We've grown comfortable with the idea that we will be uncomfortable with any new BMW design. Such is the case with the smaller-than-an-X3 X1 Concept vehicle. The nose of this Concept, soon to make it to production, has the slightly melted look of the new 7 Series. But we don't necessarily mean that in a bad way. But it's not as appealingly taut a design as the new X5.
The eventual production version of the car, planned for U.S. sale in September 2009, will be powered by a 170-horsepower 2.0-liter four-cylinder gasoline and 177-hp 2.0-liter four-cylinder common-rail diesel, as well as a 265-hp 3.0-liter six-cylinder gasoline engine and the company's new 245-hp 3.0-liter six-cylinder diesel.
In person, the X1 doesn't look any smaller than an X3. But just as on the car side of the business, BMW is expected to march each of its crossover SUVs up a class with each new generation. So expect the next X3 to be a half-size larger than the current model. -- Daniel Pund, Senior Editor, Detroit
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I like it. I think it's a great design.
It's sort of a soft/comic style BMW.
Bet it's not any lighter then the X3 either.
Shame BMW hasn't realized the age of constantly making everything bigger and heavier is over.
I just wish the top of the 'nose' was tilted back a little. More rounded like the front of the 3-series coupe. I wish they would have produced more of something like was on the conecpt sketch. That would have been cool.
Im begining to think Honda and BMW share designers. Bring back the detail and taught timeless lines of the older BMWs.
Looks like an evolution of the current X3.
The X5 isn't that big, and the X1 isn't that small, so I imagine there's a lot of overlap in these 3 models.