In August, during the launch of the BMW iX, BMW Malaysia had confirmed that the all-electric iX3 would be introduced here. Well, it looks like that moment has arrived, or will very soon, given the emergence of leaked price list brochures of the Malaysian-specification G08 iX3.
UPDATE: The BMW iX3 has now been officially launched in Malaysia, with two trim levels – Impressive and Inspiring – on offer. Prices range from RM317,360 to RM336,360 on-the-road without insurance, and include SST which means that deliveries will commence next year, after the exemption ends on December 31. Read the official launch details here.
The electric SUV will go on sale here in two trim guises. The first is a standard version called iX3 M Sport Inspiring, with prices starting from RM317,360 (on-the-road without insurance), and the inclusion of a Power Package (essentially a BMW i Wallbox and standard charging cable) brings that to RM322,360. The other version is the iX3 M Sport Impressive, which is priced from RM336,360 (again on-the-road without insurance), with the aforementioned Power Package taking it to RM341,360.
As is the convention with the brand these days, these prices are with a two-year warranty, and adding on the extended warranty (five years, unlimited mileage) and service package brings the price of the iX3 M Sport Inspiring to RM330,800, without the Power Package – opt to take it and it’s RM335,800 in total.
Likewise, going with the extended warranty and service package for the iX3 M Sport Impressive means you’ll have to fork out RM349,800 for it (RM354,800 if the Power Package is added in to the equation).
Both versions will feature the sole powertrain specification available for the car, in this case a rear motor delivering 210 kW (286 PS) and 400 Nm of torque. Performance specs include a 0-100 km/h time of 6.8 seconds and a 180 km/h top speed.
A 74 kWh (73.8, if you’re counting) lithium-ion battery provides a travel range of 453 to 461 km on a WLTP cycle. The iX3 accepts up to 11 kW of triple-phase AC charging (7.4 kW for single-phase), which juices the battery in 7.5 hours, but there’s also support for up to 150 kW of DC fast charging. This gets the battery from 10% to 80% SOC in 32 minutes and adds 100 km of WLTP-rated range in just 10 minutes.
Both M Sport versions are dressed with M Sport front/rear bumpers with iX3 specific design cues, and also come with an M Aerodynamics package and M high-gloss Shadowline accents. They do get different sized wheels – the Inspiring is equipped with 19-inch 842 Bicolour aerodynamic wheels, while the Impressive rides on 20-inch 890 M Bicolour aerodynamic units, shod with runflat rubber. Also, the Inspiring is fitted with Adaptive LED headlights, while the Impressive features Laserlight units.
Inside, you’ll find an M leather steering wheel, front sports seats and M headliner in anthracite on both cars. There’s also BMW Live Cockpit Professional, and a 205 watt, 12-speaker Harman Kardon HiFi audio system on the Inspiring. The Impressive ups that to a 464 watt, 16-speaker system, and also adds on BMW Gesture Control, among other bits. Expect an official announcement to be made on the BMW iX3 for Malaysia very soon.
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Finally the BMW X3 with AEB and ACC, but in the form of iX3.
Top speed 180km/h, refuel with electric.
And enough distance travel
one place to another
Rm317k is real cheap price for BMW EV….Mantap
Top speed only 180kmph, no buy
Don’t need to drive so fast. 180km/h as top speed is good enough. Time to get used to safety
Aik. So many Volvo bashers whack that brand for limiting top speed to 180km/h. Now it is good enough for their brands? LOL
Final price of this car will likely be from 280k after upcoming budget, just stay tuned, bmw playing big this time
cars are probs always gonna be expensive in malaysia but i must say for the specs, this one is actually good value? you pretty much get everything, including the active driving assistance, panoramic sunroof and an upgraded sound system. you don’t even get these in the current x30i if i’m not mistaken and it’s priced about the same. it’ll be interesting to see how the i4 is going to be priced.
Now hoping it’s the trend that BMW will do the sensible thing and spec their SUV competitively.
Time to update the upper ranges especially X5e to be as competitive.
Kudo to BMW malaysia, they deserve the credit
Great
this will sell like hotcakes
Decent looking
Let me just say. 80k USD. Can buy 2 tesla model 3. Think hard about this fact.
How much Tesla model 3 selling in malaysia? Got 160k km batter warranty? Interior quality ?
In malaysia it’s going to be 80k usd. In usa it’s 40k with incentives. Most malaysian can only dream of buying a 80k usd car while most overseas people can afford a 40k usd car relatively easy. While Malaysians drive a 25k USD proton thinking it’s a “deal”.
Sir, tesla is overpricey than bmw, if come to malaysia.
So I take it you are not from Malaysia? Malaysia still has the highest numbers of BMW, Mercedes and Porsche sales in South East Asia. Despite what you said.
Am Malaysian living in the US. Tesla is selling more than BMW, Lexus and many other companies in the US. The only reason why BMW and Mercedes is thriving in Malaysia is because Tesla is not locally assembled in Malaysia and Malaysia’s cancerous car tax system. 40k USD bmw vs a 40k tesla model 3 is a no brainer to many in the US since maintenance cost is extremely low, and depreciation is extremely low for a tesla. Now… Malaysia wants to protect it’s precious oil,gas, proton. All at the expense of Malaysians. Can you imagine a Malaysia without its car tax system? Most of the Honda Accords would be BMWs and BMWs be porsches. EV is picking up in most developed nation, while ours have policies in place that slows the growth of EVs.
Defnitely worth considering. Any idea how much will the road tax cost?
with upcoming budget hopefully free!
Yes, the poor should subsidise the rich, isn’t it?
Rm10
2.4k. It’s in the price list image. Makes up from the lower charging/running cost though.
already stated there, rm 2343.
According to the brochure, it says RM2343
Road tax is written on the price list brochures.
road tax is stated in the pricelist bro, over 2k
Is there info about the nation wide locations of the charging stations for this model?
There is. Bmw Malaysia, Shell and Porsche are also installing charging station
https://paultan.org/2021/08/26/bmw-malaysia-to-install-dc-fast-chargers-at-major-highways-dealers-malls-to-support-local-ev-growth/
Based on the article from that link, it is still in the planning stage, which means a nation wide network of operational charging stations is still non-existent.
Road tax RM 2343 per year….
what’s the purpose of that huge grille?
RM 2343 for road tax? Is that an incentive from the government?
so with one charge, can drive this from KL to kelantan?
Provided you only stick to city driving speed, then yes, you can make it… but at highway speed… range suffers greatly.
EVs are the opposite of ICEs when it comes to efficiency.
EVs does well for city/urban driving, but range suffers greatly at highway speeds, hence the common limitation of top speed for many EVs.
ICEs on the other hand has better range with highway cruising versus city driving and idling where they’re extremely inefficient.
When X3 facelift coming?
Why EV car road tax so expensive? Betul ke?
Why the rich as complaining about paying more? Betul ke?