Hey Mat! Or anyone managing carwow.. can you guys review the new Lexus LBX? It's Lexus's new subcompact luxury car.. I hope for you guys to check it out!
@ now for me. I likes the G80 from the start, the grill never bothered me. But every car after that has been odd looking to me. I like the X5 and X7 and that’s pretty much it
Prime example why you need physical buttons for basic functions so you're not completely stuck when the one display inevitably blacks out or freezes. And all the plasticky interior is a fail
@@Astke yes I have (the Swift isn't exactly a rare car). Both the Swift and the X3 interiors are 92% hard plastic. But unlike the BMW, the Swift can afford to give you some real controls and buttons.
They cannot be serious with that interior quality, especially the door handles. They selected the cheapest plasics available for a car that costs over 67k.
For some reason the German premium manufacturers (Mercedes, BMW, Audi) are saving more and more on the interior and charging more money for their cars... the interior is now really full of hard plastic in all three
Labour and energy costs in Germany are at an all time high; also you have an overbearing government changing its mind on cars on a weekly basis. Not how to secure an industry's well being. Well, they hate cars, so, there's that. And, they have too many liberal women in power. Chaos guaranteed.
Even the first gen X3 looks a tad better as well than this new one, although it's not saying much considering the amount of plastics used on the lower areas of the exterior in effort to give it a more rugged look, and that the ride would predictably feel like being on a Bactrian camel that's been high at soft drinks.
I am a big bmw fan and I agree that new x3 is awful when it comes to interior quality. Finally a review that mentions the sharp edges in the interior. It drives great but the interior is a big let down
yeah i ran my hand along a window edge and it had razor sharp burrs, doesnt bmw trim the flashing off the injection molded plastic anymore? or is this cost cutting also?
@@saveHakoeven worse. Automatic high beams, hidden behind a menu on a display that might not work in an 80k car. A hideous car at that. Luxury brand went the cheapest possible route. While they’re at it, they may as well put the indicators behind a menu seeing and bimmer drivers don’t use them.
@@saveHako pretty much. i've pressed the button in my yaris for auto high beams and never touched it since. however it's a toggle switch, physical, ofc, and i can still override it without touching it by cycling high beams manually. then after about 10 secs it goes back in auto mode.
Everything that would make the men who made American cars in the noughties blush. The Germans are surely becoming the new Americans that Clarkson has made fun of.
@@hi-fidude6670 in what way do German cars have the best tech? And I wouldn't mock American engines when their V8's make pretty much double the power of any German V8.
@@pascal4190 I think you will find it was invented on 1952 by Oldsmobile and used on Cadillacs. It was available in Mercury and Lincoln in 1955. 2005 was when the first BMW had auto high beams. Since my point is that cars have had that button for a very long time it hardly matters whether it's 2001 or 2005 (or 1955). But if you're going to be pedantic at least be correct.
So glad I ordered my new one in March before this was ready. 2.0i M Sport Pro for £50k - gives you plenty of leather, chrome, wood and quality plastic in the interior to give a high end ambience, plus big rims and adaptive suspension with the Pro package - it is better in every way than this overpriced, over designed, under-thought out plasticky beast of a thing. 200bhp is plenty for my needs and the ride is superb, grippy AWD, super quiet cabin, and the comfort setting on the adaptive suspension means it rides through UK's rotten potholed roads like a dream compared to my old 2017 Beamer.
@yasir5673 My old Beamer was a regular 320i saloon. Perfectly good reliable and enjoyable drive. I would probably have gone for a new i4 Gran Coupé out of preference, but we just moved house up into the hills and we need all wheel drive for untreated winter roads up here, just to make sure we can get about Dec - March. BMWs with rear wheel drive only are terrible on icy roads, unless you have space for another set of rims and winter tyres.
“Minimalist” is just translation for “cost cutting” Slapping a tablet in front of you and call it a gauge cluster is just lazy All the best to everyone
Saves them heaps of money though, no knobs or switches to design, no separate wiring loom for them. Just a a screen that is coded to the spec of the car and everything is signaled by LIN or CAN bus, must save the manufacturers an absolute fortune really.
@ the problem is not the tablet per say. Is the lack of integration within the dashboard. Like Porsche or Alfa Romeo. I don’t know how old you are but back in the 90s and early 2000s one of the most expensive options was the GPS. And if you payed for it it could be a known brand of GPS but it would be integrated into the dashboard. Nobody would even think of just slapping an off the shelf unit over the dash and selling it like an optional extra. You could argue it’s exactly the same unit but nobody would even consider it. I hope this can remain a civilized conversation. I’m not insulting you or your opinion, just sharing mine. All the best
Why is it that car manufacturer simply DON'T listen to what people want,??? We want knobs for temperature and volume settings. And we don't want knobs designing the usability ergonomics ;)
@@borinvlogsHahahaha…because Germany is dumb as hell with their green agenda. Save the planet….not!!! China is laughing at the west with each new coal fired plant they open.
Moral of this review: go right ahead and buy the old x3 m40i. Much better interior quality and layout, much more usable, better looking, lighter and more nible to drive and with the spare money you can either get a manual rwd roadster or use it for fuel and maintanance.
And the old one had physical HVAC controls. And adaptive cruise as hard buttons on the steering wheel. The list goes on, this is a downgrade in every respect except size.
Seriously the old model actually looks good - How can they go over the design part of the review with "Quite like this" when it looks absolutely terrible
Always amazes me how with every new generation car manufacturers manage to find and fit in cheaper and cheaper materials. It's almost an artform in itself at this point, when you think it couldn't get worse they still find a way.
Interior is shockingly low rent. And you can't do basic things like high beam and cruise control distance without going through multiple screen menus? What a fail
It's misleading... High beam is still on the stock, option shown on the video is for AUTO high beams... Still dumb to be buried in a menu, but not something that's frequently used.
The quality of this car is shocking, it’s happening to all modern cars though and I don’t understand why no one’s making more of a fuss about it. Since when did 80k give you a budget interior. My 11 year old V40 has much nicer materials than this car and it did not cost nearly 80k when it was new
I was going to say! I have a 2013 V40, and only the lower part of the doors are scratchy plastic, which is to be expected of a car of that price! The rest of the interior has high-quality soft-touch plastics, metal, and leather.
Its like car manufacturers and all big corporations are doing it on purpose to see how much they can get away with, how stupid the public are before they stop buying.
Since all the governments of the world spend billions of dollars they don't have on Covid. It's called inflation. The same turkey I used to buy in the grocery store just 4 years ago went 9.99 lb to 16.99. Why would cars be so different. Are car enthusiasts living in a cave or something?
