The New Class-based (NA5) BMW iX3 will acquire a protracted wheelbase model that’s set to make its debut at this yr’s Auto Beijing close to the top of April. Formally referred to as the iX3 Lengthy Wheelbase as acknowledged within the German automaker’s launch, the stretched model of the electrical SUV is alleged to be developed particularly for China and is scheduled to go on sale there within the second half of 2026.
Whereas BMW says the iX3 Lengthy Wheelbase embodies its ‘In China, for China and with China’ guideline, the mannequin is not going to be restricted to that market. Following its world premiere, the SUV is deliberate to be made accessible in chosen markets, particularly Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia and India.
Malaysia has gotten its fair proportion of long-wheelbase BMWs that many assumed have been “China-only,” together with the G28 3 Sequence that’s presently accessible in a facelifted 330Li M Sport guise. Extra lately, we welcomed the iX1 L that comes totally imported (CBU) from China.
Within the case of the iX3 Lengthy Wheelbase, that distance between the wheels has been prolonged by 108 mm to three,005 mm. This undoubtedly ends in an extended general size, with the advantages being higher rear-seat consolation and general spaciousness, that are issues clients within the premium phase respect in China.
As with the standard-wheelbase iX3, the long-wheelbase model is constructed on an 800-volt structure and incorporates BMW’s sixth-generation eDrive know-how. The corporate is claiming a CLTC-rated vary of over 900 km and {that a} 10-80% state of cost will take round 21 minutes. The latter is because of assist for 400-kW DC quick charging, with 400 km added in roughly ten minutes.
Car-to-load (V2L) performance will even be a part of the iX3 Lengthy Wheelbase’s function set together with many different applied sciences discovered within the common iX3 such because the Coronary heart of Pleasure, Dynamic Efficiency Management, Panoramic iDrive (combines Panoramic Imaginative and prescient, a 3D head-up show and central show) and Working System X.
For the Chinese language market, BMW is integration Huawei applied sciences, together with Digital Key, HiCar, and the My BMW App based mostly on HarmonyOS NEXT. A China-specific ADAS software program stack developed in collaboration with Momenta will even be carried out within the iX3 Lengthy Wheelbase bought there.
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