got to know the industry. The most important thing is: With today's modern materials, you have nothing to lose, just to gain. You achieve the same kind of luxury and comfort or even better while having the same or better durability with less impact on humans, animals and the environment.
You can use fabric/cloth, microfibre or leatherette. The classic approach is using oil/plastic as source material. Overall, a vehicle contains about 300 kg plastic. A car seat needs about 5 kg plastic. So the overall plastic share for the seats is very low and it is at this moment the most efficient way to produce a car seat. A couple of litres of fuel equals a car seat basically. So if you want to save oil/plastic, rather look at consumption for energy, fuel and heating and to other car parts than the seat. Note that animal skin leather also always contains a plastic coating for durability. However, long-term we should of course find raw oil alternatives. So going further, seats can be made from recyclables (e.g. from PET-bottles or old fishing nets) or even increased share of plant-based materials (like pine oil, canola oil or start-up materials like Pinatex from pineapple leaves or Desertex from cactus fibre or the mixed-plant-based Mirum, so be seen at th-cam.com/video/S1aNZeoatmE/w-d-xo.html). On a calculation base, by ditching animal skin leather from car interiors, the amount of emissions (CO2e) is reduced by 85 (!) % (www.press.bmwgroup.com/africa-dom-easteurope/article/detail/T0403389EN/on-the-market-from-2023:-bmw-and-mini-models-with-vegan-interiors?language=en) - and that is a very conservative calculation. So it is at this moment the most important thing you can do to make car interiors more sustainable.
A good example for high-end luxury with ventilated animal free seats is the BMW X7 with Sensafin: th-cam.com/video/1pRNkW9nrrw/w-d-xo.html
And the Kia EV9 with plant-based oil share: th-cam.com/video/6vXePQi_MAk/w-d-xo.html
New leatherette materials can be superior in every aspect, even for cleaning: th-cam.com/video/u94YXJ72UTA/w-d-xo.html
More and more natural materials are rising: th-cam.com/video/nRSsXEnwHDo/w-d-xo.html
Also check out what the animal skin leather industry tried to with our channel: th-cam.com/video/nP_CvLlaFlI/w-d-xo.html
For seeing how the animals are being treated and transported in the global leather industry, watch this footage: th-cam.com/video/tkjCAmq1_8E/w-d-xo.html
Note that the footage is genuine and was recorded by a highly decorated investigative journalist in Germany I know myself personally.
Also a group of researchers and German journalists from public media could recent directly trace the connection between car animal leather production and illegal burning down Amazon rain forest:
www.daserste.de/information/reportage-dokumentation/ard-story/videos/illegales-leder-video-100.html
In a high animal skin grade, the animals are specifically raised for this matter. However even if meat is the "first" misuse case, the hide remains a profitable body part. That means: If manufacturers put animal leather in a car and you demand it as a customer, you give your money to an industry that earns money by oppressing humans, animals and harms the environment, you make them more profitable. Alternatively, you could support industries with your wallet which try to improve the sustainability of materials. Also, if you turn the argument around to "meat is the waste of the leather industry" you realize that it doesn't make sense (and is ethically doubtful) to discuss the primary use of individual body parts of mammals. Mind experiment: You are getting slain down on the street; would it matter to you if it was for your smartphone or for your purse? Remember that animal skin leather is no different to fur, fur is just leather where the hair is still on. And fur is widely not accepted for clothing anymore, and of course not for cars.
We cannot change what we have bought in the past, but with more information and compassion we can change how we decide in the future.
For a great insight into sustainability in the automotive industry, you can also check out our extensive documentary:
th-cam.com/video/-8gNXlRGngA/w-d-xo.html
It is the historic merit of the BMW designers to have written a piece of automotive history by transferring a pig's nose to a car for the first time.
That’s it, I am convinced BMW designers are just designing for GTA VI cars now. Looks like a bad imitation of the X3, yikes!