V40 gang salute! I hate voice controls and ipad type screens controlling everything. That Volvo is doing it with the EX30 made me side eye Volvo for trying that "minimalist" cost cutting crap.
@ Wasn’t expecting other V40 owners to be honest but I absolutely adore mine, I can deal with big screens. I’d rather have buttons for climate and things but what I CANNOT STAND is the removing the drivers display and putting in the corner of the central screen so you have to take your eyes off the road to look how fast you’re going and it would be sort of acceptable if the cars that don’t have the gauges/screen had a heads up display but they don’t because that also costs money. And the 2 window switches for 4 windows blows my mind.
This makes me realise how happy I am with my G01 2020 X3, the last gen before they started cutting ALL of the corners. I have nobs, quality interior materials and a proper BMW design with angel eyes. BMW would have to do a LOT to convince me to upgrade to a new model.
Oh dear! BMW what are you doing? It all starts with those really cheap looking glossy black plastic grilles. You get the impression their suppliers have production problems with the real McCoy and have given them something temporary to block off the front…
Bought a Mazda CX 5 for 38k. I have real dual exhausts, a decent 2.5 ltr NA petrol engine, real buttons for everything and a brilliant dial for using the touch screen. I see these 80K cars with really sad interiors and I feel grateful for what I have.
Same. I bought a 20 year old Mercedes E500. I have heated memory seats, self-dimming mirrors, 4-zone climate control, real leather and real wood interior. It's got all the comfort you need and gets 0-100 kmh in 6 seconds. I paid 9k Euros including some repairs and maintenance.
I sold my 2015 CX5 SportNav top of the range and bought a X3 2021 last year. Although I enjoy the power but I really miss the leather interior of Mazda😢
They presumably already fired everyone in the exterior design department, judging by the designs over the last couple of years. So they probably are now going for the interior design team...
Depreciation is going to be harsh on this one. Maybe the M50 will do better because of the engine but every other trim / engine will be collapse. This will be in the same second hand car shortlist as a Kia Sportage.
@@milinddixit6583 My brother bought new Hyndai Tuscon in 2016 for 16 000 euro and he sold it last year FOR SAME MONEY . BMW in 2016 that costed 60000 euro you can buy now for that same 16 000 or even less
This is awful. The previous X3’s interior design was miles ahead of this. It had actual places to put things, it was more well thought-out, had better controls, and (subjectively) looked way better than this. Absolutely horrible for a car in this segment.
Honestly 5 series looks great. Gotta see it in person. Needs m package tho. Same with the 7 series. I liked the x4. 1 series with m sport package looks decent as well. But obviously it's no comparison to previous generations which didn't need all blacled out and sports trim to look nice
Crazy times when a mazda cx-60 has the same engine layout as a x3M40 and has better build quality, materials and reliability while being cheaper which is shocking
I have to be honest that Porsche have also made some cost cutting on certain parts of the cabin being cheap plastic. The design overall is far more practical than the BMW with all your driving modes, full beam, cruise control and much more all on the steering wheel or stalks including all the drivers display modes easily selectable and logical with clear info etc. from superbly ergonomically controls as the price should allow, so why save those few parts in cheap plastic that places doubt on overall build quality. Bean counters ruling over real car designers once again.
I remember watching a video when this car was revealed earlier this year and they had one of the interior designers on and he said they wish they could have removed more on the interior for cleaner lines. 🤕
What makes you think the design teams haven't been laid off for years? It's the first thing I would think has happened, judging by BMWs output in the last few years.
@@robertrse yea not even that.. its not even made in germany... and have all the components imported... its not even a real bmw... all plastic and made out of crap material.... in my mind its a 20-25k car if that even?!
@@Astke yea i have seen the prices on all cars they are just stupid! look at KIA peoples car they said! it will be a car everyone can buy! the prices just skyrocket... and KIA is not a good car i know i owned 3 of em.... my last one was a KIA optima sportswagon.. 2016 i owned it in 2019 i had it for 6 month... then the keys stopped communicate with the car so i could not start it... the tow company came and said KIA sigh!!! i was like what about them .. they are crap im like do you get alot of KIA's to tow.. like 20 every week... and the engines are pure crap they said... and i've seen it on youtube to... KIA dealers have a storage of KIA engines because they are so bad!
A had a look a X3 2.0 petrol in my local BMW dealership. Although well equipped it didn’t look or feel like a premium product. Too many vast areas in the interior with nothing in them. Also the fabric covering will be a nightmare to keep clean or to clean if it gets dirty. However the price was an eye watering £67,750.00. I just couldn’t justify spending the thick end of £70K for a 2.0 litre X3 regardless of the high levels of equipment. If the target audience for this vehicle is those looking for a mid range SUV then BMW really do need to look at their pricing structure. £70K is dangerously over priced and will price most out of their budget. I understand the starting price of range is approximately £48K but cheap materials and iffy design really do count against any purchase I may have made.
@ one of the issues with car prices is that the car companies can’t make money on EV cars due to the lack of public interest. On top of that the EU have levied €15K fine for every electric vehicle below the annual units sold per annum target. The car companies can’t afford to carry on like this and this statement is backed up by the news that VW are closing car plants, car prices are rocketing, Jaguar have gone into meltdown, Europe are importing cheap electric vehicles from China (MG, BYD etc) which isn’t helping the European car manufacturers but Germany in particular. In America Ford can’t sell the electric pick up trucks (which has a massive market share in the US) and there are stockpiles of unwanted but pre-registered electric lying all over the place.
@Cheersbigears66 So the manufacturers are just adding Eur15k onto the retail price of ICE vehicles and as per usual it's the customer/tax payer who pays for government follies.
@@tommytraddles I couldn’t say for sure that that is what they are doing but the car companies have to recoup their losses from someone. EV cars are hugely expensive and depreciation is a major factor to consider when making your purchase which is one of the many reasons ‘Joe public’ is not buying them. Companies buy them because of the grants and subsidies handed down to encourage the switch from Diesel/ Petrol cars over to EV but once that ends who knows….cheap Chinese imports???
@@Cheersbigears66in the case of South Africa, we are certainly deep within the next phase of Chinese vehicles. It’s a new model and/or LCI every few months and a decent percentage of people purchasing these vehicles are previous owners of the Deutsche big three. The break neck pace approach to EV adoption(by the big 3) was certainly incentivised by government subsidies but not nearly as well thought out re the factors that could prevent this adoption. and now the Chinese are sweeping in and my they have swept in: ICE and EV alike.
The german brands are actually losing the plot. They think their badges are gonna sell their shite cars. They're in for a shock, especially with an economy that's more money conscious than ever before.
