By Redação AutoIndústria | 2/16/23 | Translated by Jorge Meditsch
BMW sold 13,8 cars in Brazil in 2022, almost the total sales of its three main competitors in the premium segment, Audi and Mercedes-Benz. Only the X1 sold close to 3.5 thousand units, the equivalent of sales by Land Rover, another brand with expressive numbers in the segment.
The compact SUV was BMW’s second best-selling car last year, after only the 320 sedan (4,9 thousand). It is also the brand’s cheaper model: the new generation, which began selling last week, costs from R$ 297 thousand to R$ 350 thousand.
Nonetheless, those who buy the new X1 in the next few days will take home an imported car. National production in Araquari, SC, shall begin only next month.
The 2023 SUV is 4.5 meter-long, 7 cm more than the previous generation, and the wheelbase grew 2 cm to 2.69 m. It also gained 2 cm in width and 4 cm in height. The luggage trunk now has 476 liters.
There are three versions: the new sDrive18i, the sDrive20i X-Line and the sDrive20i M Sport.
The first has a 156 cv three-cylinder inline 1.5 turbo engine and a seven-speed automatic transmission. The two others are equipped with the 2.0-liter four-cylinder online turbo engine, which delivers 204 cv, 12 cv more than the previous version, and also a seven-speed transmission.
PRICES
sDrive18i GP – R$ 296.950,00
sDrive20i X-Line – R$ 328.950,00
sDrive20i M Sport – R$ 349.950,00
BMW also introduced changes in the car’s interior, which now follows the concept of the BMW iX, the brand’s 100% electric model. A highlight is the curved TFT high-resolution screen with two parts, with 10.2″ (instrument cluster) and 10.7″ (multimedia).
Among the standard resources offered are the parking assistant system, intelligent driving assistant for slow traffic situations or long stretches, which informs the driver by visual and sound alerts about cross traffic, rear collision risk, involuntary lane change and frontal approach control and prevention.
