X3/X4 [Spy Shots] BMW iX3 2025 (NA5)

[Mickaels]

Iets hope it’s fake.

patent drawing, definitely not fake.

 

[advantage20]

M Sport

 

[Matski]

Iets hope it’s fake.

I don't see why it would be, it looks exactly as one would expect.

The M-sport images were published back in November of last year, they're not new.

WIPO Global Design Database

Spoiler: as an aside...

Whilst looking to see of the latest images were a new publication, I hadn't clocked they'd protected the M4 DTM car, or the Red Bull drift bros cars...

Nice.

 

[Gor134]

This isn't the iX5 or Chinese iX3L? Wheelbase looks too long for just an iX3

 

[Matski]

Wheelbase looks too long for just an iX3

Could be, might just be EV proportions.

 

[Tuffode]

This isn't the iX5 or Chinese iX3L? Wheelbase looks too long for just an iX3

Definitely not the iX5, that has Mach-e style doorhandles. Looks like a iX3.

 

[leylandi]

opel/peugeot

 

[bmwz4coupe]

Doesn’t look very good on these data graphics, the real car will hopefully look a lot better. But as expected it doesn’t seem to be as good looking as the NK prototype.

 

[klier]

opel/peugeot

Didn't momma call you for your breast milk again??

 

[SCOTT27]

This isn't the iX5 or Chinese iX3L? Wheelbase looks too long for just an iX3

M Sport is the China Li. Non M sport is the standard model.

 

[Titot]

Production aero rims.

Link: https://www.instagram.com/p/DGvddEAC69n/?igsh=em81ZDV6Z2IwMHQ1

 

[SKY]

Patent deawings is the least sexy look for a car. As always with EVs, they all look a bit generic. But let’s wait and see.

 

[Uygar]

opel/peugeot

Definitely more Opel

 

[Uygar]

Could be, might just be EV proportions.

Most probably the long version for the Chinese market.

 

[Matski]

So they're not revealing anything new, but I've seen a couple of these this week...

No opinion on it really. I saw a ZA01 NK i3 (in camo) today, within a couple of hours of seeing the Vision Neue Klasse at the museum... I was reminded how much I liked the Vision car seeing it again in the flesh, and although I've been, and remain sceptical of how it will manifest in production, I actually feel a bit better about it now.

 

[SCOTT27]

Good to see the optics of the rear and headlights appear on the prototypes.
But we know exactly what we get due to the Patent leaks. There is not much left to surprise.

The NK i3 proportions somewhat remind me of the stubbiness of the E36 3er. The Template (literally) for the first Lexus IS200.

 

[Centurion]

Crossing my fingers for hockey stick tail lights.

 

[klier]

So they're not revealing anything new, but I've seen a couple of these this week...

Were you close enough to see the tech in the headlights a bit?

 

[Matski]

Were you close enough to see the tech in the headlights a bit?

Not really, as you can see in the pictures the bridge location where spyshots are commonly taken is a construction site at the moment, makes it a bit trickier. I was waiting to cross at a different junction when the NK i3 went by, couldn't see anything more than you can in the photos.

 

[Rolf]

Even the covered-up car looks a whole lot better proportioned than the car in the patent drawings. I am looking forward to seeing this new look, it's a major change in BMW styling since the early noughties.