Bmw X3 - Spy Video
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Bmw X3 - Spy Video
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Following the X5, the new BMW X3 will be presented in 2004. Still heavily disguised with a fake body overcoat, a first prototype has now been caught testing in the extreme cold of northern Europe. Although badged with Munich number plates (BMW's headquarter), the new car is developed by SFT in Graz / Austria where it will also be built from spring 2004 on. The X3's biggest market is expected to be in Europe, hence the decision to built it there, while the X5 has the United States as its home-market. 300 units per day are expected to be built and development costs for the new model are estimated to be around 500 million Euros.
Although the so-called Sport Activity Vehicle (SAV) will be a completely independent car, it will technically be closely related to the next generation 3-series (expected in 2005). The exterior, however, will clearly mark it as a member of the growing X-family. The chassis will be a combination of components of the current X5 and the X-variant of the current 3-series. Petrol engines will solely be six-cylinder units (170, 192 and 231 HP), turbodiesels will offer 150 HP out of 2 litres capacity or 193 HP out of 3 litres. An M-version with the M3's 3.6-litre engine is likely to follow in 2005 or 06
Following the X5, the new BMW X3 will be presented in 2004. Still heavily disguised with a fake body overcoat, a first prototype has now been caught testing in the extreme cold of northern Europe. Although badged with Munich number plates (BMW's headquarter), the new car is developed by SFT in Graz / Austria where it will also be built from spring 2004 on. The X3's biggest market is expected to be in Europe, hence the decision to built it there, while the X5 has the United States as its home-market. 300 units per day are expected to be built and development costs for the new model are estimated to be around 500 million Euros.
Although the so-called Sport Activity Vehicle (SAV) will be a completely independent car, it will technically be closely related to the next generation 3-series (expected in 2005). The exterior, however, will clearly mark it as a member of the growing X-family. The chassis will be a combination of components of the current X5 and the X-variant of the current 3-series. Petrol engines will solely be six-cylinder units (170, 192 and 231 HP), turbodiesels will offer 150 HP out of 2 litres capacity or 193 HP out of 3 litres. An M-version with the M3's 3.6-litre engine is likely to follow in 2005 or 06
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