00:00a sedan is too impractical the estate is too predictable and the suv is too
00:06not sufficiently in your face well enter the coupe suv or sac as bmw calls it this is the
00:13bmw x4 and finally i get to review one with a two liter diesel something that you are more likely
00:19to
00:19buy than an x6m almost every time i call bmw to arrange a test drive i ask for something that
00:38normal people buy preferably a low spec based diesel or petrol maybe with a manual transmission
00:44allegedly that's not what normal people buy but i'll let you be the judge of that anyway this time
00:51i managed to secure a 2 liter 190 horsepower diesel bmw is trying to convince its clients that the x4
00:58is more than just an x3 with a bit of boot chopped off in the x4 you get intelligent x
01:04-drive all-wheel
01:05drive system sport m suspension or the sport adaptive steering all as standard of course
01:13as we all well know there's no such thing as free lunch yes you can have a rear-wheel drive
01:19x3 but
01:20most engine variants come with all-wheel drive anyway the difference between the x3 and the x4
01:26both powered by a 2 liter 190 horsepower diesel both with all-wheel drive is almost 4 000 euro
01:32the m suspension and the m steering which are standard on the x4 cost 1000 and 250 euro respectively
01:40if available separately or they are part of an m package which is only slightly cheaper for the x4
01:46so you are paying more for your standard equipment the only thing that you are really getting is the
01:52lower center of gravity as the x4 is five and a half centimeters lower than the x3
01:59the boot volume up to the window line is 525 liters in the x4 it's only 25 liters less than
02:06in the x3
02:07the difference is more noticeable with the seats folded 1430 liters for the x4 and 1600 for the x3
02:14to better visualize the difference let me just move this suitcase like this because let's say i want to
02:22carry a couple of these four maybe and this is pushed all the way back against the seats and now
02:31let's
02:31try closing the boot
02:37and this boys and girls is the difference between an suv and a coupe suv
02:43on the plus side there are shopping bag hooks rails to secure luggage elastic tapes a 12 volt socket
02:48the backrest released handles are close to the boot edge so you don't have to lean deep inside
02:55space in the back for two adults is more than generous and if the adults are slim even three
03:00will fit abreast if the one that picks the short straw doesn't mind the tunnel between their legs
03:05there is third zone climate control back here the side seats are heated and there are two usbc ports
03:13since 2018 when i reviewed this generation x4 the biggest change is the addition of the live
03:19cockpit professional and bmw os7 this means we should get wireless android auto but this car doesn't have
03:26it why unlike the tesla where software updates are pushed to all cars at once the let's call them
03:34established car makers are less flexible this interface may look almost identical to the one in
03:40the m3 or the bmw 5 series i reviewed recently but the hardware may be completely different and this
03:47means updates may not only come at different times for different models but even for different weeks
03:54of production otherwise the cockpit looks pretty much the same like in the x3 links to my bmw x3
04:00launch video as well as the x3 ph ev review in the description also what do you think is better
04:06a
04:062 liter diesel or a ph ev drop me a comment
04:19in 2018 i attended a bmw x4 launch event in spartanburg where most of bmw suvs are made
04:26of course back then i drove the m40d which wasn't particularly frugal
04:30but quite quick and more than happy to drift around the track
04:38the x4 x drive 20d has gear ratios which prevents you from doing anything silly even on a track which
04:46i guess is a good thing if you expect a german car to be serious like the germans the first
04:53and second
04:53gear are very short and by the time you reach third your chance for romance is long gone perhaps the
05:01190 horsepower diesel is at least frugal well in the right car i'm sure it is unfortunately the x4
05:07despite its slick looks still weighs almost two tons bmw promises five liters per 100 kilometers combined
05:13but it's hard to get less than seven on the dual carriageway of course you can achieve better results
05:19depending on your driving style speed and whether you are using eco pro mode or not
05:29bmw started introducing the eco pro mode around 2012 in this mode the reaction to the gas pedal is
05:36less abrupt the climate control is more efficient and the car uses less petrol or diesel in this case
05:42also there are additional indicators to help the driver to be more conservative for example you are
05:47warned about upcoming speed limits or junctions and you can take your foot off the gas early and coast
05:53thus saving fuel
05:58handling on instagram one of my viewers asked me if there's a noticeable difference in handling
06:03between the x4 and the x3 i don't have a yes or no answer as there are many variables like
06:10this
06:10standard sport suspension and sport steering in the x4 however assuming we have an x4 and an x3
06:17with the same spec and engine variant chances are you are not going to feel a significant difference
06:23you'll have to push the car really hard on a twisty road perhaps the more powerful engine variants you
06:29can feel the lower center of gravity but it's probably more likely to be felt on a track and
06:36are you really buying an x4 m or an x3 m to track them
06:44acceleration bmw promises the 2 liter diesel x4 will accelerate from 0 to 100 kilometers per hour
06:50in 7.9 seconds in sport mode i got 7.97 seconds first try in normal mode i got 8
06:58.7 seconds it was cold
07:00and the tires didn't have much heat in them so i suspect under the right conditions i could achieve
07:05what bmw claims from 80 to 120 kilometers per hour i got 6.3 and 6.4 seconds respectively
07:14the 2 liter diesel x4 isn't very demanding to drive it's a car to take it from a to b
07:20without any flexing the suspension is comfortable enough and the brakes
07:25they don't have anything to do anyway this is not a speed demon
07:33on the motorway as well as around town you can turn on the adaptive cruise control
07:37and lane keeping assist you are still responsible for driving
07:40but they take a load off in mundane driving situations
07:47just remember driving with cruise control doesn't necessarily make you more efficient
07:51the adaptive cruise control will slow down before a slower car and then will accelerate
07:56when the road is clear but it won't do it as smoothly as a human driver would
08:03unless you're an aggressive driver you can get much better results just taking your foot off the gas
08:08way ahead of an obstacle when you see it and the radar still doesn't
08:28since this is an x-drive model let's try my diagonal test i stop halfway when two wheels diagonally have
08:35low traction and the all-wheel drive system has to figure out how to distribute torque this bmw x4
08:41doesn't have an off-road mode both attempts are in normal mode the first is with traction control on
08:47and the second is with traction control off in both cases the x drive reacts almost instantaneously
08:54and the car carries on
09:05the x4 is not offered as a ph ev because the batteries would eat up too much space in the
09:11boot
09:11however if we compare the x3 x-drive 20d with the x-drive 30e the diesel still is a better
09:19choice
09:19for long journeys while the ph ev is what you need in the city to which you have to drive
09:24from the
09:24suburbs using the petrol engine and unless there is some sort of an incentive the price difference
09:30doesn't justify the better dynamics which the hybrid drivetrain offers prices of the pmw x4 start at
09:3751 800 euro for the two liter petrol the two liter diesel starts at 54 600 euro and this test
09:44car is
09:44specced up to around 80 000 euro in 2018 i summed up my x4 review saying the coupe suv is
09:54better to drive
09:55than the regular suv from a time perspective i think that better is not worth the extra money in the
10:01x4 just
10:02like in mercedes-benz glc coupe and whatever is the current audi counterpart you're paying for style
10:09and how do you like the bmw x4 and the coupe suv style and which engine would you choose let
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