The third-generation X1 arrived in 2022 and grew to a good 4.50 metres, out-measuring a first-generation X3. It uses the developed UKL architecture, drives the front wheels or all four with xDrive, and shifts through a seven-speed dual-clutch gearbox.
The range runs from the three-cylinder sDrive18i through mild-hybrid fours to the xDrive25e plug-in hybrid. More importantly, BMW builds the fully electric iX1 on the same body: combustion, hybrid and electric are one car with three drivetrains here, not three cars.
For panels that is both an opportunity and a trap. Doors, roof, lids and most of the interior are common to every version. What differs is whatever the drivetrain dictates: front apron, underbody, cooling and the charge flap. A front wing from an iX1 has one; a petrol car's does not.
Inside, the curved twin display dominates, the rotary iDrive controller is gone, and nothing from an F48 fits the cockpit. Control units, doors, window regulators and steering columns are what we take off this model most often.