Bmws Porsche and audi suck theyre not made for the users. The loud clicky clunky window switches and buttons is a huge buzz kill and overly loud yall tripping for buying those cars and I almost did too but I went with something way more economical and reliable . The comfort on the ahdi seats suck as well as porsche everyone I know is always questioning whether it's comfortable or not and they say that's not a good thing 😂😂
Glad I'm going with a better car that's not made by Germans who only driver Bentleys and rolls Royse. Not even drive their own bmws or audis. Maybe porsche yes cause the "thrilling sound" since they can't get off on anything else and are hypnotized by materials . (Hence d1ldos) . Screams gqy. 💀💀💀
You are right. These new BMWS are the types of cars I wouldn't mind crashing In GTA until it blows up. Lol.
Great presentation of an awful car.
thanks keep tuning in !
Thanks for giving his channel more exposure with the view lol
That took skill to show that mess and be positive in your presentation.
Give the comment a second read
Has anyone noticed how cheap these cars are getting on the inside? The cost cutting is becoming glaringly obvious
I like how Thomas says “Animal free. Better for the animals”. Does he have any idea how many cows are no longer alive because they’re no longer needed? Now that’s better for the environment maybe but it just means plastic production goes up so maybe not but, be honest,it’s not”better for the animals”.
Thank you very much for your interest in this topic. I also bought cars with animal skin leather seats before I did my research and got to know the industry. The most important thing is: With today's modern materials, you have nothing to lose, just to gain. You achieve the same kind of luxury and comfort or even better while having the same or better durability with less impact on humans, animals and the environment.
You can use fabric/cloth, microfibre or leatherette. The classic approach is using oil/plastic as source material. Overall, a vehicle contains about 300 kg plastic. A car seat needs about 5 kg plastic. So the overall plastic share for the seats is very low and it is at this moment the most efficient way to produce a car seat. A couple of litres of fuel equals a car seat basically. So if you want to save oil/plastic, rather look at consumption for energy, fuel and heating and to other car parts than the seat. Note that animal skin leather also always contains a plastic coating for durability. However, long-term we should of course find raw oil alternatives. So going further, seats can be made from recyclables (e.g. from PET-bottles or old fishing nets) or even increased share of plant-based materials (like pine oil, canola oil or start-up materials like Pinatex from pineapple leaves or Desertex from cactus fibre or the mixed-plant-based Mirum, so be seen at th-cam.com/video/S1aNZeoatmE/w-d-xo.html). On a calculation base, by ditching animal skin leather from car interiors, the amount of emissions (CO2e) is reduced by 85 (!) % (www.press.bmwgroup.com/africa-dom-easteurope/article/detail/T0403389EN/on-the-market-from-2023:-bmw-and-mini-models-with-vegan-interiors?language=en) - and that is a very conservative calculation. So it is at this moment the most important thing you can do to make car interiors more sustainable.
A good example for high-end luxury with ventilated animal free seats is the BMW X7 with Sensafin: th-cam.com/video/1pRNkW9nrrw/w-d-xo.html
And the Kia EV9 with plant-based oil share: th-cam.com/video/6vXePQi_MAk/w-d-xo.html
New leatherette materials can be superior in every aspect, even for cleaning: th-cam.com/video/u94YXJ72UTA/w-d-xo.html
More and more natural materials are rising: th-cam.com/video/nRSsXEnwHDo/w-d-xo.html
Also check out what the animal skin leather industry tried to with our channel: th-cam.com/video/nP_CvLlaFlI/w-d-xo.html
For seeing how the animals are being treated and transported in the global leather industry, watch this footage: th-cam.com/video/tkjCAmq1_8E/w-d-xo.html
Note that the footage is genuine and was recorded by a highly decorated investigative journalist in Germany I know myself personally.
