Feeling like the F25 BMW X3 is starting to show its age? I don’t and there’s a lot of people out there that agree with me.

BMW is still going to give it a mid-life facelift and it should be ready sometime next year with a release as a 2014 model year.

This facelift was spied out in the preliminary tests and it is wearing camouflage but not too much of it. There’s no point in covering up the entire thing, is there?

You’d be silly to expect any structural changes to happen and you probably don’t like the idea of a facelift at all anyway.

Those who do understand the point will appreciate the fact that facelifts are necessary and that it’s pointless to spend too much money on these mid-life refreshed products.

We will get to see a new set of bumpers, a revised set of wheels, new headlamps as well as a few updates to the interior and engine lineup.

Since the X3 was one of the first cars to come with the N20 engine, this won’t be a newly introduced bit under its bonnet.

Some mild ECU tune-ups are likely to come up into discussion, some trim updates and new gadgets or revised BMW iDrive is what we should look forward to.

Speaking of which, the techno freaks are likely to be thrilled at the idea of this car being among the first of the BMW range to get the new iPhone socket.

Doing away with an adapter and minor compatibility issues isn’t good enough reason for buying a brand new BMW X3 but the car itself is. Think it over before the new model comes out.

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As we know, we don’t exactly live in a world of supercars. We don’t really live in a world of green econoboxes either and nor do we see executive saloons everywhere.

These days, just about everybody seems to be making some sort of SUV, SAV, crossover or any hybrid contraption in between them.

We know that sometime in about two years BMW will introduce something that looks like the render above. A new model that’ll likely be called the BMW X4.

Picking up some of the slack off the demand the BMW X6 SAV can’t keep up with, the new car coupe look-a-like crossover will be closer in size to the X3.

When it hits the market, the new bimmer would be a main rival for genuinely sporty looking crossovers such as the Range Rover Evoque and Porsche’s upcoming Cajun Macan.

In terms of performance, we’ll likely see the BMW X4 behave a lot like the X3 but with a bit of a more aerodynamic and lighter body, things are looking up.

What might make a considerable difference on that front, apart from the choice of engine, will be the choice of transmission.

BMW will reportedly offer a six speed manual, a seven speed dual clutch and the eight speed auto. Each will behave differently.

I’m not the BMW X6′ biggest fan but I have to say, if this rendering turns out to be accurate, the X4 could be quite a sweet looker. Even if a bit like Lamborghini Urus.

When it does come to the market, BMW expects to sell the X4 big time, this is why the Spartanburg production plant will be churning out more than 150.000 units per year.

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The Bavarians had been threatening us with it for a while now and they’ve finally gotten down to showcasing it; the F25 BMW X3 goes xDrive28i.

As it’s powered by the N20 engine, the X3 crossover becomes ever more interesting a proposition. And once you consider the pricing that’s slapped on to it that idea does not change.

For the 2013 modelyear, the F25 BMW X3 xDrive28i will have an MSRP of $37.995, destination and handling included which is actually quite remarkable.

That starting price is equal to the one the 2012 modelyear had in the F25 BMW X3 xDrive28i. The mai difference here is obviously in the engine.

Whereas the previous generation had an acclaimed naturally aspirated powerplant, a glorious 3.0 liter inline six cylinder engine, the new one goes to N20.

The N20 provides a little less horsepower at 245 (15 less) but considerably more torque than before at 260 (60 more). All of this happens as fuel economy is considerably improved.

Alongside the innate ability of the engine to be more efficient and less polluting, the 2013 BMW X3 xDrive28i is going to receive a few extra features to help the process along.

The same ECO PRO fuel saving system as the F30 3 Series will be available on the F25 X3 xDrive28i. Since we’re referring to the US pricing, that version isn’t yet EPA tested so we don’t know exactly how well it all meshes together.

For the EU testing cycle however, the new version of the X3 xDrive28i manages 7.5 lt/100km which can be translated into some 31.3 mpg US.

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