End of production XD3?

Ashok · Post by **Ashok** » Tue Aug 08, 2017 1:01 pm

Well it seems the configurator is down now -
http://www.alpinaconfigurator.co.uk/mod ... .php?id=16

I wonder when the next XD3 will be revealed (Geneva 2018?)

I'm loving this car - lots of day trips to Suffolk and Wiltshire - back road blasts in sport mode with 4 people on board - it really is a perfect family car..

Burnham · Post by **Burnham** » Tue Aug 08, 2017 7:32 pm

I always wondered why they chose to use the X3 as their 4x4 platform, and not the X5.

I bet it goes like a rally car. Joe Achilles did a review on one on his youtube channel, and it went like the clappers off the line!

Enjoy

Ashok · Post by **Ashok** » Tue Aug 08, 2017 10:47 pm

The simple answer is weight - it's at least 300 kgs lighter than an X5. Even so, it can be a handful in sharp bends when fully laden... but in a straight line it's like a speedboat

greenelekta · Post by **greenelekta** » Tue Aug 08, 2017 11:01 pm

Ashok wrote:in a straight line it's like a speedboat

I like that!

B10BRW · Post by **B10BRW** » Tue Aug 08, 2017 11:38 pm

Ashok wrote: but in a straight line it's like a speedboat

Isn't that taking off roading a bit too far

simon13 · Post by **simon13** » Wed Aug 09, 2017 12:34 am

The X5 is a large slob wagon aimed at the chelsea speed hump look at me crew no?

Broch · Post by **Broch** » Wed Aug 09, 2017 1:52 am

I'd love to see the triple turbo engine from the X5 5.0 in an X3.
I always hoped that would have been the 'new XD3'
Rumours of an X3M have resurfaced recently, so that could be one reason

Onzie

AidanB10 · Post by **AidanB10** » Wed Aug 09, 2017 11:43 pm

Broch wrote: Rumours of an X3M have resurfaced recently, so that could be one reason

The American's currently get an F26 X4 M40i, theres talk this will be in the new G03 X3, but again, probably for the american market