I bought only M cars for performance but also because they were distinguishable from regular BMWs. I am glad that I refused to take delivery of 24’ X5MC and opted to keep my 20’ X5MC and use the money towards my 911 instead.
As an x4 2022 owner… it’s a shame that they did not updated the x4. This x3 it’s boring on the outside. It’s not giving me that sporty look, but I guess that’s what the x3 it’s all about. Terrible decision on not making a new x4 for a sportier look.
Model 2024 is toch iets mooier. Jammer dat de spirit eruit is gehaald. Dak achter had verder door moeten lopen. Geef mij maar2024. Gril is ook niet mooi, jammer.
They ruin the x3, such a boring looking car. Will keep my older model now for longer. No side vents, no classic sportier look. Just ugly. Need a redo. Fire the designers please.
WHO LIKES TOUCH SCREEN CONTROLS FOR EVERYTHING??? NOBODY. NOBODY WANTS TO USE A TOUCH SCREEN FOR BASIC CLIMATE AND DRIVE MODES WHILE DRIVING. CHEAP CORNER CUTTING NONSENSE.
Not bad but He's just explaining NONSENSE, "DYNAMIC SHAPE", EFFICIENT DESIGN this car could have been better than this if young person was APPOINTED as head DESIGNER. He's lying they listened no customer they Do what they want ruining 😢bmw.
@@bmwblogdo we know if there is leather/ leatherette option on door tops and dashboard? Also why is the ambient light removed from Rear doors completely same with door pockets.. rear looks like a buick . What the hell is this fake exhaust / no exhaust tips on the 30i model we get in us😢😢😢😢 cheap plastics everywhere
@bmwblog You should have been ashamed of yourself when you agreed with that designer to call this interior crap as a high quality. Even the base Corolla is now more luxurious than a BMW. Cheap and crappy materials, plastic everywhere, and back seats that couldn't be cheaper than a base Kia Rio. They even removed the back ambient lightning
I think BMW hired blind people in their design department and they can’t get rid of them anymore. So, they just have to do with what they have got. I don’t know, it’s just getting worse with every generation onwards. I guess…😔
BMW apparently love to piss people off for including more exclusive M design elements into their normal lineup. It started first with the mirror caps and now you can get quad pipes exhausts, M flippers behind the steering wheel. So, what’s next? The S65 Twin Turbo engine as a M40 lineup?…
Only the new wheels and the engine are the positive things in this 2025 version, the new exterior and interior design are not good. This should be a premium car , too much plastic and too much cost cutting in my opinion, the 2024 version is far more better design-wise . What are you doing BMW ? You are becoming worst than Mercedes !!!! We need real buttons, not that capacitive crap !!! Completely out of touch !!! Buy a Lexus RX !!!
One of the WORST BMWs ever: Now I will rant about how ugly the car exteriors are or how boring the interiors are, let us talk objective: 1.) No Engine Insulation 2.) No door Grab handles 3.) No gear selector lever 4.) Boring screens, that too with disproportionate bezels in both the joined screen units. 5.) No driver side wallet cubby space. 6.) Rear bumber is not protecting the car body, design fail would lead to immediate dents at rear. 7.) No recline for rear seats. 8.) No openable Sunroof 9.) Hidden tailpipes for non M. 10.) Poor quality materials indoor and outdoor. 11.) Many other small small thins.
As a current 23 x3M40 customer. ….it looks okay , but was hoping something more sportier. You all making me want to go to Mercedes GLC 43 AMG and I SERIOUSLY don’t want to go that route. I love the B58 I definitely need to see it in a different color, this looks to bubbly bloated looking! Ion know BMW ugh! WTF Christopher
@@Fredthegod1990 yes ! My current x3 is black with black wheels. I definitely need to spec one out online and see one in person. The dashboard is umm, idk just yet I definitely need see it in person as well.
Went with the X4 M40i. As far as AMG, got a slk55 AMG used for my daily for 7 years .. almost 200000 on it and still going. Made an impulse buy once on a 2004 M3 because well.. you know lol. Everything seemed good. But car wasn't maintained previously and the bearings disintegrated on the drive home .. did get it running again..but that was an expensive lesson lol.
Wow, so much words wasted about that ugly sensor into that kidney grills and leaving out lines, designwise. And what's up with that too much pianoblack plastic guys?! I don't know what's wrong lately with BMW, it's like they suffering with identity loss. The previous generation was much more beautiful and sincere. This new design descision is in contradictory with itself. The badging between two font sizes is also ugly as hell. Change is not always better and more beautiful BMW. 🤔🤦😩🤢🤮
The Traditional Angel Eyes are dead now unfortunately and it was their signature design.. you would know it's a BMW in pure darkness but not anymore ... You wouldn't know what your looking now if this X3 was in pure darkness
Now it looks as ugly as iX, well done BMW. I’ll keep my m40i till it starts falling apart (awesome car btw), or switch to a different brand. The drive train is good though.
Great job, as always, Horatiu. I see a lot of the new X1 and even the XM (especially the rear) in this new design. Thank god for the blacked out M grille because that chrome one on the 30 is… something. Ha.