Also a group of researchers and German journalists from public media could recent directly trace the connection between car animal leather production and illegal burning down Amazon rain forest:
www.daserste.de/information/reportage-dokumentation/ard-story/videos/illegales-leder-video-100.html
In a high animal skin grade, the animals are specifically raised for this matter. However even if meat is the "first" misuse case, the hide remains a profitable body part. That means: If manufacturers put animal leather in a car and you demand it as a customer, you give your money to an industry that earns money by oppressing humans, animals and harms the environment, you make them more profitable. Alternatively, you could support industries with your wallet which try to improve the sustainability of materials. Also, if you turn the argument around to "meat is the waste of the leather industry" you realize that it doesn't make sense (and is ethically doubtful) to discuss the primary use of individual body parts of mammals. Mind experiment: You are getting slain down on the street; would it matter to you if it was for your smartphone or for your purse? Remember that animal skin leather is no different to fur, fur is just leather where the hair is still on. And fur is widely not accepted for clothing anymore, and of course not for cars.
We cannot change what we have bought in the past, but with more information and compassion we can change how we decide in the future.
For a great insight into sustainability in the automotive industry, you can also check out our extensive documentary:
th-cam.com/video/-8gNXlRGngA/w-d-xo.html
BMW = Bus, Metro, Walking.
That’s the only BMW I will be using.
The only one you can afford 😂
@@Konrad-cj8fr You just don't hate the new BMWs with enough passion
The only thing we can afford doing 😂
It’s as if the front and rear of those vehicles are designed by two different companies
And neither of them were BMW!
They found designers on Temu
Completely agree. It started with the ghastly 4 series, then the 2, the 7... now its across the range. They all look they've been designed by a pair of 3 year olds who never speak; using Duplo as their inspiration
Please give us proper interior materials instead of tacky ambient lighting, having cheap plastics at such a price point is not justified.
I thougt they are Not serious about the door handles. 😂 Insinde and outide cheap plastic.
G30 owner here. I like my car more everytime they do a new design. No comparison even with the ambient lights - there seemed to be none found in the rear doors. I was looking the new 5 the other day, and it didn't do it for me. Maybe I'll buy one of the last LCI G30's when it's time to upgrade.
Perhaps Autogefül can make a video on how design processes work in BMW. Im quite baffled how a bunch of people on the board can sit around a table and approve all these designs coming out of BMW lately. Do they really think these latest designs from IX to XM and the 7 series and etc are beautiful? Or they re just arrogantly stubborn thinking that people would still buy them blindly no matter what just because of the brand name? From what I see across the board majority of people think BMWs are quite ugly on the outside and inside lately.
I think they know that a lot of people really dislike their designs, and they're just trolling us.
Honestly, I think the 7 series is nowhere as bad as how the IX, i4 and XM looks. This X3 is joining the crew of looking repulsive though.
The people on the board know what they're doing. You don't suck at your job if your company continues to break sales records and retain the number 1 spot as Premium Car Manufacturer in the world for several years running. You don't suck at your job if the M Division posts records sales for 2023 in their division history.
However you do suck if you take the opinions of a handful of enthusiasts that are unable to embrace change and pass it off as the majority consensus.
Moral of the story is don't suck by trying to take the opinions of a few and pass it off as opinions of the many.
They know their designs are polarising, and that's exactly what makes them unique and sell in greater numbers than ever before.
I have collected my new Macan 2 days ago. I am soo happy I didn't wait for the new X3!
So you buy an upbadged q5 instead? Porsche only makes 2 cars worth buying
Porsche and audi suck . The loud clicky clunky window switches and buttons is a huge buzz kill and overly loud yall tripping for buying those cars and I almost did too but I went with something way more economical and reliable . The comfort on the ahdi seats suck as well as porsche everyone I know is always questioning whether it's comfortable or not and they say that's not a good thing 😂😂
Glad I'm going with a better car that's not made by Germans who only driver Bentleys and rolls Royse. Not even drive their own bmws or audis. Maybe porsche yes cause the "thrilling sound" since they can't get off on anything else and are hypnotized by materials . (Hence d1ldos) . Screams gqy. 💀💀💀
its all eletric?
