2018 BMW X3 sDrive20i review: Good value..?

Does the lack of output and trinkets rob BMW's entry point into the X3 range, the sDrive20i, from a properly premium experience? We live with it for a week to find out.
Lust after German premium badge cachet, need mid-sized SUV practicality, and would rather dance on broken glass than drive a ‘diseasal’? Then BMW’s newest petrol-powered middleweight family hauler, the X3 sDrive20i, is out to seduce you.
Released late 2017, a couple of months after the completely revamped range arrived in Oz, the $65,900 sDrive20i petrol supplanted the xDrive20d oiler by $3000 as the cheapest way into X3ownership. Or a cool 10 grand more affordable than the mid-range xDrive30i. Had you bought one then, you would have saved a fistful of folding stuff, because the whole range has gone up $1000 since.
As the only sDrive in the pack of xDrives, it’s the only rear-driven X3 currently on sale.
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[@aidenp5768]

Good car but there should never be a rear wheel or front wheel drive suv from BMW.

[@inox1ck]

Shall I get this x 20i absolutely base configuration 43k € or a Mazda cx5, 2.5l top configuration at 34k€ ? I also have a z4 so I don't necessarily need to combine fun with practicality in a single package but still think the x3 is a good option. X3 is the kind of car you wouldn't want to sell anymore even after a long time unless it has a design flaw like for example the old n47 diesel (actually this is the reason I want to sell my current x1; the new x1 is not a BMW it's a mini but it costs as much as a BMW so not worth considering it).

[@sourwords1808]

Its 10k Cheaper Because They Chopped The Front Axles

[@josemanuel5749]

No Rear Camera :/ ?

[@Dino-yq8jo]

No thank i will go with my Toyota Rav4

[@unknowntraveller8633]

Ah povery prestige strikes again well done BMW open the options menu and start ticking

[@lawky4743]

I like the BMW X3, however I don’t like the front end of it. It looks like it has a huge nose

[@robertoandrada]

So hard to understand when you talk. Weird accent

[@Drivecomau]

Ah - welcome to Australia! If you think we sound funny, try riding a kangaroo down to the billabong, they get all didgeridoo on you and you'll never know your cobber from your Opera House. It's a rowdy Great Barrier Reef mate, you reckon?

[@mixalis6168]

Why would you want a glass roof, most overrated extra ever !!!!

[@spider5604]

Can BMW get more uglier?

[@hsvcommodore4111]

Jasper King no