BMW X1 News

BMW has launched a redesigned X1 and this time around there's an electric model.

A third generation of BMW's X1 compact crossover goes on sale in late 2022.

BMW is working on a redesigned X1, and this time around there will be a battery-electric option.

BMW Group plans 13 EVs across its BMW, Mini and Rolls-Royce brands by 2023, one of which will be an electric X1.

BMW Group plans to have 13 EVs across its BMW, Mini and Rolls-Royce brands by 2023.

BMW's popular X1 compact crossover SUV has just been made even better.

BMW engineers have been spotted testing a prototype for an updated X1 due on sale next year as a 2020 model. When it was introduced for 2016, the second-generation X1 brought a much more handsome look than its frumpy predecessor, though it also switched to a front-wheel-drive platform in the...

BMW’s second-generation X1 is a huge improvement over its predecessor, if you can look past its front-wheel-drive shortcomings. It’s currently offered with only one powertrain in the United States—a turbocharged 2.0-liter inline-4—but more are coming, including possibly a...

BMW has been cranking out its X1 compact crossover since 2009, when it debuted for the 2010 model year. The X1 has proven exceedingly popular as global sales of the model have topped 800,000 units. Over 200,000 of those sales came by way of the Chinese market, and it's where BMW will launch a...

The new 2016 BMW X1 is, for the most part, a very good car. Yet there’s a big asterisk to this: It just doesn’t feel much like a BMW. In this age when executives and product planners wax poetic about preserving the “brand DNA”—seemingly to no end—this feels like...

BMW is working on a long-wheelbase version of its second-generation X1 compact crossover that we’ve already spied in prototype form. The vehicle is expected to offer third-row seats, but given its small stature we’re not expecting it to be made available in the United States. Instead...

BMW’s second-generation X1 compact crossover goes on sale this fall as a 2016 model and with starting price of $35,795, including a $995 destination charge. That’s up a substantial $3,945 on the starting price of the outgoing model, though it should be noted that xDrive all-wheel-drive...

The current BMW X1 only reached U.S. shores in 2012, but overseas the compact crossover has been on sale since 2009. That’s why BMW is already introducing a new model, which has been revealed in full ahead of a likely debut at September’s 2015 Frankfurt Auto Show. A sales launch has...

The BMW X1 only reached U.S. shores in 2012 but overseas it’s been on sale since 2009. The vehicle received a host of updates for the 2015 model year, but these will be the last such updates before an entirely new model is introduced in the next six to 12 months, a prototype for which has...

Earlier today we brought you a new set of spy shots of BMW’s upcoming X4, a second coupe crossover the automaker is working on to join its existing X6 in the coming year. However, in the not too distant future we could be seeing a third such vehicle wearing the BMW roundel. According to a new...

BMW and its Chinese partner Brilliance recently announced plans to launch a new brand called Zinoro, which is focused on electrified vehicles or “new energy vehicles” as they are referred to in China. Earlier today, at the 2013 Guangzhou Auto Show, the first Zinoro vehicle was unveiled...

About a month ago it was revealed that BMW and its Chinese partner Brilliance were on the verge of establishing a new brand for the Chinese market to be called Zinoro. At the time, we reported that Zinoro was focused on eco-friendly vehicles and would launch in November a new electric car as its...

BMW will launch a special edition X1 aimed at winter sport fans that comes complete with a set of skis developed by K2.

If you look at luxury car sales through August, the best-selling manufacturers are Mercedes-Benz, followed by BMW, followed by Lexus. Just like last year, when BMW beat Mercedes by just 2,715 sales over 12 months, it’s a very close race. For now, Mercedes-Benz has the year-to-date lead, with...

The 2013 BMW X1 is the company's latest addition to its sport activity vehicle range, and while it shares much with the MINI Countryman and, in some ways, the BMW 3-Series, it is also the greenest of BMW's X vehicles. Accordingly, BMW is leveraging its relative eco-friendliness (the 2.0-liter...