I have the previous version of X3 (2022, LCI). And I love that car every day, because it is causy, comfortable, powerful, has normal interior(buttons for most of important functions).
This generation follows the same, non-user, cost-savings approach, like previous X1 - pay more for less. Unfortunately, this car looks cheap and plastic-wise. Definitely not a premium car anymore.
Btw, the "simplified" exterior design with less edges is also indication of cost savings - as it requires less robot operations to bend the elements. Typical example Citroen C-Elysse.
The only thing I appreciate is that it doesn’t have too much shinny black plastic inside, the rest is pretty meh, stealing your eyes with shinny lights so you don’t see the cost cuttings
Data & facts:
BMW X3 (all-new 2025)
Factories in Spartanburg USA and South Africa (PHEV)
Better aerodynamics cd 0,27
More sustainability in production and supply chain
Shown colors:
Dune grey (M50)
Arctic Race Blue (30e PHEV)
Optional illuminated kidney
Adaptive Matrix LED optional
Wider track
4,76 m 187“ (+ 3 cm 1“)
18-21“ wheels (19“ M Sport, 20“ M50)
Only M50 has visible exhaust pipes + sport suspension standard
Adaptive suspension or adaptive M suspension optional
12,3“ instruments
15“ (14,9“) infotainment
Optional HUD
Econeer seating 100 % recycling standard
Optional Veganza high grade leatherette in 3 colors
Optional still animal skin available
M Sport: Veganza/Alcantara Mix
Vegan steering wheel standard, M Sport steering animal
570 l trunk (+20 l) - 1700 l
PHEV: 460 l - 1600 l
Petrol (all MHEV) 20 xDrive 2,0 4-cylinder 210 hp 7,8 s
M Performance M50 xDrive 3,0 6-cylinder 400 hp 4,6 s
PHEV 30e xDrive 2,0 4-cylinder 300 hp 6,2 s
Double battery size now 20,4 kWh net, 11 kW AC charging
PHEV not in US
Diesel (all MHEV) 20 xDrive 2,0 4-cylinder 200 hp 7,7 s
later: 3,0 l 6-cyl diesel
Price 58.000 20 xDrive - 66.000 PHEV - 83.000 M50 (without extras), around 90.000 M50 full spec
Towing
2,0 t PHEV
2,5 t ICE
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Do you know if PHEV is coming to Canada?
30 petrol 255cp mild hibrid
This new m50 looks like trash compared to LCI G01. Absolutely talentless designers.
Ugly and cheaply built. We need i6 engines, real leather and wood. And real German designers.
Your honest opinion new X3 vs old X3?
Noooo, this was at the top of my list to replace my '16 GLC... Hate the exterior, hate the interior,no opening sunroof?!? No protective wheel arcs , tons of piano black, and capacitive bs. WTF BMW?
No one does a better design review than Thomas at Autogefühl!
Thank god they brought back the scrolling wheel. After owning different vehicles i find the BMW navigation wheel the easiest and least distracting to use.
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It looks like BMW hired their finance committee to design the interior. Driving a BMW used to be a joyful tactile experience. It’s gone now.
Every new bmw will have different front lights design? Makes zero sense
Thx Thomas for this introduction to the new X3. Excellent video... as usual. Do you have information if the new model will have the very usefull and safe trunck net separation as previous models have always had? In your footage there is no net and no net fixtures integrated at the back of the rear seats.
Nahh, bmw designers are really mocking it now
It's not as ugly as the 1 series. but that's about as good as it gets.
X1 looks better.
@@aye3678 go see a doctor
@@aye3678 Agree
the exterior is whatever but that fabric on the inside is horrible.
@@pjp13579bmw x1 looks so much better more bmw like more aggressive more sharp. I think unhave to see a doctor
Thanks, Thomas. Can't wait for your test drive )
It looks like the materials are cheaper in this new generation. Like you're sitting in a plastic bucket.
