BMW has been making and promoting long-wheelbase autos in China for effectively over a decade. Initially, solely sedans had been stretched to supply further rear legroom. Right this moment, nevertheless, the lineup additionally contains regional long-wheelbase variations of the X1, X3, and X5. The subsequent mannequin to obtain the LWB remedy would be the iX3 “NA6,” BMW’s first Neue Klasse mannequin for China.
Some could also be stunned to be taught the automobile gained’t be unique to the Chinese language market. BMW plans to promote the roomier iX3 in “chosen worldwide markets,” naming 4 for now: India, Thailand, Indonesia, and Malaysia. It’s too early to say whether or not these areas will get each variations or solely the LWB. In Thailand and Indonesia, BMW is already promoting the standard-wheelbase iX3 “NA5.”
Providing the elongated iX3 elsewhere probably means manufacturing gained’t be restricted to China, both. That wouldn’t be with out precedent. As lately as final 12 months, the long-wheelbase iX1 grew to become the primary electrical BMW inbuilt India. For now, the corporate isn’t saying whether or not the stretched iX3 will likely be produced at its Chennai plant or at different amenities outdoors China.
So simply how large is that this camouflaged iX3? BMW is stretching the wheelbase by 108 millimeters, or 4.2 inches. That brings the entire distance between the axles to a beneficiant 3005 millimeters (118.3 inches), barely greater than the iX’s wheelbase. The latter is predicted to grow to be redundant within the coming years as BMW rolls out the iX5 and iX7.
Naturally, China would be the first market to obtain the iX3 Lengthy Wheelbase. It goes on sale within the second half of the 12 months, following its world premiere on the Beijing Auto Present within the second half of April.
It’s a vital mannequin for BMW in China, the place gross sales proceed to slip. Demand fell by 12.5% final 12 months, with BMW and MINI delivering a mixed 625,527 autos. For context, BMW Group gross sales in China have dropped by greater than 200,000 models since peaking at almost 848,000 in 2021.
The iX3 NA6 is one in every of greater than 20 new autos BMW plans to launch in China this 12 months. This product offensive is being strengthened by value cuts on no fewer than 31 fashionsaimed toward countering the continuing gross sales decline.
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