Huh? There's an interesting divide at BMW when it comes to the X3 and iX3.
When Tesla disrupted the (premium) EV segment, the German three suddenly all had a strategy to easily put a potent EV on the market. Take an existing SUV platform, add a battery pack and a set of e-motors and you get an EV with reasonable specs for that time. Audi and Mercedes tried to disguise the fact that the (Q8) e-tron and EQC are just a Q5 and a GLC with a completely different appearance. BMW was less difficult about it.
![](https://www.autoblog.nl/files/2020/11/BMW-X3-G01-blauw.jpg)
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BMW X3 vs iX3
With slightly redesigned bumpers, blue accents, new rims and therefore electrical technology, BMW simply launched an electric version of the X3 called the iX3. During the LCI, both models were renewed side by side. Now that a new generation is on the horizon, the question is whether this will remain the same. Yes and no.
![](https://www.autoblog.nl/files/2024/03/bmw-neue-klasse-x-2024-1600-037.jpg)
Dichotomy
With the sounds from reliable sources and BMW unveiling the Vision Neue Klasse In fact, there is a good chance that we will see the X3 before the 3 Series NK. However, at the beginning of this week these photos emerged of 'the new X3'. Then it suddenly seems as if we are looking at the current G01 with a 5 Series nose. The new iX3 is not that radical. However?
![](https://www.autoblog.nl/files/2024/04/bmw-x3-2024-1.jpg)
Well, the Vision Neue Klasse X will be the new iX3. But the X3 is not retiring yet and will get a successor in the form of the fourth generation called the G45. In other words: BMW continues to build the X3 and iX3 side-by-side, but changes the approach. The models were completely separated from each other. They will both remain called X3, although the NK X will become iX3.
Differences
The main difference between the two is of course that the iX3 is only built with an electric drive. After all, it is a unique EV platform. We get to see all the new innovations that BMW has come up with for the Neue Klasse models in the iX3: it will be a radically different thing than the current iX3.
![BMW Neue Class](https://www.autoblog.nl/files/2024/03/bmw-neue-klasse-x-2024-1600-038-1.jpg)
While the X3 G45 seems to be a way to extend the approach of the G01 until the end of this decade. As mentioned, it will look very similar to its predecessor with new styling and an interior borrowed from other recent BMW models such as the 5 Series. In terms of engines, it will no longer have an electric version, but it will be the latest generation of petrol and PHEV drive. It will continue BMWBlog confirmed that the BMW X3 M40d will be retired. We expect some milder diesels, but no longer the big M-basher.
![](https://www.autoblog.nl/files/2024/04/bmw-x3-2024-7.jpg)
We would like to mention that BMW had promised that the electric models will not have a unique design, but is now releasing a radically new EV alongside a kind of lift. Hmm?
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