Im still waiting to wake up from these bad , tastless designs from BMW - running to my mom and her telling me it was just a bad dream.
Designers who worked on this X3 back and interior, M3 Grill, 5 Series Front need to be investigated for Corporate espionage at this point. BMW has the most efficient ICE and hybrid powertrains on the market and the designs are just bringing the whole package down.
WOuld be very strange to think the designers is trying to sabotage the brand when sales are climbing year after year. The M3/M4 posted record sales numbers for the M division last year😂😂. I think people like you need to chill. BMW is selling more cars today than they ever had in the history of the company
@@blackpanda7612 despite the apparent design flaws, this is not subjective anymore, efficiency of the drive-trains is helping BMW. This is like saying only 100% perfect products are sold. Sales can be even better with better design. Take the new Apple MacBooks, they were having great sales and dominating with the new M series chips, but Apple did go back and add the headphone jack and additional slots because it was a shit decision to reduce them despite sales increases.
Again a great review !!!
Always love the way you explain things !!
I like the fabric seats. The fabric do not peel or wrinkle. They are not cold during cold weather and not too hot during hot weather. Cloth/Fabric seats are not slippery and have a good grip unlike leather it doesn't grip you and fabric seats is more comfortable and softer as well. For longevity fabric seats would still look good even if it already aged unlike leather.
WTF is that front grill? 😂
Heil Auto 😅
Baboons butt
yeah the grill of the plug-in hybrid is just ridiculous
It's actually an OTG!
Such an original comment…
Thank goodness there is still an iDrive controller, I was really thinking that they were phasing them out completely out of every new model for cost cutting measures
We are lucky its not a phallus sticking up through that gear shift ring.
Love your work Thomas! It's hard to imagine what you could do better. Thanks!
Hey Thomas , Great review ,I actually like the new design language, its different but most definitely BMW. Hope to get one
From M3/M4 to 7s 5s, now new x3, BMW’s design team deserve a reward from Audi and Benz.
So, a 2023 M40i was ~$69k USD well optioned. The 2025 M50 is $85k USD + ? Wow.
Edited: Learned something new ... converting BMW € MSRP to USD for comparable pricing doesn't work. Cars are significantly more expensive in Europe (and possibly other regions too)!
This German channel doesn’t care about what the US is charging. Signed, Australia (where it’s also a rip off hehe).
Damn, my 2022 M40i was more than €100K in Austria 😭😭
@@yutubabeWhat?😂 My absolutely fully loaded 2023 X4 M40i is $73,000 pre tax.
@@dr_slim_shadyi got fully loaded 2024 m40 for 70k
@@dr_slim_shady I'm serious 😂. Thankfully I got the car with company price, which brings the price down to around €60K.
There's still time to buy the current (and most beautiful) generation x3...this new one looks like it was designed by several designers all with conflicting personalities.
Animal skin is much better than plastic
Thank you very much for your interest in this topic. I also bought cars with animal skin leather seats before I did my research and got to know the industry. The most important thing is: With today's modern materials, you have nothing to lose, just to gain. You achieve the same kind of luxury and comfort or even better while having the same or better durability with less impact on humans, animals and the environment.
You can use fabric/cloth, microfibre or leatherette. The classic approach is using oil/plastic as source material. Overall, a vehicle contains about 300 kg plastic. A car seat needs about 5 kg plastic. So the overall plastic share for the seats is very low and it is at this moment the most efficient way to produce a car seat. A couple of litres of fuel equals a car seat basically. So if you want to save oil/plastic, rather look at consumption for energy, fuel and heating and to other car parts than the seat. Note that animal skin leather also always contains a plastic coating for durability. However, long-term we should of course find raw oil alternatives. So going further, seats can be made from recyclables (e.g. from PET-bottles or old fishing nets) or even increased share of plant-based materials (like pine oil, canola oil or start-up materials like Pinatex from pineapple leaves or Desertex from cactus fibre or the mixed-plant-based Mirum, so be seen at th-cam.com/video/S1aNZeoatmE/w-d-xo.html). On a calculation base, by ditching animal skin leather from car interiors, the amount of emissions (CO2e) is reduced by 85 (!) % (www.press.bmwgroup.com/africa-dom-easteurope/article/detail/T0403389EN/on-the-market-from-2023:-bmw-and-mini-models-with-vegan-interiors?language=en) - and that is a very conservative calculation. So it is at this moment the most important thing you can do to make car interiors more sustainable.
