2011 BMW X3 Review by Mike Hanley

The BMW X3 may have been a pioneer among compact luxury crossovers, but a number of competitors — including the Audi Q5, Mercedes-Benz GLK-Class and Volvo XC60 — have entered the fray since its debut as a 2004 model. Now, with the second-generation X3, BMW has new metal to take them on.

The 2011 BMW X3 is still the small luxury crossover of choice for driving enthusiasts, but its substantially more forgiving suspension tuning should make the new version far more appealing.

I tested the base xDrive28i, which starts at $36,750; with options, our test car's sticker price was $43,875. For a side-by-side comparison with the competitors mentioned above, click here.

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Vehicle care
Car care products BMW recommends using cleaning and care products from BMW, since these have been tested and approved. Car care and cleaning products Follow the instructions on the container. W ...

Adjusting the info display
You can select what information from the computer is to be displayed on the info display of the instrument cluster. 1. "Settings" 2. "Info display" 3. Select the desired dis ...

Locking
▷ Press the button. The doors are locked. ▷ Press the lock button of a door. To prevent you from being locked out, the opened driver's door cannot be locked using the lock button. ...