2018 BMW X4 vs 2019

What's the difference?

The X4 is not going to melt the hearts of everybody. But there will be those who will absolutely love this hulking coupe SUV. And they’ll love it and for the all the reasons others can’t stand the X4. 

Love it because it’s unashamedly different and a bit over-the-top. Love it because it’s an SUV that goes 'pfft' at the idea of off-road adventure.

There’s something you should know, though. A new generation X4 is scheduled to arrive towards the end of 2018.

Wait, you knew that, right? That may mean you could get a great deal on a run-out model. Or should you wait for the new version?

The following review of the top-of-the-range X4 xDrive35d will help you make that decision, and it will also answer the question: Does the X4 take the ‘U’ out of SUV? 

Love it or hate it you can’t say the X4 hasn’t been a hit for BMW, just like the bigger X6. Now the completely new version is here – the sequel to the original, the second-generation X4. But is it better?

This one is bigger – but does that solve the practicality issues of the previous one? The outside is completely restyled, but has the ageing interior of the past been turfed? And now that this is not just a rebodied X3 like the previous car was – does it feel like it has its own identity? And then there’s the wilder M40i - could this be the X4's ultimate form?

I found out this week at the new X4's Australian launch.