A good example for high-end luxury with ventilated animal free seats is the BMW X7 with Sensafin: th-cam.com/video/1pRNkW9nrrw/w-d-xo.html
And the Kia EV9 with plant-based oil share: th-cam.com/video/6vXePQi_MAk/w-d-xo.html
New leatherette materials can be superior in every aspect, even for cleaning: th-cam.com/video/u94YXJ72UTA/w-d-xo.html
More and more natural materials are rising: th-cam.com/video/nRSsXEnwHDo/w-d-xo.html
Also check out what the animal skin leather industry tried to with our channel: th-cam.com/video/nP_CvLlaFlI/w-d-xo.html
For seeing how the animals are being treated and transported in the global leather industry, watch this footage: th-cam.com/video/tkjCAmq1_8E/w-d-xo.html
Note that the footage is genuine and was recorded by a highly decorated investigative journalist in Germany I know myself personally.
Also a group of researchers and German journalists from public media could recent directly trace the connection between car animal leather production and illegal burning down Amazon rain forest:
www.daserste.de/information/reportage-dokumentation/ard-story/videos/illegales-leder-video-100.html
In a high animal skin grade, the animals are specifically raised for this matter. However even if meat is the "first" misuse case, the hide remains a profitable body part. That means: If manufacturers put animal leather in a car and you demand it as a customer, you give your money to an industry that earns money by oppressing humans, animals and harms the environment, you make them more profitable. Alternatively, you could support industries with your wallet which try to improve the sustainability of materials. Also, if you turn the argument around to "meat is the waste of the leather industry" you realize that it doesn't make sense (and is ethically doubtful) to discuss the primary use of individual body parts of mammals. Mind experiment: You are getting slain down on the street; would it matter to you if it was for your smartphone or for your purse? Remember that animal skin leather is no different to fur, fur is just leather where the hair is still on. And fur is widely not accepted for clothing anymore, and of course not for cars.
We cannot change what we have bought in the past, but with more information and compassion we can change how we decide in the future.
For a great insight into sustainability in the automotive industry, you can also check out our extensive documentary:
th-cam.com/video/-8gNXlRGngA/w-d-xo.html
Your videos have been on fire lately. Amazing amount of content.
As, an owner of a 2024 X3 M40i I think the new model is almost too clean and slick. It gives me those weird Mercedes EQ vibes.
The interior is a mess of gaudy lighting and IKEA inspired textures.
I’m not sure ANYTHING has improved with the new design that would compel me to buy one.
The G01 X3 M40i VERY good looking and peak BMW when it comes to refining their classic design language.
Honestly, the exterior design doesn’t look that bad in the sport variant. I just wish they incorporated more detail into the interior which is a shame. Paying for a luxury vehicle like this and getting basically a piece of technology sort of ruins the driving experience.
the felt interior is disgusting
So much for sheer driving pleasure 😢
Thanks for kindness and detailed review
🤩 looks brilliant. Especially the smooth, clean lines. Nice work BMW.
What the heck is that atrocity!
OMFG。。。BMW has fallen to the hell. I am a 11 yr BMW-only owner. E90->F32->G20. Now I feel like the time to leave. No car in the lineup looks good…..
Mercedes isn't better in quality and reliability, and don't get me started on a 4 cylinder hybrid 63 badged cars like C63 and GLC63
@@seansiew5629 Mercedes is even worse. Looks like shit the entire lineup too.