Couldn't agree more. They're not just being caught by Asian brands, they're being left behind. Design, desirability and quality is shocking these days.
@@JaydenAndrewsTechI was thinking that my golf 7 is higher quality inside than this apart from in the rear where it's on a par. Whereas it is lower quality than the previous version which had a premium interior.
Been a BMW owner for 8 years. Unfortunately it was time to say goodbye. Ultra reliable cars but who wants to pay serious money to drive cars that look like that
@@Jorgetrader1All of mine were quite reliable, started with the very first X3 and ever since. I’m sorry if you listened to the internet shithole whining about BMW all the time.
Quality aside.. I was really surprised to see the crucial functionality like high beam and cruise control moved to the screen as an option to select there. I mean I honestly can’t imagine doing 90mph, overtaking and trying to change the cruise control settings on the touch screen. Madness.
Im sorry but that level of quality is unacceptable in a 30k car, let alone a 75k one. People laugh at Tesla for quality yet you’ll struggle to find a hard plastic / non soft touch material anywhere in the cabin on a 40k model 3. BMW 👎
Maybe they are trying to not sell their ICE cars. Thus is the final ICE X3. The iX3 will be on the new platform that is EV only, and they want people to buy that instead. Lol
@@boldbeam4534 If we're talking about Asia, Japan in general has always made better and more reliable cars (well... maybe except for Nissan who have had quite a few quality issues the last decade or 2). The others like South-Korea and China have definitely caught up with the German brands at this point as well.
My 2023 X3 M40i MHEV has a higher quality interior, buttons where you’d expect buttons, easy to operate infotainment system, a pan roof you can actually open, and exactly the same performance. And in my opinion, looks better outside too. So we have to wonder what BMW thought would entice new customers or existing owners to buy this? Thank you BMW, you’ve just increased the residual value of my car 😀
I don’t know what BMW are thinking the last two years. My G20 is a 2023, it’s from just last year, but I echo your experience - even tho some very minor cost-cutting was creeping in (the door panel felt liner omission for instance) it is noticeably better quality and retains more buttons. This x3 is shocking. I know these models have been in the works for a while and it’s not easy to change course immediately, but I hope our repeated criticisms are soon heeded.
I wanted to get one of these for my mother but the 2 litre entry level version. After i introduced her to the infotainment system, she completely rejected the product, calling it too complex for her to operate while driving. Lost sale.
As a BMW owner, it saddens me how it's truly incredible how BMW have departed from their winning recipe: 1) quality of interior - from Excellent to sub-Kia 2) UX and interface - from duplicity, even triplicity (them and Mazda were lauded to have still buttons) to nonsensical touchscreen 3) Ethos & feel of the car - from ultimate driving machine, to run-of the-mill 4) design - from athletic, muscular, to unremarkable But the prices, obviously, increased more than inflation. And VW, Audi - even worse... Someone has already said it here below - we look on with gaping open mouths at what the hell he Germans are doing these last years...
Driving in a rain I may need to enlarge adaptive cruise control distance quickly. In X3 such simple operation is dangerous ! For example in Toyota it is one click on steering wheel.
I specifically bought my G31 5 series because it was one of the last holdouts that provided physical controls for everything. It has a touchscreen but it's completely optional as you can just use the iDrive controller. The price for it when new was also equal to a G45 X3 but it's a bigger car with better build quality, better materials and more luxurious features. Given the way that all modern cars are going, I think I'm going to hold onto this one until it literally falls apart.
Manufacturers get a £15,000 fine for every ICE vehicle sold over and above a set percentage. Due to EV's not selling well this is a big fear for them. How do they cope? Take costs out of the interior etc. and increase the price so that the consumer pays the £15k. Now if there is an about-turn by the powers that be and this ratio is made more achievable the manufacturers will be rubbing their hands with the £15k extra profit on the cars and will then maintain that price going forward. The only answer is to not buy a new car for as long as possible!!
The idrive 9 system and the drop in interior quality is the reason I’ve just gone for the outgoing G01 version of the X3. I had the current X1 and the infotainment system was buggy as hell and generally poorly thought out. Yes, I know going back to idrive 7 is a retrogressive step, but… BUTTONS! Change the temperature? There’s a button for that! Change driving mode? There’s a button that! Change the adaptive cruise control distance? Yep, there’s a button for that too. I hope BMW take the (deserved) criticism regarding their UX on board and rethink their software. The cost cutting? I think that’s here to stay, sadly.
So they give us a full plastic interior to save costs but make the air vent controller electronic, which will break.........literially no onr on earth thinks that's better. Talk about an own goal......BMW is killing itself
4:53 what's up with all those horrible hard plastic materials?? that used to be one of the main reasons a more expensive higher end car was worth it and felt like a high end product. that just looks like a regular old seat or something. wth bmw?! awful, almost more like a prototype than a production model!!
As an owner of the previous gen X3 I fully agree. The new X3 feels cheap in comparison - that’s a shameful adjective for a premium car brand. I had to upgrade to X5 to avoid this mediocrity. Maybe that is BMW’s plan for this gen - force everyone to more expensive (and still premium) X5.
@@somedudewithakeyboard that honestly wouldn't surprise me, one of the main driving forces in companies seem to always be to try and force as many as possible to upgrade to a more expensive version
The shareholder value really shows in all new BMW interiors. I sat in a new 5 series yesterday and the interior look and feel is a significant step down from the previous generation and even from my 2015 F11 5-series.
- meh exterior design - interior looks boring and really cheap and seems to feel cheap also - no buttons - dumb (broken) screens - stupid showy ambiant lighting - practicality is not good enough for the size - increasing price What a shame BMW
so my E92 from 2006 -has literally NO hard plastics -iDrive which STILL works absolutely perfectly after 124,000 miles -did cost 40k€ when new -and you even got a separate light switch! :)
As a driver of the previous generation, there is soft touch everywhere including down low on the doors. The new 5 series has a cheap looking interior as well. BMW is throwing in cheaper materials and hoping people will think it’s part of the futuristic design
Chinese cars are shit. Beyond the fancy touchscreens and the disgusting fake leathers you mentioned, they can’t even do proper welding on the chassis. Wheels might fall off. Don’t believe me? Look at the Chery Omoda 5.
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BMW X3 M50 costed as expensive as 1999 Viper GTS.
If prices continue at this pace, I will keep using my 2010 car until it dies, and then I will probably buy a donkey
And if you buy a male and female donkey, then you have a new model donkey every few years 😂
Have you seen new car sales, this is what people are doing.
donkey prices have been going through the roof too xD
14 years old is officially dead.
