- Will be offered in both petrol and diesel power
- Fourth-generation X3 for India
The fourth-generation BMW X3 will be launched in India at the Bharat Mobility Expo in January 2025. The car will be sold in India in the X3 20d diesel and X3 20 petrol guise, the latter making a comeback after more than a year of being discontinued for the sub-continent. We have driven the car and you can check out our video linked above.
Revealed in June of this year, the X3 retains a familiar silhouette but with a new face and rear end. BMW has picked up much of the styling from the iX and has gone for blocky shapes over the rounded edges of the previous-generation model. BMW has gone big into minimalism and that’s most visible in the cabin where you get a massive screen offering most functions and dominating the dashboard.
On the engine front, the X3 20 petrol is a 2.0-litre four-cylinder unit producing 206bhp and 320Nm while the diesel is the X3 20d producing 197bhp and 400Nm. Both engines get an eight-speed AT as standard. BMW will not bring the six-cylinder 30d to India but we will, at some point in 2025, get a performance-oriented M50 variant in limited numbers.
The BMW X3, in this new generation, will take on the Mercedes-Benz GLC, Audi Q5 and the Volvo XC60. The new X3 across both engine options is expected to be priced in the range of Rs.68 lakh to Rs. 70 lakh (ex-showroom).