Excellent presentation - and a beautiful camera work :)
Front led day lights are from Cherry Tiggo, good direction BMW👏🏻👏🏻 only good thing is keeping idrive system and cupholder area. Apart from that no thanks, I’ll go with my current X3 !
That’s a nice looking Subaru
Can anyone explain to me, what are those two things there ? 😭😭😭what happened to x3? 🙌🙌
I think they forgot to remove the bread from OTG.
They're called nostrils 😂
When looking at the X3 closely, it reminds me of recent VW design aesthetics
“Did I really say that?” 😂😂😂 yes Thomas, very long and wide. Very impressive!
Always love these reviews over here in The States. Will hit a mil in no time.
25:52 - there's a big mistake, there is no 3-cyinder plug-in in the X5, only a 6-cylinder plug-in X5 xDrive 50e!
BMW is doing a great job making all those older models look more beautiful with the debut of each new generation
What Audio system will be used? Any 3D audio available like Bowls & Wilkins in Polestar 3?
I have a feeling those huge ambient lighting elements will create lot of reflections on the glass windows and windshield thus distraction.
I wonder if I'll start to like it after some time. Just like in the G8x, I initially hated the new grill, but now I think it's great.
the interior is unforgivable
Reduce the size of the grille and remove the tacky lighting feature, and I think the exterior is fine. Not good, or special, but fine. That interior is crap though.
Idk it’s how I feel. BMW snobs always prefer the past look. But in person the new 7 series looks great. Designs change. Time to move on. And for bmw with their usually ultra conservative design cues imo the change couldn’t come fast enough. The ppl bitching are not going to buy an x3 either way
Can’t wait to see you review the ix3!
Will be like this: th-cam.com/video/YG2jy6UfDmQ/w-d-xo.htmlsi=tJiYojUmWimr2x5P
Disco lights are luxury now 😂
I liked the base design but with the M upgrade, i also like that arctic blue 🔵.
The grille on that base model is the worst idea since the bucked-tooth M3 🤮
I call it the baboons butt front end.
What a time to be alive. Cheap plastic everywhere but hey, now BMW gives us cheap LEDs everywhere and one screen that looks like two Ipads dropped into the dash. The reviewer raves about ambient animations and talks about engines shortly and only at the end of the video. Run, everyone!
Great review! Yet another dream car😫
Even vw Tiguan has soft materials and velvet inside pocket doors.
The materials in this car are better than the tiguan.
@@JohnGuidetti751 They absolutely are not. Cheap tacky everywhere
@@John.Christopher The door card from the front to back isn't even the same material in the Tiguan hard plastic in the back. Furthermore even the paint colour you can see inside the A pillar. Don't be so silly to think a car from the class below would be better.
Great review, but unfortunately such an ugly, cheap looking vehicle. BMW has just gone way down with all their updated designs. Wouldn’t hesitate to go for the older X3, 5, 7 series… would be cheaper too. Awful looking car.
BEAUTIFUL REVIEW! BEAUTIFUL CHANNEL!
I like the simpler body design and interior looks very good. Prices will be interesting. Great review.
I love it! It has a planted stance and no cladding on the m50 looks awesome 👏 and they kept the halo style sword inspired tail lights. It’s missing an actual rear bumper though to protect itself from possible bumps…
Out of curiosity, what do you drive as a daily Thomas?
I remember he said a Panzer of some sort
In a video from a couple of yearas ago he said he owned an X3 m40i.
I think he said a Jaguar
I think he mentioned Honda Civic Type R
I'm pretty sure he said a Ford Ecosport
Glad to se more normal grills and no split headlights. Apart from the illuminated grill, I think this looks quite nice - and that s coming from someone who never liked the X3 at all.
Interesting interior too. I wish it had some more physical buttons for the climate unit, but other than that this looks quite promising!