Actually bmw models to the 2022 were not that bad and their price will go down soon
This is a dark time for BMW design
its marketing everybody will buy used bmws then bmw will make great design again and boom
@@alexlapo4986why not just make it great rn and make the money rn?
BMW : First he will hate and later he will love
This is nice design 🔥
We have been saying it for past 6 years now
@ now for me. I likes the G80 from the start, the grill never bothered me. But every car after that has been odd looking to me. I like the X5 and X7 and that’s pretty much it
Prime example why you need physical buttons for basic functions so you're not completely stuck when the one display inevitably blacks out or freezes. And all the plasticky interior is a fail
I love when my 80k "premium" car has more plastic inside than a Suzuki Swift
Dacias have nicer materials
My 2005 Vw Touran has same quality its crazy
@@robertrseolder Vw models have less plastic than this
Cc, scirocco, passat
Bro has never sat in a swift
@@Astke yes I have (the Swift isn't exactly a rare car). Both the Swift and the X3 interiors are 92% hard plastic. But unlike the BMW, the Swift can afford to give you some real controls and buttons.
They cannot be serious with that interior quality, especially the door handles. They selected the cheapest plasics available for a car that costs over 67k.
Exactly! It's grey plastics! Cheap cars from the 80's had grey door handles.
They probably making their ICE cars bad so their EVs sell more. The X3 will not have an EV variant after all.
@@Astke It will have. There is gonna be an electric iX3 but build on a new Neue Klasse platform.
Suzuki might feel more premium
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For some reason the German premium manufacturers (Mercedes, BMW, Audi) are saving more and more on the interior and charging more money for their cars... the interior is now really full of hard plastic in all three
That's the effect of the Americans blowing up Nord stream, their energy prices are through the roof hahaha.
Labour and energy costs in Germany are at an all time high; also you have an overbearing government changing its mind on cars on a weekly basis. Not how to secure an industry's well being. Well, they hate cars, so, there's that.
And, they have too many liberal women in power.
Chaos guaranteed.
I personally like the previous generation X3 more...
Even the first gen X3 looks a tad better as well than this new one, although it's not saying much considering the amount of plastics used on the lower areas of the exterior in effort to give it a more rugged look, and that the ride would predictably feel like being on a Bactrian camel that's been high at soft drinks.
Only a braindead would like this one more bruh
@Mr.ICan1 Doesn't everyone??
Literally everyone with any sort of good taste agrees.
Without question, it was such a handsome car. Now all we have left is the X5 until they ruin that.
German car industry dying with each car release.
Bro... Benz Vw Audi Bmw every new car is worse than the gen it replaces nowadays and its sad
@@bafanamachika5495it is because people who loved the old bmw are not the market anymore
Asia car brands are waiting in the wings to take over.
Toyota taking over them
@@lemcakes32422 nice bait
I am a big bmw fan and I agree that new x3 is awful when it comes to interior quality. Finally a review that mentions the sharp edges in the interior. It drives great but the interior is a big let down
yeah i ran my hand along a window edge and it had razor sharp burrs, doesnt bmw trim the flashing off the injection molded plastic anymore? or is this cost cutting also?
Imagine paying 80k to have your high beams hidden behind a menu… 🤦♂️
Yeah but the highbeams are automatic so it’s not horrible
@@saveHakoit is, automatic high beams suck and always turn on when they shouldn't
Hidden behind a screen that malfunctions
@@saveHakoeven worse. Automatic high beams, hidden behind a menu on a display that might not work in an 80k car. A hideous car at that. Luxury brand went the cheapest possible route. While they’re at it, they may as well put the indicators behind a menu seeing and bimmer drivers don’t use them.
@@saveHako pretty much. i've pressed the button in my yaris for auto high beams and never touched it since. however it's a toggle switch, physical, ofc, and i can still override it without touching it by cycling high beams manually. then after about 10 secs it goes back in auto mode.
Damn the cost cutting is insane here
Everything that would make the men who made American cars in the noughties blush. The Germans are surely becoming the new Americans that Clarkson has made fun of.
@@rdsyafriyarYeah but let's be honest at least the germans have the best tech and don't need a semi engine to make decent power
All European car brands are cost cutting.
Germans cost cutting heavy
@@hi-fidude6670 in what way do German cars have the best tech?
And I wouldn't mock American engines when their V8's make pretty much double the power of any German V8.
As soon as I see touchscreen controls for basic functions found on the stalks of a car from 2001 I decide never to buy that car.
I don’t think you will find the button for automatic high beam on any car from 2001, because that feature was invented in 2005.
@@pascal4190 I think you will find it was invented on 1952 by Oldsmobile and used on Cadillacs. It was available in Mercury and Lincoln in 1955. 2005 was when the first BMW had auto high beams. Since my point is that cars have had that button for a very long time it hardly matters whether it's 2001 or 2005 (or 1955). But if you're going to be pedantic at least be correct.
This is such a backwards step compared to the old one!
Wouldn't be the first
So glad I ordered my new one in March before this was ready.
2.0i M Sport Pro for £50k - gives you plenty of leather, chrome, wood and quality plastic in the interior to give a high end ambience, plus big rims and adaptive suspension with the Pro package - it is better in every way than this overpriced, over designed, under-thought out plasticky beast of a thing.
200bhp is plenty for my needs and the ride is superb, grippy AWD, super quiet cabin, and the comfort setting on the adaptive suspension means it rides through UK's rotten potholed roads like a dream compared to my old 2017 Beamer.
@@Thedrewzz What was your old bmw? just curious
@yasir5673 My old Beamer was a regular 320i saloon. Perfectly good reliable and enjoyable drive.
I would probably have gone for a new i4 Gran Coupé out of preference, but we just moved house up into the hills and we need all wheel drive for untreated winter roads up here, just to make sure we can get about Dec - March.
BMWs with rear wheel drive only are terrible on icy roads, unless you have space for another set of rims and winter tyres.
@@Thedrewzz Yes sir, I don't know what I will buy for the next car. Definitely not this new X3, it's terribly cheap.
“Minimalist” is just translation for “cost cutting”
Slapping a tablet in front of you and call it a gauge cluster is just lazy
All the best to everyone
Saves them heaps of money though, no knobs or switches to design, no separate wiring loom for them.
Just a a screen that is coded to the spec of the car and everything is signaled by LIN or CAN bus, must save the manufacturers an absolute fortune really.
i think you’ll find a “tablet” like that costs far more than some silly gauge clusters. nice try richard
Yip, the accountants have been working overtime on this one
@ the problem is not the tablet per say. Is the lack of integration within the dashboard. Like Porsche or Alfa Romeo.
