BMW iX3

BMW iX3 at a glance

G08 (2020–2024): the electric X3 from Shenyang

BMW first showed the Concept iX3 at the Beijing motor show in April 2018. The production car was presented in July 2020, complete with drive sounds composed by Hans Zimmer. The first customer car left the BMW Brilliance Automotive plant at Dadong in Shenyang on 29 September 2020. It was built on the same line as the combustion X3 and exported from China, with deliveries in Germany from the end of January 2021. The batteries came from a new battery centre at Tiexi, opened in September 2020.

Technically the G08 was an X3 body with the fifth generation of BMW's eDrive: the motor, power electronics and transmission share one housing, and the synchronous motor needs no rare earths. A single motor drives the rear wheels with 210 kW and 400 Nm, enough for 0–100 km/h in 6.8 seconds; top speed is limited to 180 km/h. The DIN kerb weight is 2,185 kg.

The 2021 update, built from September 2021, brought a larger central display and the M Sport package as standard. BMW stopped offering the G08 after the fourth-generation X3 (G45) was presented in June 2024. The combustion and plug-in models of that family are covered in the BMW X3 generations guide.

Neue Klasse iX3 since 2025

The second-generation iX3 is not derived from the X3; it is built on BMW's new electric architecture. It was previewed by the Vision Neue Klasse X concept in March 2024. The production car was unveiled at the Munich motor show in September 2025 as the first series model of the Neue Klasse. Series production began in October 2025 at the new plant in Debrecen, Hungary; orders opened in September 2025 and the first cars were delivered in March 2026.

The new architecture runs at 800 volts and uses large-format cylindrical cells of the 4695 type in a cell-to-pack design, supplied by EVE Energy. The car can also return energy to a house or the grid and power external devices (V2H, V2G and V2L).

Both versions take 21 minutes from 10 to 80 per cent at a fast charger. For the 50 xDrive, Wikipedia gives 372 km of added range in ten minutes. That is about four-fifths of the G08's entire WLTP range, in less than a third of the 34 minutes the G08 needed to reach 80 per cent.

Size, boot and practicality

The NA5 is 4,782 mm long, 1,895 mm wide and 1,635 mm tall on a 2,897 mm wheelbase. AUTO BILD gives a boot of 520 to 1,750 litres plus a 58-litre front compartment, and a towing capacity of up to 2,000 kg. Wikipedia lists a kerb weight of 2,285 kg for the 50 xDrive; AUTO BILD gives 2,360 kg including the driver. Size differences against other SUVs can be checked in the size comparison tool.

iX3 L for China

For the Chinese market BMW revealed a long-wheelbase iX3 L on 22 April 2026, built at Dadong in Shenyang. Its wheelbase is 107 mm longer and the car 103 mm longer overall. Three versions were announced. The 30L has a 77 kWh LFP battery and 630 km on the Chinese CLTC cycle; the 40L xDrive has 86.9 kWh and 702 km, the 50L xDrive 113.4 kWh and 919 km. CLTC ranges are not comparable with WLTP figures.

Prices in Germany

In summer 2020 BMW had announced €69,800 for the G08, and in 2021 German buyers could deduct the €7,500 environmental bonus of that time. Five years later the Neue Klasse iX3 40 costs less than the original G08 announcement while offering about 38 per cent more WLTP range. According to electrive, almost the entire planned 2026 production of the 50 xDrive had been allocated by March 2026, and BMW added a shift in Debrecen.

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