The new BMW X3 arrives in autumn to make up ground won by Audi Q5, Mercedes or Volvo XC60 GLC: adds to their efficiency and dynamics, some of the best of all.

Maybe we should start looking for new name in this category, because compact SUV call when exceeding 4.7 meters in length may be too. That is the new length of the next BMW X3, having grown five centimeters, all "intercalated" between its two axes. So, the battle of the new BMW X3 happens to have 2.86 meters and the total length Exactly 4.71 meters, with a height of 1.67 m and a width of 1.87 m. Therefore, the BMW X3 is further away from its little brother, the BMW X1, 28 smaller cm, and is closer to the BMW X5, only 15 cm higher. In my view, I get the feeling that BMW will some secret remains to be brought to light.

So, the BMW X3 will become, along with the Jaguar F-Pace -4.73 m-, one of the larger models category, followed by Volvo XC60 new generation m- -4.69, -4.68 m- Stelvio Alfa and Audi Q5 and Mercedes GLC, both with 4.66 m. The direct impact of this increase in size does not imply, however, an increase in Loading capacity -mismos 550 liters that at present generation, but a still, greater relief in the rear seats, which do add a new feature: their backs 40:20:40 in the sections now feature vertical adjustment. Folded down, the load capacity increases to 1600 liters.

2017 BMW X3: new finishing lines

The overall interior design 2017 BMW X3 changes profoundly. On one hand, the central display System Infotainment ceases to be embedded on the dashboard to become floating, As in past household products. He box analog watches series can replace one option digital 12.3 inches, he Head-Up Display It is a new generation, while the iDrive receives updating 5y Series 7 Series, with possible Gesture control functions. Easier, more intuitive, faster. Also in option the user can request the key Display -Size XXL, optional true-, from which you can "communicate" with the vehicle. The steering wheel is a new bill, the holes in the center console are larger and design were opened for the first time in the mark elements hexagonal.

Among the elements of comfort, it is also novelty three-zone climate control, the seat ventilation for microfiber upholstery or Kit atmosphere with perfumer and inonizador. Between the finishing lines, premieres XLine, with him LuxuryLine and M-Sport, each with a specific outer expression and a different internal character. The minimum tire passes 17 to 18 inches. The maximum, optional, may be 21 inches.

A new package Driving Assistance Plus is optional for all versions of the new BMW X3, and extend functions within the guided pseudoautónomo already present as side collision protection or automatic lane change, functions, yes, available in late 2017. Adaptive cruise control adds the function stop&go: Has the capacity to slow down to 0 km / h and automatically restart if the fly circulation jams.

BMW X3 2017 chassis improvements

With the new platform BMW may have failed to make a lighter car, but a car and clearly more equipped to weigh the same. BMW X3 Automatic xDrive 20d new generation just weighs 5kg more than the current model. No greater profusion of items made lightweight materials also they manage to keep that idyllic weight distribution of 50 percent between trains. Now, for example, stabilizer bars become hollow, the brakes are lighter and bearings of rocker become aluminum. BMW refines electronic, improves servotronic steering, readjusts design running gear and recalibrates damping.

Along with its greatest projection on the ground, it seems clear that the new BMW X3 gain poise and ride quality, but BMW also promises better maneuverability and superior agility thanks to a AWD xDrive with mayorincidencia torque on the rear axle.

his ground clearance be 204 mm, will have a capacity of fording 500 mm, a angle of 25.7 °, output of 19.4 ° 22.6 ° and ventral. Optionally be mounted suspension sports or variable, keep talking but made chassis, turn to unveil another of the great surprises of the range: like the X4, there will be a version of the X3 M40i, of course, with different specifications: high performance brakes, variable direction, and firmer suspension recessed height (can be mounted on the variable rate option) and Launch Control for automatic gearshift 8 speed.

BMW X3 2017: engines

Initially, the BMW X3 It will feature two diesel and three gasoline engines. For first type of fuel units BluePerformance Available will be the xDrive 20d –190 hp, 0-100 km / h in 8.0 s and consumption between 5.0 and 5.4 l / 100 km, and transmission equipment according wheels-, followed by six-cylinder engine xDrive 30d –265 hp, 0-100 km / h in 5.8 s and 5.7 to 6.0 l / 100 km average- consumption.

In gasoline, four-cylinder engine of the variant xDrive 20i to open the range –184 CV, 0-100 km / h in 8.3 s and average consumption of 7.4 l / 100 km-. Followed by the xDrive 30i replacing the current 28i –252 hp, 0-100 km / h in 6.3 s and 7.4 l / 100 km average- consumption. While the icing is the M40i, only six cylinder gasoline range. His credentials: 360 hp, 4.8 s in the 0-100 km / h and 8.2 to 8.4 l / 100 km average consumption. Next steps? Sure you imagine: X4 working on the same road book followed in X3.

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