With half of BMW’s gross sales represented by crossovers and SUVs, it makes excellent sense to kick-start the Neue Klasse EV revolution with the iX3. Arriving subsequent yr, the second-generation mannequin is transferring away from its CLAR bones to a much-awaited devoted platform. The underpinnings will likely be complemented by a recent design language with a pared-down strategy to distinction present developments of overdesign.

Our unique rendering makes an attempt to see into the way forward for the brand new iX3 by firming down the Imaginative and prescient Neue Klasse X launched earlier as we speak. For starters, we determined to exchange the idea’s tiny facet cameras with conventional mirrors. Our imaginative and prescient (pun meant) of the electrical crossover consists of the same old entrance and rear parking sensors. Furthermore, the showcar’s door handles mounted on the beltline have made method for the same old flush door handles seen on the current crop of BMWs.

Different adjustments embrace thicker pillars and barely modified bumpers to attain a extra real looking look. The lights at each ends of the automobile usually are not as glitzy as they have been on the X, and we’ve added roof rails as nicely. BMW’s minimalist badge additionally seen on the 2023 Imaginative and prescient Neue Klasse sedan and the 2021 i Imaginative and prescient Round is changed right here by the normal roundel with a blue contour reserved for EVs.

Vertical purple reflectors on the rear contribute to the production-ready look we’re going for with this design train. Our iX3 additionally has a license plate and further sensors mounted on the higher a part of the windshield. We changed the centerlock wheels of the X idea with a traditional five-lugnut set. Evidently, the actual factor gained’t look precisely like this, though we’re sure our rendering isn’t too far off.

By switching to a bespoke EV platform, we reckon the next-generation iX3 may have shorter overhangs than the outgoing mannequin. That will enable BMW to stretch the wheelbase for better legroom. The present CLAR-based iX3 was compromised from day one when it comes to packaging by having to adapt a platform primarily meant for autos with combustion engines. With Neue Klasse, BMW will lastly develop EV-only fashions.

Throughout the BMW Group Annual Convention as we speak, firm executives introduced sequence manufacturing will begin within the second half of 2025. That includes the “NA0” inner designation, the longer term iX3 gained’t carry the “Made in Germany” label because it’ll be manufactured on the new manufacturing facility in Debrecen (Hungary). The outgoing mannequin isn’t even inbuilt Europe because the CLAR-based iX3 comes alive in China.