BMW X3 2025 - All You Need To Know

Here's the 2025 BMW X3 30 plug-in hybrid. Let’s start with the bad news - the new BMW X3 Plug-In Hybrid is not coming to the United States. In keeping with automotive trends, the new 2025 BMW X3 is bigger than the “G01” generation it replaces. BMW has stretched the luxury crossover by 34 millimeters (1.3 inches), now at 4755 mm (187.2 in). It’s also 29 mm (1.1 in) wider than before, at 1920 mm (75.6 in). It sends a sportier vibe now that the height has been reduced by 25 mm (1 in) to 1660 mm (65.4 in).
For the 2025 BMW X3 M50, the designers have opted for a separate layout with horizontal bars and an M logo. Because in 2024 nearly all BMWs must have a grille that lights up for some reason, the large kidneys have an illuminated contour. At the rear, the taillights with their Energy Sword theme from the Halo video game look as if the previous-generation X3 has received another facelift.
The 2025 BMW X3 enters production in Spartanburg, South Carolina in September. The plug-in hybrid model will be exclusively assembled at Plant Rosslyn in South Africa. The market launch is scheduled for Q4 2024 in Europe and the US whereas other regions will follow from January 2025.
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[@mohammadtaufek5529]

Too much LED & plastic. Grill looks like BBQ Grill …. dont redesign the iconic grill please keep as previous model …

[@Slurpy2k8]

They saw your comment, and they're gonna throw the new design in the trash and redesign it now! You win!

[@diegodivers]

It looks like a custom made gamers PC.

[@namechecksout6300]

Why are the door handles plastic? That’s sad!

[@stefano2732]

I think the base model looks great. The design is clean and elegant, has a much clearer identity, and more stature than the previous X3. It also looks much more contemporary and cutting edge. You can see how BMW’s foray into electric cars is also influencing the design of their ICE models with more aerodynamic shapes and a lower center of gravity

[@jellyd4889]

Enjoyed the insights from the designers - thanks! No other YTers bothered to invite them thinking they know everything, I presume.

[@abderrahimlaassairi3611]

Wtf is Wrong with bmw these days 🫠

[@Remigijus86]

Nothing much, doing much better than competitors in sales ;)

[@abderrahimlaassairi3611]

@@Remigijus86 i Have an X3 and i will never buy that new shit 😉

[@Louis-zj8xl]

That grill looks weak! Come on bmw your much better than that. Angled from the side all throughout would look alot better! Also the rear lights don't do it any justice at all.I think I'll get into designing myself.Thanks for the inspiration.

[@Gokhanaj]

BMW’s most successful year in history was 2023. 2024 will beat it. That’s what’s happening.

[@unowen-nh9ov]

They're actually remaking themselves on EV, interesting times.

[@JunYamog]

When you have to explain your design... it means the design has failed!

[@Remigijus86]

wtf are you talking about. They are presenting the idea

[@jellyd4889]

Kids...

[@jellyd4889]

I liked the insights. Well presented.

[@kingrafe]

does it driver assist pro with highway assist

[@dermunchner7713]

again: this is the best channel to get deep insights about bmw design!!!

[@DDDD-zr6ku]

Is it true x3 20 will release without interaction bar and iconic glow????

[@erasmusboham2962]

And it looks so good… what do you thing Horatiu, hope I spelt that well 😅

[@shivsparkky]

Who is the Designer and who is the You-tuber i get confused some time. Let some one explain the thing.

[@doughope761]

Why does it look like a Capybara?

[@erwintjia]

I think it looks good... I think I should get myself checked...

[@user-rk4gw4rq3r]

when can I get in korea?

[@am1296]

Looks great

[@olivierrodriguez5946]

@bmwblog not coming to Canada?

[@gregwayne6785]

Consider yourselves fortunate.

[@galacticstar007]

Now we know who messed it up :)

[@chinoyhouse8247]

The Range Rover Velar was launched in 2017 and the VELAR’s exterior and interior design is way more beautiful than this. Restrained but elegant. This is loud and looks like a bling bling modded car from the 2000s with those funny lights and chrome plastics that people get from autozone.

[@Gokhanaj]

And sold about 1/10 of X3.

[@NomadJedi]

Putting the LIDAR on the kidney grille is super weird! Wish they'd put it on the center of the lower grille, like the G30 had, would look more symmetrical!

[@wp8478]

This one looks a bit better than the m50, the dark body colour contrasting the lights and bright trims.

[@kopanokhumalo4344]

I hate the black plastics

[@br_i4360]

I dont like the grille or the frumpy back end that looks like the iX but that aside, why is the Plug in Hybrid not coming to the US? The thing finally got great range and they choose not to bring it here?

