It's crazy how good the 2 and 3 series have gotten over the years

I know exactly what you mean about the stiffness. I just drove the 23 X3 M yesterday and I had the same comment. If you have a significant other that rides with you often I highly recommend they go on the test drive with you. On the other hand - it has INCREDIBLE car-like handling dynamics. I made a sharp u-turn and it felt like a sports car more than a SUV.

Yeeeeessssss. These things are rocketships. I can say that the X3 M40i accomplishes 95% of what the M version does with a lower price and better ride. Very interesting color! Edit: the snow/rain falling in the intro shots was strangely comforting.

One of the best looking SUVs made today & it’ll keep up with a Trackhawk, not to mention it has a very nice interior & has proven reliability. What more could you want.

Love my 2020 x3m40i every time I drive it. The worse the weather the better. No issues when on i90 coming into Buffalo through a blizzard while towing a full uhaul trailer.

I drive a 21 X3M and my wife got a 20 M340i. Both with car seats for our one year old. Gotta say these fine vehicles are your perfect daily and at the same time can still give you that extra bit of fun when you feel like it. Before this I used to have an F30 335i and at that time I never liked SUVs and now I'm glad that I was wrong.

Own one of these and I agree with all the commentary. It’s very stiff, very fast and very fun. It’s a great family car and a good complement to my E90 ZCP. 😊

I had a 2020 X3M, it was a total beast. Insane SUV with amazing handling

Tedward back with another one. 🔥

dudes got balls driving like that in cold slippery weather

As always, nicely done Ted! 🔥👍🏻

Finally a BMW video!

bmw did outstanding job with it.

All the different modes aren’t really a big deal. It’s actually the same settings they’ve had since the F chassis M cars except now they’re in a touch menu instead of physical buttons. Once you configure your M buttons to your favorite 2 configurations, you’ll never need to play with the menus again.

Been seeing this pop up on my page from Boston motor sports I like this suv alotttttt

if i had money or a family this would be the car for me!

Thank you 4 reminding me to buy some 🍋

3:48 bro so relatable i always have a damn heart attack when i hear that damn e87 2007 ass noise its even harder than this one.

That sound is better than an orchestra

Lmao the BMW chime, the same somewhat upbeat tone for door ajar and also if you just threw rod. Definitely makes you sweat every time to hear it. I have ptsd

It does look much more rigid and stiff than most SUV's.. I'm surprised it was still bouncing around like that in COMFORT!

Amazing

It's fast, it's gorgeous inside and I love the sounds... I just can't ever imagine myself in a BMW SUV when their regular sedans are so much better looking!

It is very interesting how these Engines are so reliable nowadays thanks to their adaptation of a diesel like construction design and extra stiffening parts in the engine. They only suffer mostly from LSPi where the injection clogs up and potentially reacts to heat like ignition making the piston go to the side of the cylinder whilst not reaching up to the top. So atleast after like 50k km you should use additives for injectors every 5th tank filling. That actually might make this Engine go for 300k km easily.Fun thing is I saw a B58 with 120k km rundown and the connecting rod bearings had 0% degradation.

I love my M40i and this would be my next car.. minus the neon paint lol

Hey I can kinda relate to that a little bit. I life in my little bubble of driving old cars a e34 and a range rover l322 from 2002 Well my "sporti" choice is the bmw 😅 But I was fortunate enough to have a x6 m30d as a loner ones for 3 days and boy o boy was I imprest with how incredible this thing was to drive in a very fun and sporti way It really was kicking the tail out and the different characters between comfort and sport was so cool to me and that even for a "boring" entry level enginge I I can only say good things about its driving characteristics and so I think that a real m car x 3 is very capable and fun to drive :) Also I'm a tech freak that was just super happy about all the cool toys that thing had. So for me the 2 m buttons on the steering wheel would be very good Its like macro keys on a keyboard so I like that a lot 😀 plus all the configuration is very nice to dile it all in. I would have bin interested in a little testing of the allweel drive system in regards to the rear wheels getting more power. I believe that you can put this thing in go 2 weel drive but maybe I'm wrong on that 🤔 didn't see the option there Anyhow very nice video thanks for the great lock at this highlighter 😊

You can edit M1 Button to keep it in automatic shifting mode too.

I'm no SUV fan, but a yellow M-branded BMW suits me just fine ;-)

This the glc63s and the macan gts are the best suvs for the price in my opinion, all of them have the power but still in a small package, bigger suvs may have all the power but they are just too big imo urus, cayenne,x6 gle63s feels like fast big suvs while these class of suvs can disguise themselves as performance sedans

Funny the camera picks up the light coming from the drivers display, like it's not infrared but it is some sort of sensor. Btw what was the leather colour?

Great review! Pitty it is automatic and there are no manuals. Pitty for BMW factory but great review and great reviewer!

