The new BMW X3 received a diesel top version

She has a familiar designation 40D, although such a crossover is very inferior to the predecessor in terms of return. The difference is 37 horsepower and 30 nm of torque, therefore, in acceleration to 100 kilometers per hour, the newcomer loses half a second.

The new BMW X3 added a top version with a diesel engine. Option X3 40d XDRive will appear on sale in May and will be equipped with a in-line “six” 3.0 with a 48-volt starter-generator. Recoil – 303 horsepower and 670 nm of torque. By the way, the diesel X3 M40D in the previous body of the G01 was more powerful – 340 forces and 700 nm, and therefore accelerated to a hundred in 4.9 seconds instead of 5.4 in the new X3 40d XDRive. The maximum speed was also higher than 5 km/h – 250 kilometers per hour.

Alpina XD3 and then was inaccessible for factory performance, now even more so. In Bukloe, 394 horsepower and 800 nm of torque were removed from the “six” B57, which reduced the acceleration time to the first “hundreds” to 4.6 seconds. Alas, Alpine on the basis of the new X3, most likely, will not appear – at least in the form that they were before. The last independent car of the brand is a four-door B8 GT: now Alpina will become a kind of court atelier and will be completely subordinate to the BMW Group.

Meanwhile, the current generation of “X-third” is considered the most driver in the history of the model. To improve sled characteristics, the crossover changed the kinematics and elastokinematics of suspensions, expanded the track (although the wheelbase has not changed) and the reptile stabilizers were modernized. The previous steering mechanism was replaced with an Epsapa system with an axial parallel re -drive, which provides the most accurate steering. In Germany, the prices of the X3 will start with 59,400 euros, X3 40d XDRive costs 70 thousand.

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