[@OnnyIzwanNordin666]

Think ahead guys. Stop living in the moment. BMW has the vision of the future in car design

[@bradmichael1373]

Looks good! I like the clean exterior without the black plastic cladding.

[@skfunk4550]

I am strange by the looks of it but i really like it.

[@PorscheCayenneLover]

Ooh this is quite disappointing, I will be choosing a CPO 2024 X3 M40i instead of the new X3. It somehow looks even cheaper than the X1 and X2 😅 . I am so let down by this. Emergency redesign please!!

[@Ian-mv4qq]

So this base trim is PHEV and is not coming to the US? Glad. But will the base gasoline in the US still look like this? Sigh.

[@hellodlo]

like this one more than the performance one

[@etniesks]

stop ruining the brand

[@pleaseletitgo1818]

This is a beautiful car…. CRY BABY

[@ivangoat]

Agreed. It’s painful

[@seansiew5629]

Mercedes is ruined too, with crappy engines like the GLC63 with a 4 cylinder hybrid? EQ Mercedes? Worse

[@Gokhanaj]

BMW is having their most successful years in history. So they’re doing the opposite of running the brand.

[@unowen-nh9ov]

On 60 years of growth, #1 global premium, largest American exporter of vehicles & not coincidentally record # trolls.

[@mihnealazar7039]

I see the same comments here as when the X1 launched. After 2 years almost everyone likes that car and its the best selling in its segment. It will be the case with this one. Everyone hates it now, in 2 years you'll see it on every street in europe and people will like it. This has none of the flaws of the 5 series or the new 1.

[@jellyd4889]

My thoughts exactly. The last model X3 will look dated very quickly, in comparison.

[@ahlsn7346]

No, I still don't like anything new BMW have come up with in the last 3 years. The current 3-series is nice, especially the pre LCI version which I currently drive. But next car will probably not be an BMW sadly.

[@devotee8]

Sweet x1. Nothing else

[@user-ev2px3mi2g]

❤❤❤❤

[@karthikJampani]

Wtf is that rear looks like a Buick . Man I wanted to upgrade my 22 x3 and now this is awful . Plastic everywhere

[@mikekos7606]

Bed LED and grill base design. The design of the triangular headrests is infuriating.

[@dbrienswann]

Interior looks like a Prius. Was waiting for this update but it’s a hard pass for me.

[@andreyzubkov8435]

Why would BMW withhold the PHEV X3 from the US market? It would sell like hotcakes.

[@DuderOneKenobi]

Unlike many of the other commenters I an liking the exterior look of the 2025 X3… the interior is low quality and poorly designed and material selection and lighting looks very Target store to me… I was strongly considering buying it but read today that it is being built in the USA and in the third world country of South Africa…. This is a definite non-starter for me… I want my BMW built in Germany.

[@TamojitPaul]

matchbox look… what crap? where r they heading to in UI design

[@VelionaEberbach]

Was it necessary to get rid of the xDrive naming? X3 30e, bruh. Not only they think we can't tell the difference between i7 and M760e, but they also got rid of the xDrive naming. Bruh

[@bmwblog]

It's still there. BMW X3 30e xDrive

[@VelionaEberbach]

@@bmwblog but it's not on the trunk or sides like G01. That was a core part of X3.

[@colemanpatterson4445]

HOW COOL! THANK YOU FOR THE AMAZING VIDEO!

[@victorlazo238]

The car DOES NOT look good. It is definetely a downgrade from the current generation BUT I gotta admit that in that color it does look good.

[@Bob-lh4mg]

The exterior looks ok but that interior, wtf is that? gives me headache.

[@arjunmohandas3539]

You had a perfectly good looking previous generation X3 and you had to completely mess it up. Unbelievable. Why can’t the design people at BMW understand that you don’t have to change some thing if it works. These guys actually get the big bucks to produce stuff like THIS,.-🤷🏽‍♂️

[@Gokhanaj]

BMW’s most successful year in history was 2023. 2024 will beat it. So everything they’re doing is working.

[@arjunmohandas3539]

@@Gokhanaj: you clearly completely misunderstood my comment. And clearly you haven't seen all the other comments that parallel mine.

[@born1in1a1sauna]

@@GokhanajIt may be. But Bmws best selling models in Europe are also the most conservative and least experimentsl in terms of design. The previous x3 and Bmw 3 series. Will be interesting to see if this one sells more and on what markets. It looks bad on video, but often cars look better irl than in videos.

[@Agoncor]

Looks really good

[@Steamedhams7489]

This guy is the head of bmw design? Fire him.