I'm thinking though that the Stelvio Quadrifoglio might have a bit more 'soul'...perhaps?

I got a business idea: retromodding cars! Just ripping all these screens, mood lighting, touch buttons out and replacing it with good old analogue cluster and amber ambient light.

Why does ever M sport steering wheel have a little creaky noise to it when turning the wheel?

We need a GLC63 review!!

The only thing I dislike about this car is the interior sound, it sounds the same in the inside as a regular 330i.

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Settings and button overload. There must be a dozen buttons on that steering wheel alone.

Using no tech (watches) helps me get in shape in which I plan to run my halfmarathons. Listening to your breathing and getting to properly control it is when you start progressing fast. So perhaps save the detailed tracking for serious training and speed. Or do as you like, don't overthink it.

Steering wheel is perfekt just because its so thick. Other manufacturers can learn alot from Bmw and steeringwheels is just one of the things Bmw is way better than everybody🎉

We need a race between this BMW and the Cayenne Turbo that was just tested. This engineering gone bonkers seems like way too much fun.

I just went on the BMW USA website and chose the X3 M and I can't even choose the highlighter yellow 😭

What kind of camera do you use?

My favourite bmw is the X6M. It has no business doing what it does.

My 2016 M4 asks me to confirm before going into my m1 setting (so basically I have to hit "m1" and then "ok"), which is a good reminder for me to "manually" shift. *Cue the M4 haters*

im personally not a fan of the highlighter yellow on the x3m. dont get me wrong, it looks amazing on m4's and m3's. but i just dont see it fitting on an x3m. i think the x3m would look much better in a more classy color, like a dark blue

This will get me around that SLOW ASS in front of me so much better! DON'T THEY KNOW I'M A VIP ON IMPORTANT BUSINESS

Where do you get all these cars

Love that color, it's better than those boring gray or black specs 👌🔥

Is it still comfortable despite being a stiff suspension?

Do you think this is worth over the standard X3M? I’ve been eyeing these lately to replace my current Ascent (yes it would be a huge upgrade, lol).

Really wish this was in the form factor of a 3 series estate, but you can't have it all :(

I like colors like Sao Paulo yellow on cars, but I'm not sure I could deal with it for the duration of a 2 or 3 year lease, let alone anything longer. I need to be able to change the color of my vehicle like I can change the wallpaper on my phone!

This monitor sticks out like a winter shovel. Why did they ruin the interior?

N54 1M and N55 M2 looking at each other when you mentioned S series makes the car an M car

2:41 that rear door-slam was jarring

Porsche Macan GTS with S58 engine would be nice

Looks like a Edge ST lol

this is a rich people toy

Look just like my gta one

Honestly I would rather have this than the equivalent m3 xdrive

Owned one of these from may of 22 until October. While tedward does a fantastic job w his reviews I think he and much of the automotive press got it wrong on this one. Yes it’s fast. And that’s where the fun ended for me. Yes the engineers do a good job trying to hide the weight. But it’s still there. (No carbon fiber roof available, no ceramic brakes available). Brakes are weak. Suspension isn’t firm. It’s harsh. It’s like it has way too much rebound in the dampers. And to me the interior materials seem a little low end (not fairly comparing to my previous and current f90s). I guess it has a purpose and is kind of rare. I just wish m would stop w m everything. I do not agree this is a true m car. It’s a really fast suv but no replacement for say an m2 or m3.

I'm guessing the purple lights in the dash are infrared lights doing some checking on your face or whatever? Only the camera sees them I hope

That colour looks like Del Boy painted it. Only uk fans will understand this

Can't they just have a big COMFORT button and one M button ? Like the E60 ? They give you too many options and it's overloading your senses

Incredible how a set of newly designed taillights can ruin an entire model.

I still don’t understand who would buy an M SUV, or performance SUV in general.

So could a wagon

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neon yellow with grey and red leather interior might be the worst color combo ive ever seen lmao

Oh god, think I hate everything about new BMW's. Clearly aiming for the chinese market and modern hipsters - this should not be classed as an M car. That oil cap location I think sums up BMW now!!..

Lol the whole “use the same sound for everything” must be a German thing. My VW GTI is the same way. *DING* it might be icy. *DING* you just ran out of coolant. *DING* you’re almost out of wiper fluid.

Highlighting German history?

when I worked for BMW the service carpark was always full of white, black and silver. yawn

Ooof that spec is really bad….

Man, Boston Motorsports have some great cars in terrible colours ;-)

A vehicle for the conflicted fellow, stuck with the family, yearning for good ol days. Mate, just leave them and go buy a Ferrari .

to whoever is reading this i hope all of you have an exquisite rest of your day, and get your dream car fr!

Frustrated daddy car

It may be fast and capable but it just doesn’t look very good.

Looks extremely boring.

that is really ugly car.

Not a slow car, but meh. It's lame.

katastrofa hahahahaah idiotizam