MR_Y
Well-known member
Photo Comparison: 2025 X3 M50 xDrive vs. X3 M40i
The 2025 X3 M50 xDrive separates itself from the G01 BMW X3 M40i in several fairly obvious ways. Here is are some of them
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Read the WELCOME ALL BMWFANATICS post.
///M Individual
Well-known member
Agree on the dash bud......very bland.
Exterior front and side view look decent - not a fan of the rear.
TurboLlew
Honorary ///Member
Front is the least offensive in recent times. Rear could be any car really. Interior is gross... sorry but WTF.
How you can have screens that work in an intuitive/ergonomic way and not have it look like lazy dogshit (and in the case of the Bentley it has a stealth mode which switches to three analogue gauges if you don't want the screen):
THEN AGAIN it could be worse: a panel that spans the entire dash, has bits that are ALREADY not functioning anymore because Mercedes is a dogshit brand that sheds features and discontinues support regularly... and somehow still looks like it is not integrated and three distinct screens that basically do nothing good for anyone. Bet that screen is going to look fabulous when merc literally discontinues support and pays you $1000 (what they did for cutting out features on current cars) as compensation
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Anyone who owns PCs (even in controlled environments let alone in a vehicle) or has had to deal with electronics over longer time scales will tell you about failures of various components be they capacitors, chips themselves (GPUs, SOCs, RAM etc) or poorly made circuits (board material and traces that can literally rot away). Don't think your fancy car has top notch circuitry...
The irony with the red accents and strange interior choices is that the only folks who can buy this new in any kind of large numbers are probably 40+ and yet they have styled it in a way that targets 18 year olds (likely for the fake internet points they can talk about in the boardroom while having to retrench people due to low sales) LOL.
How you can have screens that work in an intuitive/ergonomic way and not have it look like lazy dogshit (and in the case of the Bentley it has a stealth mode which switches to three analogue gauges if you don't want the screen):
THEN AGAIN it could be worse: a panel that spans the entire dash, has bits that are ALREADY not functioning anymore because Mercedes is a dogshit brand that sheds features and discontinues support regularly... and somehow still looks like it is not integrated and three distinct screens that basically do nothing good for anyone. Bet that screen is going to look fabulous when merc literally discontinues support and pays you $1000 (what they did for cutting out features on current cars) as compensation
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Anyone who owns PCs (even in controlled environments let alone in a vehicle) or has had to deal with electronics over longer time scales will tell you about failures of various components be they capacitors, chips themselves (GPUs, SOCs, RAM etc) or poorly made circuits (board material and traces that can literally rot away). Don't think your fancy car has top notch circuitry...
The irony with the red accents and strange interior choices is that the only folks who can buy this new in any kind of large numbers are probably 40+ and yet they have styled it in a way that targets 18 year olds (likely for the fake internet points they can talk about in the boardroom while having to retrench people due to low sales) LOL.
Sabretooth tiger
///Member
Is the new designer someone who is busy going through a bad break-up?
Just one German manufacturer following the other. Mercedes has successfully (let’s call it success for the sake of my argument) transitioned from defined body lines to smoother exterior body work on all their offerings. Someone at BMW has looked at that and had a bulge in the pants and wet undies.
Audi has been able to integrate the smooth body work with some good lines to add definition to the exterior but they are probably a facelift or model upgrade away from going all smooth with the Q3, A4 and A5.
Even the Brits are in on it. The current Range Rover offering is all smooth body work. They just have better designers.
What BMW seem to be failing to do is integrate the famous kidney grilles into the new design language. The boxy grilles are at odds with the smooth outline.
As Mr Y said, this is all EV inspired and most likely there is a huge cost saving in manufacturing. Good luck to the panel beaters who need to repair these!
Audi has been able to integrate the smooth body work with some good lines to add definition to the exterior but they are probably a facelift or model upgrade away from going all smooth with the Q3, A4 and A5.
Even the Brits are in on it. The current Range Rover offering is all smooth body work. They just have better designers.
What BMW seem to be failing to do is integrate the famous kidney grilles into the new design language. The boxy grilles are at odds with the smooth outline.
As Mr Y said, this is all EV inspired and most likely there is a huge cost saving in manufacturing. Good luck to the panel beaters who need to repair these!
M3boi
Well-known member
Apparently haunted by lip and butt filler.
Nick
Honorary ///Member
@TurboLlew woke up today and chose violence.
nabil_m_rs
Active member
G01 So much Better
AshG108
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This unfortunately looks horrible...the interior and everything else looks like it is trying too hard. With looking at the G-series and in this comparison, you can clearly see the mature design in the G-design and the "Graffiti-artist" design with the new shape.
However, as all can throw stones, it will eventually "grow" on people and find its way into their garages as it reaches dealerships more...
Many people just want to have the latest and would prefer a colour and features just to have it and I think thats where the purchasers are sitting right now, car-people will hang onto the better looking and more iconic models of of previous gen and will not flock with the others to get this in a hurry.
It is a sad turn of events for the X3, the X5 G-serios facelift is still so good looking and well put together and this design for the X3 leave no hope for the future ...
However, as all can throw stones, it will eventually "grow" on people and find its way into their garages as it reaches dealerships more...
Many people just want to have the latest and would prefer a colour and features just to have it and I think thats where the purchasers are sitting right now, car-people will hang onto the better looking and more iconic models of of previous gen and will not flock with the others to get this in a hurry.
It is a sad turn of events for the X3, the X5 G-serios facelift is still so good looking and well put together and this design for the X3 leave no hope for the future ...
