BMW iX We’ve just tested all three versions of the much improved 2026 BMW iX electric SUV - the xDrive 40, the xDrive60 and the M70 - so that you don’t have to

Following the iX3 will be more than 40 models of all drivetrain variants, including a sedan as the second Neue Klasse vehicle.

The Neue Klasse iX3 entered pre-production in November at BMW's Debrecen, Hungary, plant. It's expected to borrow styling from the Vision Neue Klasse X concept unveiled in March 2024, and will be followed by a sedan—which might revive the BMW i3 name—based on the Vision Neue Klasse concept first shown in late 2023.

If there’s been a breakout of itchy scalps in the R&D centres of Audi and Mercedes since 2021, we suspect the BMW iX is to blame. The Munich brand’s flagship electric SUV not only managed to beat its rivals for ride comfort and refinement,

The electric crossover (based on last year’s concept) will be the first built on BMW’s Neue Klasse EV platform, which introduces an 800-volt architecture and new “Gen6” battery packs featuring higher density cylindrical cells for up to 30 percent better range.

The crossover first teased as the Neue Klasse X concept will be the first on the brand's all-important new platform.

The electric SUV is going through the last stages of development in South Africa, together with the closely-related sedan.

I can already reveal one key detail to you today: this BMW will be released onto the market as the BMW iX3. This is how we continue the success story of the first all-electric BMW

Now BMW has once again confirmed that yes, the first of six new ‘Neue Klasse’ electric cars will indeed be the next iX3. And BMW boss Oliver Zipse confirmed der neue Neue Klasse iX3 will be unveiled this September at a motor show in Munich.