While no press test drives for the new X3 have been available yet, David Thomas from Cars.com recently had an opportunity to poke around a preproduction 2011 X3 at the BMW Championship at Cog Hill Golf and Country Club. He came away very impressed at its upgraded quality, design, and size from the first generation X3.
The 2011 BMW X3 makes its worldwide public debut at the Paris Motor Show at the end of this month.
Here are some excerpts from David Thomas' review:
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Overall, the interior is quite a few steps up from the current generation. It’s modern and sleek, perhaps the most modern of BMW’s new models like the 5 Series sedan and Gran Turismo. The wood trim is quite nice, but perhaps the most telling touches of this car’s luxury pretensions are the well-padded, leather-wrapped doors.
As I thunked the BMW-solid doors, hit the power tailgate button and took in the Monaco Blue paint job and tan leather interior, I could tell this was unmistakably a major move up from the current generation. But the X3 needs to be. Since it debuted in 2003, every luxury automaker has joined the space, with Audi’s Q5, Mercedes-Benz’s GLK and Volvo’s XC60 stealing market share.
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