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BMW X Models Review, Models, For Sale, Specs & News

BMW X Models Review, Models, For Sale, Specs & News

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$61,800
6.5L/100km (combined)
SUV
7 Speed Automatic
Premium Unleaded Petrol
Overview
Likes
Brutal acceleration
Lots of standard kit
Overall dynamics
Dislikes
Getting expensive
Gear selector seems fiddly
Sunroof doesn't open

BMW X Models News

SALES
What is Australia's favourite premium brand? How the BMW X1, Audi Q3 and Mercedes-Benz GLA helped the German giants in 2024
17 Jan 2025
CONCEPT CARS
First look inside new 2026 BMW iX3 and 3 Series! Neue Klasse-based i3 interior revealed as 'driver-centric' tech fiesta to decimate Tesla and BYD's systems for involvement
8 Jan 2025
INDUSTRY NEWS
Why small cars are still important: German brand's battle to keep sales of BMW 1 Series and X1 growing by pricing them below rivals such as Audi Q3 and A3, Mercedes-Benz A-Class and GLA
11 Dec 2024
PRICE AND SPECS
Popular plug-in hybrid luxury SUV gets $9000 price cut: 2025 BMW X3 30e xDrive added to Australian range as mid-spec alternative to Audi Q5, Mercedes-Benz GLC and Lexus NX
4 Nov 2024
INDUSTRY NEWS
Hybrid or hydrogen for future 4WDs and utes? Ineos weighs in on low-emissions future in the off-road space for its Toyota LandCruiser 70 Series rivalling Grenadier
3 Nov 2024
INDUSTRY NEWS
The truth about fuel use: The cars furthest from efficiency ratings include the Chery Omoda 5, GWM Haval Jolion, Suzuki Swift, Audi A3 and BMW X3 but what's the solution? | Analysis
24 Oct 2024
SAFETY
BMW Australia issues urgent airbag recall affecting more than 60,000 cars including 3 Series, X1 and X3
29 Jul 2024
SPECULATION
Popular performance car to be axed: No next-gen plans for BMW X3 M as the Mercedes GLC and Audi Q5 rival leans into electrification - report
23 Jul 2024
EXISTING MODELS
Is this Australia's next favourite luxury SUV? 2025 BMW X3 Australian prices revealed as it prepares for battle with Audi Q5 and Mercedes-Benz GLC with new mild hybrid power
15 Jul 2024
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BMW X Models Pricing & Specs

The price range for the BMW X Models varies based on the trim level you choose. Starting at $61,800 and going to $250,900 for the latest year the model was manufactured. The model range is available in the following body types starting from the engine/transmission specs shown below.
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BMW X Models FAQs

Is a 2015 BMW X5 suitable for country highway driving and some tough terrain?

The biggest determining factor in how a car copes with tougher terrain is driver behaviour. Drive the car sensibly, sympathetically and to the conditions and you'll be amazed where most cars will happily take you. But get it wrong and drive in a ham-fisted way, and even the roughest, toughest four-wheel-drive will suffer and fail.

The BMW X5 is a soft-roader at best, but should definitely have the suspension to tackle rough roads (as opposed to off-road). The biggest challenge will be the tyres fitted. Many of these vehicles had huge wheels with tyres with very little sidewall. These tyres are easily damaged on rough roads.

Since luggage space is not a critical issue for you, I'd suggest buying a full-sized spare tyre that fits the car, as the SUV's usual space-saver or tyre repair kit can be fairly useless in such conditions. But you also need to be honest about your intentions. By mud and water, do you mean the odd puddle, or 10km of rutted farm track with bog-holes for good measure? If there's any off-road work at all, then you need an off-road four-wheel-drive, not an SUV.

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How much does the Porsche Macan cost to maintain?

You’d think this would be a fairly simple question to answer, but in reality, it’s far from it. It seems neither BMW nor Porsche offer what we know as fixed or capped price servicing, that is; a known price that the service will cost, paid when you need to have it carried out. This is not uncommon with prestige brands and reflects the changing costs of imported service parts as well as different marketing approaches.

BMW, however, comes closest to this concept with what it calls its Service Inclusive Basic Plan which requires the car’s buyer to pay up front, typically for the first five years, of servicing when the car is purchased. That sounds odd, but it makes sense to buyers leasing their cars as the service costs are then paid for as part of the financing package.

In the case of the BMW X4, this package, which covers consumables such as filters, oil, spark plugs and brake fluid (but not clutches, brake pads and windscreen wipers; that’s another step up to the Service Inclusive Plus Plan) lasts for five years or 80,000km (whichever comes first) and works out to an average of $350 per service or a total of $1750 over the plan’s duration. Fundamentally, it’s like other car-makers’ capped-price servicing but you pay up front for it.