I don’t know how old you are but back in the 90s and early 2000s one of the most expensive options was the GPS. And if you payed for it it could be a known brand of GPS but it would be integrated into the dashboard.
Nobody would even think of just slapping an off the shelf unit over the dash and selling it like an optional extra.
You could argue it’s exactly the same unit but nobody would even consider it.
I hope this can remain a civilized conversation.
I’m not insulting you or your opinion, just sharing mine.
All the best
@@Piecenotwar Save them heaps of money, yet there cars continue to go up in price drastically whilst the rest of the build quality declines..
I think Matt is on the MKBHD level where he should be able to cripple a company for using absurdly crappy design materials at the consumers' expense
Why is it that car manufacturer simply DON'T listen to what people want,??? We want knobs for temperature and volume settings. And we don't want knobs designing the usability ergonomics ;)
Yeah but they want higher profits so.... Shame about those buttons and knobs.
Knobs cost more money.
@@mrnicktoyou dem poor bastards. Shall we open a charity account for them? 😢
If I'm going to pay 70k for a car I want knobs. I would even pay 100 quid extra for knobs, but they don't give you that option
Chinese people do not care about that, so car manufacturers also do not care. In china buttons and knobs = old fashioned and not forward thinking.
77k of plastics, maybe they want us to 3D print our own interior🤣
They already did ...
All cars are plastic now. Some just better plastic than others.
More plastic than every Lego set available today.
@@Astkehave you not been in a Mercedes/Lexus? Even lincoln has better quality than the x3.
@@Astke bmw down graded its plastics to skoda level
I didn’t want to wait for the new one, so I ordered a new X3 in 2023. Can’t say I regret that decision …
Good decision.
You do not regret anything.Have a nice driving!
They should have spent the budget for the stupid tech on the cabin quality instead. This car should be at least 30,000 cheaper.
yeah but you are paying 30k more for not getting cheap russian gas anymore
@@borinvlogsHahahaha…because Germany is dumb as hell with their green agenda. Save the planet….not!!! China is laughing at the west with each new coal fired plant they open.
Exaclty the point of this whole plain nonsense👍🏽👍🏽@@borinvlogs
But the question always comes down to this: if this were 30k cheaper, would you buy it?
Seriously, soooooo many anti-bmw snowflakes here. 😂❄️
Moral of this review: go right ahead and buy the old x3 m40i. Much better interior quality and layout, much more usable, better looking, lighter and more nible to drive and with the spare money you can either get a manual rwd roadster or use it for fuel and maintanance.
Agreed!
@@macfanguy i don't agree
And the old one had physical HVAC controls. And adaptive cruise as hard buttons on the steering wheel. The list goes on, this is a downgrade in every respect except size.
Seriously the old model actually looks good - How can they go over the design part of the review with "Quite like this" when it looks absolutely terrible
No way! No one is buying this cash purchase. They are on finance or lease.
Always amazes me how with every new generation car manufacturers manage to find and fit in cheaper and cheaper materials. It's almost an artform in itself at this point, when you think it couldn't get worse they still find a way.
No Matt, we should avoid it
Like the plague.
Agreed
You are a smart person. Keep up the good work.
I currently own a 2012 X3 which I love… and I agree
as a new BMW x3 user i dont agree u just need to Testdrive to see how
Interior is shockingly low rent. And you can't do basic things like high beam and cruise control distance without going through multiple screen menus? What a fail
It's misleading... High beam is still on the stock, option shown on the video is for AUTO high beams... Still dumb to be buried in a menu, but not something that's frequently used.
You just drive on Auto beam and Auto range 99.9% of time. I doubt there is a need to change.
@@bojned actually used quite often by many. Utterly stupid they didn't put that on a button or that stalk for the HB's
Stopped watching at 4:15, what a piece of junk really.
Nah you didn't
The quality of this car is shocking, it’s happening to all modern cars though and I don’t understand why no one’s making more of a fuss about it. Since when did 80k give you a budget interior. My 11 year old V40 has much nicer materials than this car and it did not cost nearly 80k when it was new
I was going to say! I have a 2013 V40, and only the lower part of the doors are scratchy plastic, which is to be expected of a car of that price! The rest of the interior has high-quality soft-touch plastics, metal, and leather.
Its like car manufacturers and all big corporations are doing it on purpose to see how much they can get away with, how stupid the public are before they stop buying.
Since all the governments of the world spend billions of dollars they don't have on Covid. It's called inflation. The same turkey I used to buy in the grocery store just 4 years ago went 9.99 lb to 16.99. Why would cars be so different. Are car enthusiasts living in a cave or something?
V40 gang salute! I hate voice controls and ipad type screens controlling everything. That Volvo is doing it with the EX30 made me side eye Volvo for trying that "minimalist" cost cutting crap.
@ Wasn’t expecting other V40 owners to be honest but I absolutely adore mine, I can deal with big screens. I’d rather have buttons for climate and things but what I CANNOT STAND is the removing the drivers display and putting in the corner of the central screen so you have to take your eyes off the road to look how fast you’re going and it would be sort of acceptable if the cars that don’t have the gauges/screen had a heads up display but they don’t because that also costs money. And the 2 window switches for 4 windows blows my mind.
This makes me realise how happy I am with my G01 2020 X3, the last gen before they started cutting ALL of the corners. I have nobs, quality interior materials and a proper BMW design with angel eyes. BMW would have to do a LOT to convince me to upgrade to a new model.
Agree, 2020-2021 were the last years with quality materials, after Covid effects all cars are cheap assembled.
Yep, I’m keeping my G01 too with such monstrosities being released
I will continue driving my 21’ G01 as well.
Do you think 2022-24 was worse? I am between buying pre LCI vs LCI
@@seb42 I personally prefer the pre-LCI with the smoother features and less aggressive look. But the LCI isn’t bad compared to this atrocity
Thanks!
Brand new cars having issues mid review is becoming an unwelcome trend
As someone working for one of these companies - "Ah whatever, we will OTA update it to fix the issue" :D
77k for an iPad with plastic fittings 😂😂😂 oh BMW you have became so delusional.
Except ipads actually work.
iPad has better quality
I bet it‘ll still sell very well though.
Oh dear! BMW what are you doing? It all starts with those really cheap looking glossy black plastic grilles. You get the impression their suppliers have production problems with the real McCoy and have given them something temporary to block off the front…
I want to know what the hell bmw designers are smoking 🚬
The designers are smoking an opium supplied by China. Jokes aside, BMW designs cars for the Chinese customers.
Meth.
