I test drove the new BMW X3 around the time it was announced as South Africa’s 2025 Car of the Year winner, and its victory ...

The diesels span 2.0d (187bhp, 56.5mpg ... get down a bumpy track or escape the Somerset Downs in winter. The BMW X3 is a great all-rounder. It offers space, versatility, refinement and engaging ...

If you’re buying this as family transport, the 190bhp 2.0d does a perfectly good job ... And this is the most mature X3 yet. But BMW seems content to let its reputation for fine driving wither ...

Does the latest base model improve on the formula? How does it stack up against one of its chief competitors, the ...

X3 2.0d Sport announced late November 2004 at £28,375, comes with Park Distance Control, Dynamic Stability Control, six-speed manual transmission, 18-inch star-spoke alloy wheels, Sports suspension, ...

The lineup starts with the BMW X3 2.0i and 2.0d, each of them being available with xDrive AWD or with RWD. It then continues with the X3 xDrive 30i and 30d, both being exclusively offered with all ...

BMW launched its first 4x4, the X5, to almost universal acclaim in 1999, so when a smaller X3 version was announced it was expected to be as accomplished as its bigger brother. In some respects it ...

BMW's X3 is the only real compact executive 4x4 ... and we managed to average little better than 32mpg. Opt for the slower X3 2.0d, however, and the figure rises to 39mpg. At £31,910, the SE ...

Note: The dimensions shown above are for the BMW 3.0D, 3.0L ... click on one of the rows in the table below. 3.0D Specs: 3.0L, Diesel, 6 SPEED AUTO STEPTRONIC Height x Width x Length: 1674 x 1853 x ...

At the centre of the KBA’s investigations into BMW is a software program used by the X3 2.0d built between 2010 and 2014, a model fitted with a 2.0-litre turbo-diesel four-cylinder engine that ...

Jock downsized to a 2.5-litre ... but the X3 does have a problem with a gear in the transfer gearbox; again it’s made from plastic and is known to break. To add insult to injury you can’t buy the ...