BMW will provide a look at the future of its SUV line-up on 21 March, when it unveils the new Vision Neue Klasse X concept.
The German brand confirmed the debut date on social media with a teaser image showing the car’s side profile, revealing it to have a similar silhouette to the current iX.
The concept is expected to closely preview the first of six cars based on BMW’s Neue Klasse EV platform that will arrive from the latter half of 2025.
A bold, five-seat SUV set to succeed the existing iX3, the bold five-seat SUV will pack close to 600bhp in its most potent form.
It will be joined by a radical i3 saloon, which was previewed as the Neue Klasse concept at the Munich show in September.
Unveiling the future of the Sports Activity Vehicle. Mark an X in the calendar, see you on March 21st.#NeueKlasse #THEVisionNeueKlasseX #BMW #BMWGroup pic.twitter.com/pbZzIUUJBd
— BMW (@BMW) March 18, 2024
Other Neue Klasse EVs will be added to the BMW line-up in quick succession, BMW R&D boss Frank Weber told Autocar in December 2023.
“We are in a phase where flexibility is required,” he said. “We have to detach ourselves from how we have perceived platforms up to now.
“There is an increasing realisation that the art of mastering diversity in your portfolio lies in how you use and network major components – engines, motors, battery cells, onboard computers, control units, app functions and software upgrades.
“It is not so much the platform structure itself but the individual components and how you use them. That is the Neue Klasse.”
The second-generation iX3, codenamed NA5, will be sold alongside petrol, diesel and plug-in hybrid versions of the fifth-generation ‘G45’ X3, in a similar strategy to today’s iX3.
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Especially in times where we have many automotive new-joiners from Asia and therefore brand recognition is extremely important, BMW (which I personally like a lot) is changing the looks completely. Im not too sure whether this is a good idea.
Oooh!!!, that front, not BMW looking at all!, worryingly I'm getting used to a nice interior than how it looks outside,cars on the whole are getting similar looking, I think it's design, there's not much scope for less boxy exterior,oh, they won't be cheap.
2025 but the current ix3 is depreciating like a stone. Cheap is of course subjective, but you can buy a del miles ix3 with extras for £45k - they're listing at £54k. Or the Pro model for £53k and that lists at £68k !
If that's the advertised selling price then in makes you wonder what the trade is.
Bottom line is these things aren't selling very well.