C rack
Oye Kiddo of Pogo TV .. this is actually nice design and looks much better than the previous generation .. don't care about your opinion.. ok 🤫
They are smoking wolf shit 😂😂😂😂
Ahhh yes a "premium" 80k car where a lot of the plastic in the interior looks like it's made from recycled melted down wheelie bins
For 100k dollar,i can get 1 gt86,1 model 3,1 miata,and s superbike 😂
Oh great point
We'll make sure to tell you that it's 100% recycled plastic and charge for it
in parts it looks like my 15000€ Mitsubishi haha
"This new BMW X3 has a BIG problem"
I agree. The problem is that it's a new BMW X3.
Bought a Mazda CX 5 for 38k. I have real dual exhausts, a decent 2.5 ltr NA petrol engine, real buttons for everything and a brilliant dial for using the touch screen. I see these 80K cars with really sad interiors and I feel grateful for what I have.
Same. I bought a 20 year old Mercedes E500. I have heated memory seats, self-dimming mirrors, 4-zone climate control, real leather and real wood interior. It's got all the comfort you need and gets 0-100 kmh in 6 seconds. I paid 9k Euros including some repairs and maintenance.
The CX-5 is THE best value car you can buy in the small-mediumish SUV segment, nothing else comes close to it.
Genau wie beim 6er 💪🏻
I sold my 2015 CX5 SportNav top of the range and bought a X3 2021 last year. Although I enjoy the power but I really miss the leather interior of Mazda😢
Theres nothing premium on this car, only the brand and price 💁
Wtf are BMW thinking by moving headlight and cruise control settings to the screen?!
90's - Don't use your cellphone while driving, 2024- use your cars build in 12" tablet while driving
Seems they’ve fired the whole interior design team 🤔🤔
I nees to sit in to to truly judge it. But it does look weird on camera.
They presumably already fired everyone in the exterior design department, judging by the designs over the last couple of years. So they probably are now going for the interior design team...
DEI
Or rather they should do
Designed by Stevie Wonder.
I find it funny how you managed to get the infortainment screen to work and then you slate it lol 😂😂😂😂
The amount of plastic in this bmw is enough to wipe out the entire sea turtle species.
Put the metal back in and give me back plastic straws that don't dissolve inside my coke..
My previous ix3 which is based on the x3 has cheap unlined door pockets that things rattled about in. Not great for a £60k car
Looks like a Temu car
😂😂😂
😂😂😂 great! now I can’t unsee it
the models of the previous generation looked like the gta version of bmw and this generation looks like the chinese fake gta version of bmw
dam you found out BMW, lol
No way in hell I trade my 21 X3M for this
I honestly don't want a new car. All those screens and functions are useless to me.
Imagine being 60+ years old and wanting to buy a new car lately, it must be so confusing. It's even to much for me and I'm not even 30
Go to Mazda or Genesis, I guess. They still offer proper knobs, buttons and nice interiors in general.
Worse than useless. Infuriating and frustrating.
Go for a Toyota. There’s more buttons than you can imagine. Plus, it’s reliable. Everything just works.
@@kai_291 Im 21, work for a BMW dealer as a photographer and I still find it hard to use idrive8. Its a headache
£80k for such a low quality cabin, this will depreciate like a rock and end up £40k in a few years. £80k gets you an X5 50e…
Few years… this car next year you will be able to find for half of the price…
Depreciation is going to be harsh on this one. Maybe the M50 will do better because of the engine but every other trim / engine will be collapse. This will be in the same second hand car shortlist as a Kia Sportage.
@@milinddixit6583 My brother bought new Hyndai Tuscon in 2016 for 16 000 euro and he sold it last year FOR SAME MONEY . BMW in 2016 that costed 60000 euro you can buy now for that same 16 000 or even less
This is awful. The previous X3’s interior design was miles ahead of this. It had actual places to put things, it was more well thought-out, had better controls, and (subjectively) looked way better than this. Absolutely horrible for a car in this segment.
They spent most of their interior budget on the ambient lighting
😂
And even then, the ambient lighting is only in the front. Must have ran out of interior budget by that point 🤦🏻♂️
Exactly what I thought , wow look at all the LED bars in the car meanwhile they got rid of all the good materials
Cars like these make a 2008 VW Golf feel like the most appealing ride in the world.
Absolutely ridiculous pricing from BMW. The Cheap interior doesn't even make it worth 40k.
Oh it's definitely worth $40,000 cuz it still has that b-58 engine and zf8 speed.
At this point I think the only car in their lineup that still looks good is the M340i
Agreed. And the 8 series probably
@@filippobriganti5975i agree too. The X5 still looks decent as well…until they will ruin it soon with the new model.
Honestly 5 series looks great. Gotta see it in person. Needs m package tho. Same with the 7 series. I liked the x4. 1 series with m sport package looks decent as well. But obviously it's no comparison to previous generations which didn't need all blacled out and sports trim to look nice
Z4 too imo
Crazy times when a mazda cx-60 has the same engine layout as a x3M40 and has better build quality, materials and reliability while being cheaper which is shocking
Can't stand the plastic grill, makes the car unpurchasable
First Audi then Mercedes and now BMW, all three German brands have started cheapening out on their interiors
I have to be honest that Porsche have also made some cost cutting on certain parts of the cabin being cheap plastic. The design overall is far more practical than the BMW with all your driving modes, full beam, cruise control and much more all on the steering wheel or stalks including all the drivers display modes easily selectable and logical with clear info etc. from superbly ergonomically controls as the price should allow, so why save those few parts in cheap plastic that places doubt on overall build quality. Bean counters ruling over real car designers once again.
@@kdcypporsche is vw, vw is the most f*caked company at this point in costs cutting.
That price is nuts for an x3.
No high beam on the steering wheel blows my mind. Ud have to pay me to drive this over a car with physical buttons and knobs
If people are being laid off, and these design departments should be the first to go. They are not even trying anymore
I remember watching a video when this car was revealed earlier this year and they had one of the interior designers on and he said they wish they could have removed more on the interior for cleaner lines. 🤕
What makes you think the design teams haven't been laid off for years? It's the first thing I would think has happened, judging by BMWs output in the last few years.
This is a German company. There's no such thing as laying employees off
the car prices now is just out of this world... they are ridiculous!!!! stupid expensive!
So true, this car should be 30-40k max
@@robertrse yea not even that.. its not even made in germany... and have all the components imported... its not even a real bmw... all plastic and made out of crap material.... in my mind its a 20-25k car if that even?!
@@robertrse even a peugeot 308 is like 45k in a good spec nowadays. Prices are high in general.
