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if you wanted an suv with a bmw badge on it you've got a choice of seven cars if
you want something a bit more practical you have the odd numbers one three five and seven
they're the more square shaped cars more space inside bigger cargo area in the boot of the car
but if you want something sporty you look at the x2 x4 and x6 they still give you a decent level
of practicality but in a different body shape that looks more like a sporty uh coupe than traditional
suv and in today's video i'm going to be having a look at the x4 m40i the x4 m40i is almost the
top of the tree in terms of the x4 models the only one above it is the x4m which is basically
on steroids effectively um so this is a three liter turbocharged six cylinder engine
uh plenty of power all-wheel drive lots of luxury inside lots of technology as you'd expect from bmw
and in today's video i'm going to show you around this car and we'll take it for a drive so starting
off the x4 actually shares a platform with the x3 so they're basically sister cars the x3 being more
practical car the x4 being more sporty coupe styling so it does share a lot of similarities
starting at the front of the car you've got these satin coloured front grilles
again on the x3 the m sport styling at the front of the car and the same engine under the bonnet
the three liter straight six turbocharged engine developing 265 kilowatt and 500 meters of torque
run through an 8-speed gearbox and bmw's x-drive 4-wheel drive system it comes with the same body
styling and alloy wheels as well so we've got m sport specification with 21-inch alloy wheels
and the satin theme continues from the grill around to the wheels as well
and also onto the door mirrors the side profile is where you see the biggest
differences between the x3 and the x4 the x3 is a traditional sort of square shaped suv
or as we can see with the x4 it's got the coupe body styling which i think looks really nice
the roof line on the x3 comes much further along and then has got a much more vertical back window
the x4 as you can see has got much more coupe body styling with this sloping rear roof which
goes into the back window once we get inside i'll actually show you that it doesn't really rob you
of too much headroom and you still get to do some boot space which is what we'll have a look at next
so looking at the rear styling the x4 obviously quite different to the x3
the rear window's got a much more aggressive angle which gives it the coupe body styling
we've got the m sport lower styling down the bottom of the rear bumper and then
we've got twin exhaust which make an absolutely fantastic noise from that six cylinder engine
coming into the boot which is which is electrically operated and we've actually
got 525 liters of space so there's actually still a decent amount of cargo capacity back here now
you can extend the cargo space simply by folding the rear seats down we've got a lever either side
of the car which we can literally just pull and it will drop the seats down automatically for us
that little parcel shelf comes out and when all that said and done you've got 1430 litres of space
which in a small car like this is absolutely fantastic now if we have
a look at the inside of the x4 m40i it's very high quality very luxurious in here
we've got some lovely aluminium door trims here on the doors to start with nice leather door padded
with no stitching we've got the harman kardon audio system which sounds absolutely superb
coming around we then got these lovely sport seats with plenty of bolstering
beautiful leather again stitching carries over to the seats there
then the bottom here so we've got four electrical adjustment for the driver and passenger side
the driver's side also gets two memory positions as well this button here actually allows you to
adjust the bolsters of the driver's seat as well so if you're going to go for some spirited driving
it actually holds you in a bit which is quite good when you go around a quick corner
other nice things we get we've got the full digital dashboard there
so that's all your speeder your rev counter everything is displayed on there for you and
then we've got the larger display in the center there which we'll have a look at in a second
we also get a lovely panoramic sunroof which is actually standard on this car
um it's actually worth noting there's no optional extras on this car everything you see is actually
factory fitted and standard so we come to the 10.25 inch display on top of the dashboard
as you can see we're running apple carplay at the minute which is actually wireless
the controls for the screen on the buttons down here for the i drive
but mostly it's also touch screen as well you do have the option of having the gesture control
i'm not personally a fan of it i prefer to touch the screen or use the buttons myself
and i think gesture to control can also be a little bit sort of hit and miss so if we turn the
apple car plate off and come back to the standard sort of bmw setup you've got your home screen here
but then you can also swipe across to look at some other features and functions as well
so this is as you as you can see this is actually really simple to use and you don't
really need the gesture control i don't think it's perfectly fine just using the touchscreen
so sitting just below that sat nav system there we've got our favorite buttons here across the
middle of the dash which bmw are well known for uh followed by the dual zone climate control this
car's got heated seats as well which is obviously a welcome addition on a colder morning just below
that you've got a wireless charging pad it does fit larger phones like my iphone 12 pro max