[@mihnealazar7039]

Fire him for what? For continuously growing their sales? 🥴

[@jellyd4889]

And for creating modern and warming up old designs? BMW have always changed their models dramatically between versions. This is no CN copy.

[@Gokhanaj]

Why? He’s the most successful in history.

[@VincentDP]

I really don't like the new grill.

[@TheOverpowered1]

WHERE THE X3M

[@Marre480]

VW style cost cuts inside. At this price is absolutely unacceptable.

[@kopanokhumalo4344]

The base model looks better

[@jellyd4889]

Stupid comments. The usual bashers. Duh. Obviously this is way more modern than the last X3. Looks good. Would get the no-chromed framing version, that would look good in white.

[@mbobombobo7363]

Tail lights are so high looks like land rover discovery

[@lequnsu4689]

yes, the whole car, front end so much body, the side profile, it is indeed similar to Discovery, sharing the same problem, too dumb, fat and body. Simple clean design does not mean no design. DB9 when it came out, that was beautiful clean design. This? Especially thr M50, all looks wrong.

[@prose7909]

Why would they add fabric seats? It makes this X3 look very cheap

[@tsiyon12]

Never bought into the “bigger is better” concept. I’m ok with the grill slats, except for its oversized Asian market inspired size. An Alpina version of this SUV though, should be a performance beast.

[@Gokhanaj]

It’s 35mm longer and 10mm shorter. It’s not really bigger.

[@doyallsellcrablegs]

I like the use of recycled materials, but the interior looks like a cheap downgrade

[@joytek8560]

Yeah sure, charge me 100K for recycled materials. What an idiot.

[@victorkarev1712]

STOP RUINING BMW X3 ❗❗❗

[@cristianradeanu9500]

We are probably witnessing the introduction of a new style of design...gangnam style!

[@moviescorner266]

Tiggo 9 pro looks 10x more beautiful and attractive than the new X3. Bmw is ruining the brand 😢

[@tgrigor1]

Never thought I would say this but modern Chinese cars have flashier tech and still manage to pool off a classy interior even from cheap materials. BMW didn’t

[@moviescorner266]

@tgrigor1 BMW is taking a wrong turn here big time and it will cost them. It's impossible that the whole department of BMW agrees to this bubble designs they are designing.

[@somedudewithakeyboard]

“… it’s not coming to the US” - ?! (flips the table and leaves) Gosh, BMW. You are trying so hard to get me switching to another car brand. Why?

[@tgrigor1]

Wow this Tesla fan boy designer just ruined BMW’s bread and butter cash machine. He thought he could use cheap recyclable plastic and fabric, use Temu sourced door handles and steal Tesla customers? Just because they have video games and garish LEDs? Fool never realized that BMW customer never cross shopped Tesla in the first place. You can’t even get real leather at any price point and they didn’t forget to raise prices by like 15%. You can “option” this to $85k. Last year’s top was $73k. Absurd!! This will be a huge sales flop in the US. They deserve it

[@diegodivers]

This makes even a X1 looking attractive..

[@sailingandsomejokes]

Now also iX looks fine! Grill is terrible and interrior color bars!

[@neilwhittaker8021]

Bmw needs new designers.

[@unowen-nh9ov]

Record 2023 on 60 years of growth, record # trolls also.

[@theholyregime7131]

Front end is slightly too big, but more importantly it’s too round. It’s a mix between the X2 and neue klasse iX3. The worst of both worlds. It needed to be sharper, narrow, concise. The X1 and X5 are fine. X3 a miss imo.

[@777triathlete]

It’s gorgeous!!

[@user-xl5ec3or3h]

Range Rover sport 😂

[@Michael-ge5ft]

This is sad. Angel eyes have turned into Lexus signature headlights

[@arishechtman2097]

Downgrade from current generation. No halos!

[@ridgero]

Bist du deppat, da hat's mir jetzt ordentlich die Ski verrissen! Pfui

[@michaelflowers5579]

I was holding out for this to replace my 2021 X3. It's not going to happen. This new design (exterior and interior) is very disappointing.

[@Evinrudeeee]

It needs a kidney transplant

[@Bob-lh4mg]

🤣

[@albaghdady]

I would choose any BMW car except this failure

[@faizanarif5703]

Ok so this is the guy who ruined it

[@erhanozdal7930]

BMW’yi Çinlilere mi sattılar???

[@kevinn1158]

A lot of cry babies in the comments. Which engines are coming to NA? Why do I think that Canada will get the PHEV

[@raresirrr1237]

what the fuck happened to BMW

[@Gokhanaj]

BMW’s most successful year in history was 2023. 2024 will beat it. That’s what’s happening.

