[mockngbrd]

I had a chance to see the new X3 yesterday. Visually unless you go for the Msport that gives more depth and breaks up the design with more shapes, the monolithic slab panels of the base model feels a little bit like a smeg fridge. That said, I'm sure some ppl will like the cleaner aesthetic and how different it looks from before, just to set it apart.

One thing I was quite surprised though was the interior and the amount of hard plastics being used compared with previous generation cars. It is really really obvious, so much hard plastics almost everywhere it feels like a big cost cutting exercise. Door handles, ac vents, the touch panel controls for the vents on the doors, the window switches and window switch surrounds, the door cards, the center console, etc... All hard plastics without any soft touch coating or textures. This bit I feel will hurt sales the most.

[MassBimmer]

Originally Posted by spuntyb

learning today that there’s a segment of the population that prefers runflats. incredible stuff happening in the X3 forums…

I thought this exact thing. It wasn’t long ago that funflats were the devil . My how things have changed

[EWL5]

I forgot to mention that the article failed to even touch on the "Big Brother" interior camera. How many new owners didn't opt out of data collection, I wonder?

[boughtG80@22]

Encourage everyone to check out the new X3 30i at the dealership when you go. The door panel plastic is abhorrent. Reminds me of GM/Chrysler plastic from the 2010’s

[MidnightLight]

Originally Posted by EWL5

I forgot to mention that the article failed to even touch on the "Big Brother" interior camera. How many new owners didn't opt out of data collection, I wonder?

For what it's worth: the G45 isn't the first BMW model with the interior camera, and in the US it's disabled by default until you explicitly enable the privacy setting specifically for it.