so you don't have to worry too much about fitting your larger smartphones in there
plus also a usb charging point and a decent couple of cup holders there as well
uh so coming down there obviously we've got the gear stick next to that you've got your um your
drive select modes they're all pre-programmed to certain parameters for each uh individual setting
but you can go into the entertainment system individualize them so if you wanted softer
steering but firmer suspension then you can have that uh coming to the steering wheel
it's lovely leather sort of trimmed here on the airbag section it's nice and thick and chunky
see it feels sort of quite nice in the hand when you're driving
on the left hand side we've got buttons there for your adaptive cruise control and on the right
hand side the buttons that will do things like adjust your volume change track a radio station
um so it's actually quite easy to use it's not too cluttered uh it's a nice steering wheel
and then we've got a lovely digital dash that i mentioned earlier
again which you can change when you put it in sport mode if you've got in comfort we'd
see it change very slightly there and if we go into economy again it changes there
so there's lots of different things you can do that digital display as well
coming into the back of the x4 and it's actually not as cramped in here as you might think
i'm only five foot six actually i'm okay although someone who might be sort of over six foot might
struggle a little bit leg space is actually really good and you can actually fit your feet under the
seat in front of you which for a longer journey is actually quite advantageous you got a couple
of nets on the back of the seats you can stick books or ipads or something down there we've
got rear air vents and also controls for rear air conditioning which is another nice feature to have
a couple of usbc fast charging points so the kids can keep their devices charged nice and easily
we've got isofix child seat fixing points on the outer two seats and then we've got the
obligatory armrest which push a little button and we've got a couple of cupholders as well
so it's actually quite a nice place to be back here having the sunroof does make a big difference
because when you've got the blind open it lets a lot of light in if you didn't have
that sunroof it would actually be quite dark in here because of the nature of the lower roof
all right so let's take this x4 m40i for a drive and see how she goes
it does feel very familiar um in here and it's very similar to obviously the x3
but the dashboard itself does feel like it's angled slightly more towards the driver
so it does give you that sort of sporty car feel
despite sitting on 21-inch wheels the ride's actually quite comfortable it can be a little
bit firm at times but obviously this is a sporty car so you've got to expect sporty handling
so putting the engine in the comfort mode on the driver select
buttons down here on the center console is your everyday driving mode
but if you want to have a bit of fun but obviously that's when you put it in sport
it was firm up suspension had the steering wheel become slightly heavier and also the
throttle response will be a bit sharper as well so if you want a practical car you'd buy the x3
but if you want something with a bit more sporty styling that obviously you'd buy the x4
the x3 does outsell the x4 by about three to one but i guess that's because a lot more people buy
these as a family car as you'd expect we're fully covered with safety features on the x4
autonomous braking blind spot monitor lane keeping a adaptive cruise control uh everything is
standard on this uh m40i model the visibility is generally good on the x4 the only slight negative
is the rear window as you'd expect because it is a lot smaller than the window in nx3
you can still see plenty out although you do get the headrests a little bit in the way in the back
seats and so restricts you slightly but yeah you can still see what you're doing just about
i'm getting used to having wireless apple carplay um i think it's really really good you don't have
cables everywhere cluttered around the cabin of the car you get in it connects straight away
it's a really good feature to have
so like all bmws the x4 has got 50 50 weight distribution
and what that means is the weight of the car is spread to the front and the back so that one
end of the car isn't disproportionately heavier than the other end so that gives you much better
handling and road holding so if you are attacking tight twisty set of corners it's not going to
upset the balance of the car so you actually can go out and drive this car quite enthusiastically
so whether you choose the x3 or the x4 i guess really depends on your lifestyle if you need
lots of space if the kids do lots of sports and you're always going away on a holiday you probably
go for the x3 but if you want something that looks a little bit sportier there may be only two of you
most of the time with the odd occasional passenger in the rear or the need to carry luggage in the
back then the x4 is probably the better option because it is a better looking car the downside
to it though so the x4 does cost a fair bit more than the x3 so the tune of about 12 dollars
so that is a fair chunk of money for a car that looks a little bit nicer than his
uh sort of square cousin but if you're spending 124 000 136 isn't really that much more is it
so that's the end of the video guys uh it's also the end of the week
uh with my time with the x4 m40i i've absolutely thoroughly enjoyed it it's been a really good car
it's been good to understand the differences between this and the x3 m40i so it's been really
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