BMW X3 test drive since 2010 SUV

Cocktail. Lecture-departure in three approaches with three retreats

Deviation is the first.
Introductory
You can actively live differently. Some play golf and tennis, others tame a skate, snow and other boards. Some jump through the fields and forests on horses, others on rocks on mountain bicycles. Again, everyone is different for everyone, and complexion and temperament: some are active solidly and with dignity, others in a young man, with daredevil. And further. If in Europe the BMW X5 went with a bang, then the less model should, in theory, be pulled right from the car trucks. Moreover, the premium brands among these very smaller ones have not been observed.
 
In short, one can imagine the arguments that, excuse me, were guided by the BMW leadership, giving green light to the X3 project. Although it is not always possible to understand the arguments that it was guided by giving this very light to some design decisions, but more on that later.

  

True, we, in Russia, have a slightly different approach. Full -wheel drive and increased cross -country ability are not so much a way of demonstrating life activity as a way of survival. And the brand of the car often reflects not the real preferences of the owner, but the compliance with certain life attitudes (concepts) adopted in the circle of his communication. But from these positions, prospects before X3 emerge rather rainbow: you must agree that such a car is a very suitable remedy for those who are tormented by complexes while driving some CR-V or RAV-4.
 
Armed with such fundamental marketing fabrications, you can safely go to a service parking lot, where under a fresh fluffy carpet of sparkling white snow is the same fresh BMW X3 sparkling bluish-silver shade. Exquisite combination!

  

The first approach.
Visual
Gentlemen, come closer, we start.
Of course, I found out. Well, of course, BMW! So, probably, any connoisseur would say if he was even extracted by a time machine from the depths of the past decade. And we will leave aside his subsequent remarks, starting with but only now. Let's talk about the main thing! Proportions? Similar. Nostrils? Eat. Headlights? Double. Swiftness? Present. Well, the rest in the end, times are changing, views are changing, designers are also changing here, say, Chris Bangle says that we live in an era of entertaining design. And that we will all get used to. Get used to it! What do you mean? You have to get used to this, the master says.
Style? Design? Stylish. And design. And, no doubt, entertaining. Outside.
 
As for the interior, yes, of course, the XACTivity was more entertaining, but then the concept we understand that the interior is always before our eyes, and here it is impossible, as they say, immediately on the head, and suddenly not everyone gets used to it! It is necessary gradually, so to speak, compromise. Something changed, something remained, something happened as a result. Materials? No, not quite so, in fact there are expensive materials, and in the avenue you could read about it. Here, say, aluminum is natural. And as for the texture of soft plastic, you and I should understand that it is unlikely that anyone from the team of Chris Banlal someday saw our chirza boots. For them, this texture is noble shag, this is our associations are wrong. Here you are from which side to see

  

Here, say, hard plastic in the middle. It is he who does not look very gray in a gray day, and even against the background of Kirs, sorry, the shagarene panel. But in fact, turning on the lighting plafon in the evening, and you will see how he sparkles! And the night lighting of the console is orange, like on seven and five, you see, beautifully?
 

The second approach.
Practical
And now welcome to the world of traditionally impeccable ergonomics from BMW. First of all, pay attention to the size of the useful space, how spacious passengers are here. And, of course, on traditionally comfortable front seats with traditionally good lateral support. The seat pillow may seem short to you, use a retractable front segment. No, when you sit down and go out, it is better to push it and you will not have any problems with the steering wheel.
 
By the way, pay attention to his convenient rim that any driving enthusiast will appreciate. But let's return to the design, we will not discuss this issue. They told you: you have to get used to it.
 
Traditionally, the attention that BMW specialists pay all kinds of comfortable little things. For example, on the panel on the right you will find a retreating cup holder for a passenger. Just do not shake him like that! Do not hesitate, it is only a flimsy look, and withstands the calculated load. Particularly heavy dishes? You can put in the middle of that recess and the devil will withstand, unless you yourself overlap with your elbow.

  

Note that the trunk is not only roomy, but also very functional. Let's say luggage loops can be fixed on the runners anywhere. No, under the floor, the tools, accessories and the battery, and the spare wheel is fixed under the trunk from below. Imagine, not sprayed by a special pallet.
 
