Photo: BMW
As of last April, the BMW factory in Spartanburg, South Carolina began spitting out the brand new X3 M and X4 M performance SUVs. With the arrival of the two cars in customers hands imminent, BMW released a host of new photographs this week, taken during the media launch for the models in New Jersey.
The related M SUVs are based on the most recent versions of the X3 and X4, the former unveiled in 2017 and the latter in 2018. Both of them were unveiled earlier this year as new entries to the lineup of M SUVs that until recently had only comprised of the X5 and X6.
Presented in both standard and Competition trims and launched complete with a host of M Performance parts, the two new SUVs are meant as hooks for the carmaker to use in drawing more customers to the brand.
To do that, the Germans deployed on the X3 M and X 4 M the “most powerful straight-six petrol engine ever to see action in a BMW M car.”
That means a 3.0-liter in-line six cylinder that, coupled to an eight-speed M Steptronic transmission and the usual M xDrive all-wheel-drive system, develops a total of 480 horsepower and a peak torque of 600 Nm.
Visually, the two SUVs set themselves apart from the regular variants by using a host of special M appointments both on the outside and on the inside. The exterior changes include the addition of the track-ready cooling system and the reinterpreted kidney grille at the front, and an M sports exhaust system at the rear.
The color choices available for the cars include two exclusive ones for the new line of M cars, Toronto Red metallic and Donington Grey metallic.
In the U.S. the X3 M has a starting price of $69,900, while the X4 M sells starting from $73,400. Both cars can already be ordered, with deliveries expected later this year.
Presented in both standard and Competition trims and launched complete with a host of M Performance parts, the two new SUVs are meant as hooks for the carmaker to use in drawing more customers to the brand.
To do that, the Germans deployed on the X3 M and X 4 M the “most powerful straight-six petrol engine ever to see action in a BMW M car.”
That means a 3.0-liter in-line six cylinder that, coupled to an eight-speed M Steptronic transmission and the usual M xDrive all-wheel-drive system, develops a total of 480 horsepower and a peak torque of 600 Nm.
Visually, the two SUVs set themselves apart from the regular variants by using a host of special M appointments both on the outside and on the inside. The exterior changes include the addition of the track-ready cooling system and the reinterpreted kidney grille at the front, and an M sports exhaust system at the rear.
The color choices available for the cars include two exclusive ones for the new line of M cars, Toronto Red metallic and Donington Grey metallic.
In the U.S. the X3 M has a starting price of $69,900, while the X4 M sells starting from $73,400. Both cars can already be ordered, with deliveries expected later this year.
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