[Melanie1987]

Would love to hear your thoughts about no Sdrive for the new 2025 BMW X3. I prefer rear wheel drive and am a little disappointed.

[Sportstick]

Originally Posted by Melanie1987

Would love to hear your thoughts about no Sdrive for the new 2025 BMW X3. I prefer rear wheel drive and am a little disappointed.

SDrive on mine. Just another reason to grab one of the last 2024 G01 before they are all sold.

[Melanie1987]

I have a 2023 Sdrive and will definitely keep it.

[JoeyO]

Those of us located above the snow belt aren’t going to miss it a whole lot.

[avi66]

Originally Posted by Melanie1987

Would love to hear your thoughts about no Sdrive for the new 2025 BMW X3. I prefer rear wheel drive and am a little disappointed.

Here the G01 was only available with Xdrive, so the G45 not offering Sdrive won’t be missed or even noticed.

[Sportstick]

Originally Posted by JoeyO

Those of us located above the snow belt aren’t going to miss it a whole lot.

Absolutely get and accept your point. It is the most effective setup for winter.

But, for my 4 decades in and around the metro Detroit area, I preferred the other three seasons with RWD (the "push" feels better to me) and switching to a set of Blizzak WS for winter that gave me the same safety of braking/turning from winter tires and enough motive traction never to get stuck. But, if outside areas where roads were reasonably plowed, agree that XDrive can provide an noticeable advantage.