@@Astke yea i have seen the prices on all cars they are just stupid! look at KIA peoples car they said! it will be a car everyone can buy! the prices just skyrocket... and KIA is not a good car i know i owned 3 of em.... my last one was a KIA optima sportswagon.. 2016 i owned it in 2019 i had it for 6 month... then the keys stopped communicate with the car so i could not start it... the tow company came and said KIA sigh!!! i was like what about them .. they are crap im like do you get alot of KIA's to tow.. like 20 every week... and the engines are pure crap they said... and i've seen it on youtube to... KIA dealers have a storage of KIA engines because they are so bad!
Suzuki swift is good value
A had a look a X3 2.0 petrol in my local BMW dealership. Although well equipped it didn’t look or feel like a premium product. Too many vast areas in the interior with nothing in them. Also the fabric covering will be a nightmare to keep clean or to clean if it gets dirty. However the price was an eye watering £67,750.00. I just couldn’t justify spending the thick end of £70K for a 2.0 litre X3 regardless of the high levels of equipment. If the target audience for this vehicle is those looking for a mid range SUV then BMW really do need to look at their pricing structure. £70K is dangerously over priced and will price most out of their budget. I understand the starting price of range is approximately £48K but cheap materials and iffy design really do count against any purchase I may have made.
This looks like a huge own goal by BMW. Nobody wants one if these comments are anything to go by.
@ one of the issues with car prices is that the car companies can’t make money on EV cars due to the lack of public interest. On top of that the EU have levied €15K fine for every electric vehicle below the annual units sold per annum target. The car companies can’t afford to carry on like this and this statement is backed up by the news that VW are closing car plants, car prices are rocketing, Jaguar have gone into meltdown, Europe are importing cheap electric vehicles from China (MG, BYD etc) which isn’t helping the European car manufacturers but Germany in particular. In America Ford can’t sell the electric pick up trucks (which has a massive market share in the US) and there are stockpiles of unwanted but pre-registered electric lying all over the place.
@Cheersbigears66 So the manufacturers are just adding Eur15k onto the retail price of ICE vehicles and as per usual it's the customer/tax payer who pays for government follies.
@@tommytraddles I couldn’t say for sure that that is what they are doing but the car companies have to recoup their losses from someone. EV cars are hugely expensive and depreciation is a major factor to consider when making your purchase which is one of the many reasons ‘Joe public’ is not buying them. Companies buy them because of the grants and subsidies handed down to encourage the switch from Diesel/ Petrol cars over to EV but once that ends who knows….cheap Chinese imports???
@@Cheersbigears66in the case of South Africa, we are certainly deep within the next phase of Chinese vehicles. It’s a new model and/or LCI every few months and a decent percentage of people purchasing these vehicles are previous owners of the Deutsche big three.
The break neck pace approach to EV adoption(by the big 3) was certainly incentivised by government subsidies but not nearly as well thought out re the factors that could prevent this adoption. and now the Chinese are sweeping in and my they have swept in: ICE and EV alike.
ACC distance control in the menu 5 clicks down the line. Good lord, who thought this is a good idea?
blame the bmw accountants for this and turning the interior into a cheap asian rental car
yeah that's unacceptable bcuz it's an on the fly safety systm, have to be able to quickly shutit off and on.
The german brands are actually losing the plot. They think their badges are gonna sell their shite cars. They're in for a shock, especially with an economy that's more money conscious than ever before.
Couldn't agree more. They're not just being caught by Asian brands, they're being left behind. Design, desirability and quality is shocking these days.
Meanwhile KIA reintreduced physical buttons and EV3 and EV9 has the most amazing interiors (in my opinion)
nothing interior looks or feels premium. huge disappointment
Interior materials don’t look seem any better than a Mk7 Golf…
😂Don't disrespect the Golf like that. It has arguably better interior materials than this latest and really expensive X3
the golf mk7 is a saint compared to this car, or even the mk8, or even any other vw... or maybe even any other new non-sports car.
@@JaydenAndrewsTechI was thinking that my golf 7 is higher quality inside than this apart from in the rear where it's on a par. Whereas it is lower quality than the previous version which had a premium interior.
@@coolmendotdot2mk8 is no good in looks
@@coolmendotdot2the mk8 interior is awful like most modern car.
Been a BMW owner for 8 years. Unfortunately it was time to say goodbye. Ultra reliable cars but who wants to pay serious money to drive cars that look like that
See ya!
Buy the X5 which is still a looker
Reliable? Found the bot.
@@Jorgetrader1All of mine were quite reliable, started with the very first X3 and ever since. I’m sorry if you listened to the internet shithole whining about BMW all the time.
If BMWs were "ultra" reliable then Toyotas must be hyper reliable.
How did we get here? These are suppose to look better and better and make you want a current model.
7:20 waiting PS2 loading screen
Quality aside.. I was really surprised to see the crucial functionality like high beam and cruise control moved to the screen as an option to select there.
I mean I honestly can’t imagine doing 90mph, overtaking and trying to change the cruise control settings on the touch screen. Madness.
I think in 99.9% you just use all Auto settings and it just works
Yep its incredibly stupid
When French cars makes better interiors for much cheaper prices, you know something is not going the right way for the Germans...
Im sorry but that level of quality is unacceptable in a 30k car, let alone a 75k one. People laugh at Tesla for quality yet you’ll struggle to find a hard plastic / non soft touch material anywhere in the cabin on a 40k model 3. BMW 👎
Maybe they are trying to not sell their ICE cars. Thus is the final ICE X3. The iX3 will be on the new platform that is EV only, and they want people to buy that instead. Lol
I lol’d at this since I own both an X3 and Model 3. Honestly the Tesla is much more fun to drive that the X3 just sits.
Asian car industry is producing better cars these days than the Germans. 5 years ago I judged everyone for having them. Not anymore
@@boldbeam4534 If we're talking about Asia, Japan in general has always made better and more reliable cars (well... maybe except for Nissan who have had quite a few quality issues the last decade or 2). The others like South-Korea and China have definitely caught up with the German brands at this point as well.
What is a 30k car? That doesn't exist lol
Oh dear that Grille! 😢
I'm surprised Matt still gave this to shortlist it. I'd avoid it
Previous gen X3 price has just gone up!
Lol no😅
They should
We have a 2020. Quality and interface is leagues better than this monster.