And that the handrails are returning over the doors back with a knock, so you find it nobody to delay them so hard, and, moreover, sharply let go and what does 57 thousand euros have to do with it? After all, we are talking about BMW!
 
No, you do not pay for the letters, but for an outstanding engineering school, high technologies and incomparable driving pleasure, which you now have to make sure that you now have to make sure. Because we move directly to the main part of our program, and you can personally feel that Sheer Driving pleasure is not empty words.

 

The second retreat.
Personal-emotional
The inscription Ron 91-98 on the gas tank hatch is very touching, but, you see, would it occur to someone to feed the purebred Bavarz with our 92nd? So I remove a gun from the column with an inscription 95.
 
A full -size winter reserve does not fit into the standard niche. But if they offer to grab her with you just in case, why refuse. Let him portray luggage.
 
They say that you quickly get used to the good. And every time I enjoy discovering this in a line six -cylinder engine, its power, its strength, its sound! The ZF machine and the BMW motor hard to come up with the best combination! Like a delicate, but very strong hand picks up a two -ton car and no, does not throw, gently shoots in a straight line! And how he obeys, how he reacts to any wishes! Acceleration, inhibition, turn, acceleration of two songs, souls and motors, intertwine in one melody, almost endless. It is simply impossible to interrupt because it is impossible to force yourself to do it.
 
The city, a rare evening stream, and the feelings are still there on the highway, and the mind barely copes with their stormy course, forcing him to stay within the framework of decency.
And suddenly a real blizzard fell snow!
 
Late evening, and I have to go home for a long time, and for some reason I decided to go through the center. After all, it was easiest to turn into the garden, but for some reason I did not do it! As if this car inspired me with his desire to show off, and I thought that he would probably look great among the ladies of snow on the streets sparkling windows. Petrovka, big, maybe he just wanted to see what kind of Bolshoi Theater, which is now going to BMW now? Small, Metropol, Bentley car dealership, Lubyanka, Old Square, Embankment
This is where it all started

 

Retreat is the third.
Applied
No, it is clear that the soap that is formed on our streets of freshly conquered snow and anti -headed reagents, not every tire along the protector. But then we have a four -wheel drive and an anti -boom system. Now the green arrow will light up, and X3 made up the back of the degrees of sixty, like a real rear -wheel drive treshka. I don’t know what his electronic brains thought at the same time, and I was glad that no one was standing on the right. True, then he changed his mind and had a vigorous march to Taganskaya Square. Well, what will you do here? I asked, directing him into a turn, good, at the intersection of a soul. Leave me alone, fool, do not you know that I have a four -wheel drive, gently slipping with all four out of the turn, x3 leveled out and added: the stabilization system.
 
Intrigued. Then I drove through Kuskovo, good, there is a well-visible S-shaped ligament, and took advantage of the night absence of oncoming and passing transport. There, he did not have time to answer my questions, as it seemed to me, and to think too. Or I did not understand something: in the same, as it seemed to me, he either went out of turn, then glided sideways, then suddenly smelled of his tail. And here I decided that he wouldn’t get away from me just like that.
The suburban highway near Moscow, an uneven road, lying policemen, is fun jumping an additional reserve in the trunk. He has a great suspension! Yes, she is gesture at low speeds and seems to shake her soul. But if the speedometer arrow is exceeded for 80, and now you almost do not notice the assembled, gambling car in your hands! But something this gambling car does not really like slippery, snow-covered roads for which oncoming KamAZs are pushing me. And those evening impressions no longer seem to be full of fatigue delirium. Nothing, we’ll figure it out! After all, we are going to visit a very correct person who was biting and not so complex characters!

 

The third approach.
Mossy
Well, gentlemen, now, perhaps, the most important and responsible moment. The time for thinking and summing up. Analyze your feelings, draw conclusions. What does it mean, ambiguous? You didn't understand something? What are not sure of the price? Gentlemen, do not forget: we are talking about BMW! Or are you not sure of that? Ah, thank God. Although, in fact, it is not very clear this is your seemingly yes, but not really


The car is provided by BMW RusSland Tradition.
 
Text: Dmitry Filonov
Photo: Alexander Nozdrin
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 

Source: Wheel magazine [No. 77/2004]