This iX3 is BMW’s future: is it good enough?

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Get 20% off Car Vertical using code Carwow: https://bit.ly/Carwow-Car-Vertical Huge thanks to DNA Autohaus for the use of the X3 M! - https://www.youtube.com/@UCWa6eP95Gwvdd_Kdb9j_BPg - https://www.instagram.com/dna_autohaus/ Change your car with Carwow: https://bit.ly/Change-Your-Car-1005 It’s time for Mat to review the all-new BMW iX3! It’s the first car to be built on BMW’s dedicated ‘Neue Klasse’ EV platform, but to see if this entry-level electric SUV has the soul of a real BMW, Mat’s doing something a bit different: he’s comparing it to a 6-year-old BMW X3 M! Can the silent, high-tech newcomer actually hold a candle to the twin-turbo petrol beast of yesteryear? The iX3 marks a radical departure from the BMWs we’ve reviewed in the past. It features the new "Neue Klasse" design language, so gone are the massive vertical "buck-tooth" grilles, replaced by a wider, horizontal kidney grille that merges into the headlights. The silhouette is sleek (but if anything, a little bland), and it features flush-fitting door handles and a clean, minimalist rear end with wrap-around L-shaped light bars. It’s certainly modern, but will Mat prefer this all-new design over the X3 M? Inside, BMW has hit the "reset" button. The traditional driver’s instrument cluster is gone, replaced by BMW Panoramic Vision, which projects key information across the full width of the bottom of the windscreen. There’s a new hexagonal central touchscreen and a minimalist dashboard made largely from r

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