New BMW X4 price and specs for the UK – costs from £36,590

The new BMW X4 is now on sale in the UK

The new BMW X4 – BMW’s baby X6 and a ‘coupe’ version of the very able X3 – arrived at the Geneva Motor SHow in March, and it’s now on sale in the UK priced from £36,590 for the BMW X4 xDrive20d SE, a chunky £3.5k more than the equivalent X3. But what you’re buying in the new X4 is a lifestyle statement rather than a family SAV like the X3, so the premium is so others know you’re prepared to pay more for a less practical urban SUV.

Still, a similar scenario with the X5 and X6 hasn’t stopped buyers opting for the X6 instead and it seems likely the X4 will take an even bigger split of the X3/X4 sales than the X6 does from the X5.

Of course, part of the big jump in price from the X3 to the X4 is not just down to the fact that BMW can get away with charging more for a lifestyle car, but that the X4 i8s actually better equipped than the X3.

Standard equipment across the range – which starts with the X4 SE – includes an automatically opening tailgate, 18″ alloys, Park Distance Control, Xenon headlights, Variable Sports steering, heated front seats, BMW Business Media and 40:20:40 split folding rear seats.

Move up to the X4 xLine trim – which costs an extra £1500 – and you get different 18″ alloys, Satin Aluminium trim on the exterior, Dark Copper on the interior, Sports seats and xLine leather.

Top of the tree M Sport comes at a £3k premium to the SE but throws in an M body kit, High Gloss Shadowline trim on the exterior, 19″ M Sport alloys, ‘M’ door sills, Sports Seats, Aluminium Hexagon interior trim and M Sport suspension.

Engine options in the UK are diesel only, with the X4 xDrive 20d getting 187bhp and managing 54.3mpg with its standard six-speed manual and a 0-62mph of 8.0 seconds.

The X4 xDrive 30d delivers a more appealing 254bhp – yet still manages 47.9mpg with its standard 8-speed auto – and can get to 62mph in 5.8 seconds and the X4 xDrive 35d gets 313bhp, 47.1 mpg and a very lively 5.2 seconds to 62mph.

The BMW X4 is now in BMW’s UK dealers and available to order.

By Cars UK