My 2023 X3 M40i MHEV has a higher quality interior, buttons where you’d expect buttons, easy to operate infotainment system, a pan roof you can actually open, and exactly the same performance. And in my opinion, looks better outside too. So we have to wonder what BMW thought would entice new customers or existing owners to buy this? Thank you BMW, you’ve just increased the residual value of my car 😀
I don’t know what BMW are thinking the last two years. My G20 is a 2023, it’s from just last year, but I echo your experience - even tho some very minor cost-cutting was creeping in (the door panel felt liner omission for instance) it is noticeably better quality and retains more buttons. This x3 is shocking. I know these models have been in the works for a while and it’s not easy to change course immediately, but I hope our repeated criticisms are soon heeded.
I wanted to get one of these for my mother but the 2 litre entry level version. After i introduced her to the infotainment system, she completely rejected the product, calling it too complex for her to operate while driving. Lost sale.
1st the "rabbit teeth" grill, now we get boogers in the nose😮😮😂😂
As a BMW owner, it saddens me how it's truly incredible how BMW have departed from their winning recipe:
1) quality of interior - from Excellent to sub-Kia
2) UX and interface - from duplicity, even triplicity (them and Mazda were lauded to have still buttons) to nonsensical touchscreen
3) Ethos & feel of the car - from ultimate driving machine, to run-of the-mill
4) design - from athletic, muscular, to unremarkable
But the prices, obviously, increased more than inflation.
And VW, Audi - even worse... Someone has already said it here below - we look on with gaping open mouths at what the hell he Germans are doing these last years...
Driving in a rain I may need to enlarge adaptive cruise control distance quickly. In X3 such simple operation is dangerous ! For example in Toyota it is one click on steering wheel.
I specifically bought my G31 5 series because it was one of the last holdouts that provided physical controls for everything. It has a touchscreen but it's completely optional as you can just use the iDrive controller. The price for it when new was also equal to a G45 X3 but it's a bigger car with better build quality, better materials and more luxurious features.
Given the way that all modern cars are going, I think I'm going to hold onto this one until it literally falls apart.
Manufacturers get a £15,000 fine for every ICE vehicle sold over and above a set percentage. Due to EV's not selling well this is a big fear for them. How do they cope? Take costs out of the interior etc. and increase the price so that the consumer pays the £15k. Now if there is an about-turn by the powers that be and this ratio is made more achievable the manufacturers will be rubbing their hands with the £15k extra profit on the cars and will then maintain that price going forward. The only answer is to not buy a new car for as long as possible!!
Dammit BMW, what are they thinking with these designs?!
Am I the only one who thinks this car is hideous? Especially from the back
Thats Dacia interior quality
ive rented one last summer and it had some cloth and soft touch lines on the dash and doors. idk, it might be better actually!
no, it really is the opposite. I'll take this BM any day over the Dacia fo rinterior overall.
Hands up who hates the quite frankly moronic air vent controls
Forgot to mention that the panoramic roof doesn't open on this new version. No ambient lighting in the rear either.
The idrive 9 system and the drop in interior quality is the reason I’ve just gone for the outgoing G01 version of the X3. I had the current X1 and the infotainment system was buggy as hell and generally poorly thought out. Yes, I know going back to idrive 7 is a retrogressive step, but… BUTTONS! Change the temperature? There’s a button for that! Change driving mode? There’s a button that! Change the adaptive cruise control distance? Yep, there’s a button for that too. I hope BMW take the (deserved) criticism regarding their UX on board and rethink their software. The cost cutting? I think that’s here to stay, sadly.
g01 is the best of every world, I love it. Simple infotainment, buttons, premium interior feel, solid materials, etc. New one is so empty and cheap.
So they give us a full plastic interior to save costs but make the air vent controller electronic, which will break.........literially no onr on earth thinks that's better. Talk about an own goal......BMW is killing itself
4:53 what's up with all those horrible hard plastic materials?? that used to be one of the main reasons a more expensive higher end car was worth it and felt like a high end product. that just looks like a regular old seat or something. wth bmw?! awful, almost more like a prototype than a production model!!
As an owner of the previous gen X3 I fully agree. The new X3 feels cheap in comparison - that’s a shameful adjective for a premium car brand. I had to upgrade to X5 to avoid this mediocrity. Maybe that is BMW’s plan for this gen - force everyone to more expensive (and still premium) X5.
@@somedudewithakeyboard that honestly wouldn't surprise me, one of the main driving forces in companies seem to always be to try and force as many as possible to upgrade to a more expensive version
I also own an X3 and not upgraded to keep quality, I was considering an X5 but in the end bought a GLE@@somedudewithakeyboard
1:00. Gosh darn what are these hideous designs 😮💨
The new generation is really not pretty at all.
The previous gen LCI was the most pretty and combined good old school functionality with buttons.
Matt was very generous in this review honestly. This car is a downgrade in every way when compared to the outgoing G01 LCI.
Im surprised Matt said shortlist it . YUK !!!! 🤮🤮🤮
German car makers are losing th plot with these prices , the east is smashing them with high quality and half the cost
It's because of energy prices in Germany, makes the cost of manufacturing more expensive and drives their prices up.
The shareholder value really shows in all new BMW interiors.
I sat in a new 5 series yesterday and the interior look and feel is a significant step down from the previous generation and even from my 2015 F11 5-series.
- meh exterior design
- interior looks boring and really cheap and seems to feel cheap also
- no buttons
- dumb (broken) screens
- stupid showy ambiant lighting
- practicality is not good enough for the size
- increasing price
What a shame BMW
Not a _shortlist_ for anyone other than Matt, I am sorry, this is a _consider_ or _avoid_ car.
Back in the day the newer model versions were a marked improvement in many areas, now they are just getting worse in many areas....
What a terrible design. The previous generation looked much better. And it's funny how the most expensive version has the ugliest front.
So, The X3 is basically the new X1 now
with the x7 price tag
so my E92 from 2006
-has literally NO hard plastics
-iDrive which STILL works absolutely perfectly after 124,000 miles
-did cost 40k€ when new
-and you even got a separate light switch! :)
BMW F10 interior from 14 years ago have nicer quality materials than the new G60.
Who on earth would buy that instead of last years' model for next to half the price?
As a driver of the previous generation, there is soft touch everywhere including down low on the doors. The new 5 series has a cheap looking interior as well. BMW is throwing in cheaper materials and hoping people will think it’s part of the futuristic design
Chinese cars for 40k have not even soft expensive plastic, but leather all over the interior like Bugatti
Chinese cars are shit. Beyond the fancy touchscreens and the disgusting fake leathers you mentioned, they can’t even do proper welding on the chassis. Wheels might fall off. Don’t believe me? Look at the Chery Omoda 5.
"Like" is a keyword. I also got Chinese watches that are "like Hamilton Field".
Previous gen x3 softness
Bottle holder area - hard
Center console area-softish
Glove box area -soft