Meanwhile, at Porsche, the servicing costs for a Macan over the same 80,000km/five-year period will depend on what state you live in as labour rates vary from state to state. Since you’re from NSW, I’ll use the data from that state. As such, the Macan will need an annual service at one-year/15,000km costing $695. The next service at two years/30,000km is an intermediate service at $995, followed by another annual service at three years/45,000km ($695 again). The four-year/60,000km service is a major one costing $1750, followed by the five- year/75,000km service at $695 to end with. In total, that’s a grand total of $4830, making the Porsche by far the most expensive car to service for those first five years.

 

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BMW X8 - Will BMW build an SUV bigger than the X7?

With the Germans in particular hungry to mine every single niche – fanned by the flames of electrification and a hunger by the ever-growing number of global billionaires for the biggest and best – an 'uber, uber SUV' above the X7 will probably happen.

BMW is saying nothing of course, and we're only speculating here, but if it ever happens, it would almost certainly be electric or electrified, and may spawn a Rolls-Royce offshoot, since BMW owns that English brand.

So, nothing for now, but don't bet against an X8 or even X9. They're likely inevitable given enough time.

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BMW X Models Fuel consumption

The BMW X Models is available in a number of variants and body types that are powered by PULP and Hybrid and Diesel and ULP fuel type(s). It has an estimated fuel consumption starting from 7.8L/100km for SUV
Year Body Type Fuel Consumption* Engine Fuel Type Transmission
2025 Body Type: SUV Fuel Consumption: Engine: 2.0L Fuel Type: PULP Transmission: 8 SP AUTO
2025 Body Type: SUV Fuel Consumption: 1.1L/100km Engine: 2.0L Fuel Type: Hyb/PULP Transmission: 8 SP AUTO
2025 Body Type: SUV Fuel Consumption: 7.8L/100km Engine: 3.0L Fuel Type: Diesel Transmission: 8 SP AUTO
2024 Body Type: SUV Fuel Consumption: Engine: 2.0L Fuel Type: PULP Transmission: 8 SP AUTO
2024 Body Type: SUV Fuel Consumption: 1.1L/100km Engine: 2.0L Fuel Type: Hyb/PULP Transmission: 8 SP AUTO
2024 Body Type: SUV Fuel Consumption: 5.9L/100km Engine: 2.0L Fuel Type: Diesel Transmission: 8 SP AUTO
2023 Body Type: SUV Fuel Consumption: 9.0L/100km Engine: 3.0L Fuel Type: ULP Transmission: 8 SP AUTO
2023 Body Type: SUV Fuel Consumption: 12.5L/100km Engine: 4.4L Fuel Type: PULP Transmission: 8 SP AUTO
2023 Body Type: SUV Fuel Consumption: 12.2L/100km Engine: 4.4L Fuel Type: Hyb/PULP Transmission: 8 SP AUTO
2023 Body Type: SUV Fuel Consumption: 5.9L/100km Engine: 2.0L Fuel Type: Diesel Transmission: 8 SP AUTO
2023 Body Type: SUV Fuel Consumption: 10.6L/100km Engine: 3.0L Fuel Type: Transmission: 8 SP AUTO
2022 Body Type: SUV Fuel Consumption: 11.6L/100km Engine: 4.4L Fuel Type: ULP Transmission: 8 SP AUTO
2022 Body Type: SUV Fuel Consumption: 10.6L/100km Engine: 3.0L Fuel Type: PULP Transmission: 8 SP AUTO
2022 Body Type: SUV Fuel Consumption: 12.2L/100km Engine: 4.4L Fuel Type: Hyb/PULP Transmission: 8 SP AUTO
2022 Body Type: SUV Fuel Consumption: 4.7L/100km Engine: 2.0L Fuel Type: Diesel Transmission: 8 SP AUTO
2021 Body Type: SUV Fuel Consumption: 8.9L/100km Engine: 3.0L Fuel Type: ULP Transmission: 8 SP AUTO
2021 Body Type: SUV Fuel Consumption: 10.6L/100km Engine: 3.0L Fuel Type: PULP Transmission: 8 SP AUTO
2021 Body Type: SUV Fuel Consumption: Engine: 3.0L Fuel Type: Hyb/PULP Transmission: 8 SP AUTO
2021 Body Type: SUV Fuel Consumption: 4.7L/100km Engine: 2.0L Fuel Type: Diesel Transmission: 8 SP AUTO
*Combined fuel consumption
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