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Canberra Times
23-07-2025
- Automotive
- Canberra Times
2025 BMW X5 Shadow Edition price: Darkened special SUV comes at a premium
Priced at $146,900 before on-road costs and now available for delivery, the X5 Shadow Edition costs $9300 more than its X5 xDrive30d donor vehicle, which is priced at $137,600 plus on-roads in either xLine or M Sport guises.
Top Gear
21-07-2025
- Automotive
- Top Gear
BMW 2 Series Coupe Price & Specs
Advertisement Title 0-62 CO2 BHP MPG Price 230i M Sport 2dr Step Auto [Tech/Pro Pack] 5.9s 241.4 £46,540 230i M Sport 2dr Step Auto [Tech Pack] 5.9s 241.4 £44,690 230i M Sport 2dr Step Auto [Pro Pack] 5.9s 241.4 £44,430 230i M Sport 2dr Step Auto 5.9s 241.4 £41,990 M240i xDrive 2dr Step Auto [Tech/Pro Pack] 4.3s 368.8 £51,510 M240i xDrive 2dr Step Auto [Tech Pack] 4.3s 368.8 £50,515 M240i xDrive 2dr Step Auto [Pro Pack] 4.3s 368.8 £48,860 M240i xDrive 2dr Step Auto 4.3s 368.8 £47,815 220i M Sport 2dr Step Auto [Tech/Pro Pack] 7.5s 181 £43,025 220i M Sport 2dr Step Auto [Tech Pack] 7.5s 181 £41,175 220i M Sport 2dr Step Auto [Pro Pack] 7.5s 181 £40,915 220i M Sport 2dr Step Auto 7.5s 181 £38,475 You might like
Top Gear
21-07-2025
- Automotive
- Top Gear
BMW 2 Series Coupe Interior Layout & Technology
So, it's inside where the most obvious updates have come. The giant 'Curved Display' now dominates the dash with its 12.3in dial display and a 14.9in infotainment screen. The central touchscreen is supremely clear and responsive, but we still think the menus in this current BMW system are too fiddly. The iDrive wheel remains, but removing the programmable shortcut buttons is an own goal. The 2024 facelift didn't really include many changes to the actual face of the 2 Series Coupe. In fact, it essentially added some new exterior colour options and then changed some of the trim from black to body colour. The physical climate control buttons have also gone, but BMW says that you can now activate the air con, front seat heating and (if fitted) the steering wheel heating using voice control. Good luck if you've got a regional accent. Overall cabin quality does look more expensive than the 220i's sub-£40k start price would have you believe, though. Is it comfortable? The chunky front seats do their job well whatever your shape, and put you in a low-slung straight-ahead driving position with an equally chunky, flat-bottomed steering wheel in your hands. Sitting in the driver or passenger chair is generally a great place to be, even if you haven't spent the extra £890 on the optional M Sport seats. Any adults in the back wouldn't be so happy, though. It has only two sets of belts and head restraints, and leg and headroom are tight. Anyway, this is clearly not a car for people who have people. Then again, you could say the same of a 4 Series. The 2 and the 4 really do seem to do the same job equally well.
TimesLIVE
18-07-2025
- Automotive
- TimesLIVE
Why the SA-built BMW X3 will stoke your sense of patriotism
Part of the M Sport kit is a thick-rimmed, three-spoke steering wheel, with a familiar template that echoes a style dating back to the most beloved BMW icons of decades past. It feels right and ergonomically correct in the palms. At the COTY testing days some (including myself) were surprised at how quiet the cabin is despite the diesel powertrain. Some thought they were in the petrol version. Vibrations and exterior intrusions are incredibly well suppressed. The 2.0l turbocharged-diesel, four-cylinder unit outputs 145kW/400Nm, with a gutsy feel under hard acceleration, typical of torque-rich oil-burner motors from Bimmer. The best part is that even if you drive with a leaden foot, average consumption lingers around the late 6l/100km mark. Allow me to wrap-up this ode to the X3 with two gripes that were identified. Minor issues but they exist nonetheless. First, there seemed to be no way to fully deactivate the automatic stop-start system. I certainly could not find the right button. Second, the doors unlock automatically each time you engage the parking brake. The obvious downside to this was revealed in bumper-to-bumper traffic. The X3 is an awesome example of what the local automotive manufacturing sector is capable of. We need such reminders, particularly in uncertain times where global politics, government-related challenges and tough local economic conditions loom threateningly over the fate of the industry.
The Citizen
13-07-2025
- Automotive
- The Citizen
Why M50 is now the most M car money can buy in BMW X3 stable
293kW of power and 580Nm of torque get this fast SUV from 0 to 100km/h in just 4.66 seconds. If BMW's new X3 20d xDrive M Sport is the sensible choice in the range – 'frugal and fast' – we called it a few weeks ago, then the X3 M50 xDrive should simply be called 'fast'. Because it really is. And who cares how much fuel it uses! The new G45 BMW X3 now wears a M50 badge instead of the M40i badge from the previous generation X3. And just in case you were wondering, it still runs the same engine. Which is a 3.0-litre straight-six, turbocharged petrol unit from before. But now with 48V mild hybrid technology onboard, and it offers more power and torque that the model it replaces. For 2025, the BMW X3 M50 delivers 293kW and 580Nm. The X3 M40i churned out 285kW and 500Nm. This means the engine in the X3 M50 is the most powerful six-cylinder in-line petrol powerplant yet fitted in an BMW M Performance model. ALSO READ: New BMW X3 ticks all the boxes with versatile powertrain line-up M Performance car But the X3 M50 is not a full-blown M car. It's a M Performance car. So what does this mean? In BMW-speak this means that the BMW X3 M50 would normally be the middle of the performance options in their range of vehicles. Now, this is where you need to pay attention. It's not middle-of-the-range anymore. This M Performance X3 is it. There will be no new hardcore BMW X3 M. Not as in maybe later this year or the next. Or some other time down the line. We have been told that's it. Last year's 375kW/650Nm, super car chasing X3 M is done. But before you feel shortchanged, this X3 M50 is the most M car you can buy for the money. Talking of which, you will need to part with R1.5-million to park it in your garage. Think twice before taking on this badge when the traffic light turns green. Picture: Supplied For this money though you do get the likes of a M Sport suspension with variable sport steering, M Sport brakes, 20-inch M light-alloy wheels and an M Sport differential integrated into the rear axle all as standard fitment. An adaptive M suspension with electronically controlled dampers offers a level of agility and dynamism that a family SUV should not offer. All the usual M goodies Further M-specific design features abound; you have a full M interior, M kidney grille with horizontal bars and BMW Iconic Glow contour lighting. There are also large quad exhaust tailpipes, that you expect to bark out the performance credentials of the BMW X3 M50, but disappointingly so, the soundtrack is rather subdued. ALSO READ: Frugal and fast BMW X3 20d proves that diesel is not dead yet What isn't disappointing is that this X3 M50 really gets up and go when you jump on the gas. Thanks to that small injection of electricity from the mild hybrid system, it outguns the old M40i. And anything else that the competition is offering now. Activate Launch Control. Build some boost. Let the brake go. And bam, 100km/h came up in just 4.66 seconds during The Citizen Motoring's test. You will be doing over 200km/h not long after, and before you know it the car will on the speed limiter at 250km/h. You will have a big smile on your face. And this is exactly why you would buy the BMW X3 M50 over the X3 20d. BMW X3 M50 test data