Any of the 4 series from what I read Got the X4 M40i here and was going to get a 430i for a daily now that the milage is getting up there ( had a M3 but live an learn..it wasn't taken care previously and I was impulsive lol. Darn bearings went on the drive home lol one thing won't have to.worry about in an all electric..
that man MUST be fired. This continues the line of new and hideous looking X3. This isnt "super clean", its bland and appliance-like. Its SOOO bad looking, just like the atrocious looking new X2, XM, iX, etc
What are they thinking with this "BRICK DESIGN"................... looks awful and that colour well terrible. I was looking to move to the new BMW X3M50, not any more.
The Front End of the car is so much ugly. Absolute not sporty or interresting. The kidneys are much too big. What did i need kidneys with lights? In the past the front end of BMW cars was the prominent part the floodlight but not the kidneys. The Bonnet is flat without any contours, just boring. The rest of the car is very similar to the G01 and G01 LCI.
Great interview! However, BMW has lost its mind. What the heck is this? In my opinion, I just heard a whole bunch of BS and no true response. And the inside, what is this? Crap and cheap design all the way. And, what is with the interior lighting system? It feels like a half-ass circus lighting!!! All of these new design languages make Chris Bangel's design heavenly. take the BMW logo out, and then see what people have to say. Cheap Toyota or Kia design.
I’m just tired of BMW destroying the brand with this ugly designs. One series is even worse. Those headlights are not nice and they could have done a better job. I still like the previous M3/M4 headlights. I’m not interested is so me big flat screenshot tv in a car. A car must be made with absolute design elements. I want to drive and not get distracted with tv screens
the interior designer looks european, why does the interior design feels like cheap chinese garbage? and they expect someone to pay 60+K for a fabric cover made out of recycled polyester?! drop your price to 30K and then we talk
Not as classically handsome as its predecessor which had softer edges. But this time, BMW went with sharp lines, which of course is their current design language. But definitely better looking than the GLC, to these eyes.
there is nothing wrong with these designs, stop misleading people to all the folks out there who don't understand the philosophy of cars, every car company is now copying bmw interior design language and audi went even ahead of all by copying the exterior design of bmw in new a5, yet they look copied and ugly. we love bmw and this is one of the best designs of bmw history
exterior looks pretty cool - the interior makes it look cheap. They love talking about simpler design - they should just come out and say that they are just cost cutting. If you took the badge away - it can be any japanase or chinese brand.
Monolithic design? Surfaces that are as clean as possible without lines and edges? Thanks to the new design, a formerly sporty car looks like a humpback whale.
need to find a real spokesperson to represent BMW. This dude Christopher can't answers questions properly. and the design is a step back from the most recent x3. such a disappointment.
Conclusion: The Designers want made X3 much uglier, but something went wrong, and they created not the baddiest BMW of today. It looks like a car (this is great achievement for them). Exept grill on Not_the_M-style models.
I think this looks great. Do not under stand why so many are opposed to this model. Maybe they are jealous from having over models? I own Lexus now and am considering getting this.
@@MisakoMaiorano because people who own current gen x3 are pissed off either the quality, let me tell you what they changed 1 ) removed exhausts from petrol models and made it a ev looking back . Real bmw fans are pissed 2 ) no comfort access on rear doors 3) no ambient light in rear door at all 4) no ambient light in door pockets 5) biggest of all entire interior is plastic door tops , dash board , c pillar , air bag cover which all used to be leatherette stiched 6) their answer to this cheapness is sustainability while the real reason is cost cutting 7) every button and handles you pressed was metal now it’s you guessed it plastic . They want us to believe have having a big screen and candy store lights is future
They should’ve put I drive 8 in the G01 Lci . Refresh the headlights to look like the lci g20 3 and now 25 4 series. Now that something I would buy . This I’m not to fond of
Where did the luxury go in BMW’s interior design? Where’s the panels of wood/carbon fibre, high-grade leather, and real metal accentuations? This interior is nothing but plastic door panels, fabric on the dashboard, and gloss black touch points. Extremely disappointing interior quality.
Why BMW? why? this looks appeals to teenagers playing with RGB colours. We’ve been a BMW family for almost 20 years with our E90 M3, G05 X5, and F13 coupe. First impression is horrendous. We know that you guys are trying to simplify the infotainment screen and the instrument cluster but that Straight horizontal screen just feels lazy. The second row seats looks compromised and looks a bit similar to the current generation. We were hoping this generation will a noticeable space increase. I miss the old BMW especially the F generation where the variety of materials in the interior such as the aluminum, carbon, leather in various colours gave the car character, elegance and finesse. This one Looks like a Playstation 5.
And continue my dissatisfaction. Didnt BMW say this X3 was gonna have high end material usually seen in say more expensive X5s. I cannot see evidence of any of that in this production model. And M50 design is not aggresive enough. And ok, the new X1 and C3 M35i all have that beauitful clam shell single piece sports seat with M badge. The X3 M50 doesnt have it? Why, whats the thinking??
A very controversial design. Civilian BMWs are now indistinguishable from M. The design of the M-style mirrors is very strange and the headlights too. Why are not all the lights on at the back, but only part of them? What will they do with X4 :( P.S. Where are the new M seats? The design of the triangular headrests is infuriating.
This is a good looking car. All you critics of X3 design, if you think that it can be done better the answer is yes! It can always bef done better, but this is still very good looking car
