{"id":82684,"date":"2025-05-30T06:57:54","date_gmt":"2025-05-30T10:57:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=82684"},"modified":"2025-05-30T06:57:54","modified_gmt":"2025-05-30T10:57:54","slug":"bmw-x3-getting-nicer-interior-soon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=82684","title":{"rendered":"The BMW X3 Is Getting A Nicer Interior Soon"},"content":{"rendered":"

BMW is rolling out a series of model updates<\/a> this summer in Europe, one of which will impact the X3. The \u201cG45\u201d has a new option for an M door sill trim for cars ordered with the M Sport Package or M Sport Package Pro. In addition, the range-topping X3 M50 is also adding this item to its options list. But a more substantial change is on the way, according to a new report.<\/p>\n

Our German colleagues at Bimmer Today<\/em> have it on good authority that BMW will upgrade the interior quality. It appears that the luxury automaker is attempting to address some of the criticism regarding the materials used in the new X3 compared to the previous \u201cG01\u201d generation. Some of the interior panels and trims will be improved on vehicles built starting later this summer.<\/p>\n

Much like the 5 Series quietly received glossy black window controls<\/a>, the X3 will also eliminate the cheap-looking, plasticky switches. Good riddance. However, shiny surfaces are typically fingerprint magnets, especially in frequently used areas, such as window switches. Ideally, a car worthy of a luxury marque\u2019s badge should feature aluminum switches throughout, but I suppose that ship has sailed in the age of cost-cutting.<\/p>\n

Nevertheless, it\u2019s an effort BMW is willing to make, especially considering how early this update arrives in the product\u2019s life cycle. After all, deliveries didn\u2019t begin until the last quarter of last year, and only in Europe and the United States. Other regions had to wait until the beginning of 2025. It\u2019s unusual for a car company, luxury or not, to revise a model\u2019s interior before its mid-cycle update.<\/p>\n

BMW appears to be taking a shy step in the right direction. Here\u2019s hoping the X3 facelift will bring more substantial upgrades. We\u2019re hearing the LCI will debut with vehicles produced from December 2028, so the LCI model is still about three and a half years away.<\/p>\n

By then, BMW will have transitioned some of its models to iDrive X. The X3, the brand\u2019s best-selling model globally, will adopt the revamped dashboard with a central display. The large touchscreen, possibly measuring 17.9 inches, is expected to arrive alongside Panoramic Vision<\/a>. We\u2019ll see the next-gen tech debut this September on the 2026 iX3.<\/p>\n

Source: Bimmer Today<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

BMW is rolling out a series of model updates this summer in Europe, one of which will impact the X3. The \u201cG45\u201d has a new option for an M door sill trim for cars ordered with the M Sport Package or M Sport Package Pro. In addition, the range-topping X3 M50 is also adding this […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":82685,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-82684","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-industry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82684","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=82684"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82684\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/82685"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=82684"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=82684"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=82684"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}