[@raresirrr1237]

​@@Gokhanaj It's crazy how BMW went from cars with amazing design to some generic Chinese design

[@mrselcet]

Lines of exterior are very-very bad. Where is BMW aggression, where angel eyes, where sport hood …???

[@jellyd4889]

There was never any aggression in a X3. Ever.

[@mra4107]

Totally agree. This is really disappointing.

[@dearcoolz]

Fire him please

[@Gokhanaj]

Why? Because he’s the most successful designer in BMW history?

[@TheOverpowered1]

OMGGGG

[@TonyLukes3]

Sadly another BMW ruined by this weird & ugly design language. The previous X3 looked much nicer, more aggressive, less pig faced

[@mihnealazar7039]

When that facelift launched in 2021 people said exactly what you're saying now about this one.

[@SoulOfTech]

People literally said the exact same thing you said for the last gen and they’ll say it again for the next one too lol

[@liquid2004]

no metal door handles, window switches are just hard plastic, the speaker grilles are hidden even in the x1 they are aluminum.... theres not even a single piece of aluminum in the cabin and the doors and the dash is covered in this hard plastic.... what is going on is this a bmw or a cheap chinese EV? Just be honest BMW, you are trying to cut the cost in order to be able to sell it in china in half the price without loss.... pitty

[@itcangetbetter]

Looks like a hippo made by Duplo

[@scotie690]

It looks like a Kia. What are doing BMW?

[@mra4107]

You are ruining BMW with these new designs. Cheap materials and brutalist aesthetic. Stop it!

[@alejandrosilva4140]

Change for the sake of change 😮

[@user-gy7cy2it4p]

Great interview! However, BMW has lost its mind. What the heck is this? In my opinion, I just heard a whole bunch of BS and no true response. And the inside, what is this? Crap and cheap design all the way. And, what is with the interior lighting system? It feels like a half-ass circus lighting!!! All of these new design languages make Chris Bangel's design heavenly. take the BMW logo out, and then see what people have to say. Cheap Toyota or Kia design.

[@hikviz9410]

Horrible Horrible design inside and out, BMW shame on you for hiring sneaker freaks to design your cars. Will stick with the G01, you ruined what could have been a great upgrade option. No manual AC controls is unforgivable and sneaker seats.... nothing luxury in there.... and the moment about hand crafted PLASTIC, yes that really screams luxury. TOTAL FAIL

[@ivangoat]

The guys from BMW look just as bored as we are with the design

[@geocape7060]

Not a fan. Too crazy, too low, too much.

[@gregwayne6785]

Yeah. It just kinda…🙄

[@nic2cya]

Looks like a brick. Where has the sports car vibe gone? Heavy, not sporty, and definitely NOT elegant. Yikes.

[@erasmusboham2962]

I was the first yeahhaahh😂😂😂

[@GoogleOne1]

INTERIORS LOOK THE WORST, LOOKS CHEAP, FEELS CHEAP...SEATS FROM TOYOTA, DASH FROM HYUNDAI? WTF.

[@MrBigBlue76]

It looks awful. It is too simplistic, too much plastic in the interior. Nowadays it looses the characteristics, the details that matters. I do not like this trend to minimalistic design. This new X3 does not feel as a real premium car at all that BMW used to do. It is is a very big disappointment. The X5 facelift looks very beautiful, the interior of X5 is very nice, very premium feeling, very good looking. The X5 still looks like a premium BMW as it should be.

[@the4855]

Costly honda elevate

[@anthonyferrara2222]

Please leave your iconic grilles alone.

[@joaopaulolemos6001]

Looks horrible

[@umbasiduratshu]

All new models since new 7 series, BMWs looks like 🐖. I cant find any dynamics and agility in their design.

[@YuriySkiba]

Shame on the BMW designers who created the exterior and interior of the 2025 BMW X3. As a designer, I can say that I didn’t like anything else except the rear lights. BMW designers need to be fired and let them move to China and create Chinese cars. This is a shame for BMW in the entire history of the company.

[@unowen-nh9ov]

Record 2023 on 60 years of growth.

[@omidnamin9004]

the problem is not bmw, it's the idiots out there that will go out and buy anything as long as it has a bmw badge on it.

[@Alibek-22]

BMW designers 👎👎👎👎

[@bfkuruma5226]

Wtf

[@norbertbellmann.5640]

BMW sollte die aktuellen Design Chefs allesamt austauschen. Es wird immer unerträglicher. Was ist los mit BMW? Kantig, stumpf, holzig, glanzlos, langweilig. Furchtbar!