Also like the double L-signature for the headlights. Well done.
curious about the X3 fabric seats since I spent much of my childhood sliding on fabric benches in a Buick Wildcat or getting my legs burned on vinyl in a Plymouth Scamper. I hope some version of that bamboo based twill textile Rolls Royce developed for the gen 2 Cullinan makes it's way into BMW's. The fabric looks great and is supposed to feel fantastic.
The only thing separating that interior from a rental-fleet Chevy is the giant screen and the fancy lights
What type of "luxury" car is this?
Wow, replacing real wood and leather with hard plastic and LEDs from Aliexpress while costing almost twice as much as before... PROGRESS.
Thank you very much for your interest in this topic. I also bought cars with animal skin leather seats before I did my research and got to know the industry. The most important thing is: With today's modern materials, you have nothing to lose, just to gain. You achieve the same kind of luxury and comfort or even better while having the same or better durability with less impact on humans, animals and the environment.
You can use fabric/cloth, microfibre or leatherette. The classic approach is using oil/plastic as source material. Overall, a vehicle contains about 300 kg plastic. A car seat needs about 5 kg plastic. So the overall plastic share for the seats is very low and it is at this moment the most efficient way to produce a car seat. A couple of litres of fuel equals a car seat basically. So if you want to save oil/plastic, rather look at consumption for energy, fuel and heating and to other car parts than the seat. Note that animal skin leather also always contains a plastic coating for durability. However, long-term we should of course find raw oil alternatives. So going further, seats can be made from recyclables (e.g. from PET-bottles or old fishing nets) or even increased share of plant-based materials (like pine oil, canola oil or start-up materials like Pinatex from pineapple leaves or Desertex from cactus fibre or the mixed-plant-based Mirum, so be seen at th-cam.com/video/S1aNZeoatmE/w-d-xo.html). On a calculation base, by ditching animal skin leather from car interiors, the amount of emissions (CO2e) is reduced by 85 (!) % (www.press.bmwgroup.com/africa-dom-easteurope/article/detail/T0403389EN/on-the-market-from-2023:-bmw-and-mini-models-with-vegan-interiors?language=en) - and that is a very conservative calculation. So it is at this moment the most important thing you can do to make car interiors more sustainable.
A good example for high-end luxury with ventilated animal free seats is the BMW X7 with Sensafin: th-cam.com/video/1pRNkW9nrrw/w-d-xo.html
And the Kia EV9 with plant-based oil share: th-cam.com/video/6vXePQi_MAk/w-d-xo.html
New leatherette materials can be superior in every aspect, even for cleaning: th-cam.com/video/u94YXJ72UTA/w-d-xo.html
More and more natural materials are rising: th-cam.com/video/nRSsXEnwHDo/w-d-xo.html
Also check out what the animal skin leather industry tried to with our channel: th-cam.com/video/nP_CvLlaFlI/w-d-xo.html
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Note that the footage is genuine and was recorded by a highly decorated investigative journalist in Germany I know myself personally.
Also a group of researchers and German journalists from public media could recent directly trace the connection between car animal leather production and illegal burning down Amazon rain forest:
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In a high animal skin grade, the animals are specifically raised for this matter. However even if meat is the "first" misuse case, the hide remains a profitable body part. That means: If manufacturers put animal leather in a car and you demand it as a customer, you give your money to an industry that earns money by oppressing humans, animals and harms the environment, you make them more profitable. Alternatively, you could support industries with your wallet which try to improve the sustainability of materials. Also, if you turn the argument around to "meat is the waste of the leather industry" you realize that it doesn't make sense (and is ethically doubtful) to discuss the primary use of individual body parts of mammals. Mind experiment: You are getting slain down on the street; would it matter to you if it was for your smartphone or for your purse? Remember that animal skin leather is no different to fur, fur is just leather where the hair is still on. And fur is widely not accepted for clothing anymore, and of course not for cars.
We cannot change what we have bought in the past, but with more information and compassion we can change how we decide in the future.
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I'm so happy that I picked up 2024 x5 instead of waiting for this x3. This looks like a step back I'm afraid. Also it's smaller than I expected.