2026 BMW iX3 40
£53,250
40
There is a newer version of this car: the 2027 BMW iX3, up to 468 miles.
Built in Debrecen, Hungary
How green are BMW's EVs? 30% environment · 39% human rights
Cost
- Price On the road, from BMW's UK launch material.
- £53,250
Battery
- Battery Usable. BMW publishes this as provisional.
- 82.6 kWh
Range
- Range WLTP, up to. BMW publishes this as provisional.
- 395 miles
- Efficiency Worked out from the 14.6 kWh per 62 miles BMW quotes.
- 4.2 mi/kWh
Charging
- Max fast charge power
- 300 kW
- Fastest charge time 10 to 80 per cent. Ten minutes on a 300 kW charger adds up to 186 miles.
- 21 mins
- AC charge power 22 kW with the AC Charging Professional package, which also brings bidirectional charging.
- 11 kW
- Plug & Charge Needs BMW's latest software update. From Octopus Electroverse's list, which covers the UK networks it roams: MFG, IONITY, Porsche, Allego and E.ON Drive.
- Yes
- Autocharge Autocharge is Fastned and Osprey's way of starting a charge without an app or a card: you plug in and the charger recognises the car. This one should work, but neither network has confirmed it yet.
- Yes
Performance
- Drive
- RWD
- Top speed Electronically limited.
- 124 mph
- Acceleration
- 5.9 secs
- Motor Converted from the 320 hp BMW quotes, from a single rear synchronous motor.
- 235 kW
- Horsepower
- 320 hp
- Torque
- 500 Nm
Details
- Seating
- 5 seats
Dimensions
- Length
- 4,782 mm
- Width Mirrors folded
- 1,895 mm
- Height
- 1,635 mm
- Boot volume
- 520 litres
- Boot volume (max) Rear seats folded, split 40/20/40.
- 1,750 litres
- Frunk volume
- 58 litres
- Wheelbase
- 2,897 mm
Tech
- V2L (3-pin socket) Up to 3.7 kW to appliances, and up to 11 kW back to the house through a compatible wallbox.
- Yes
- V2H (powers the house) BMW quotes up to 11 kW back to the house through a compatible wallbox, against 3.7 kW to appliances.
- Yes
- Bidirectional connection AC, and 11 kW of it. The AC Charging Professional package that takes charging to 22 kW is what brings bidirectional with it.
- AC
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The BMW iX3 50 xDrive · © BMW
BMW iX3 · © BMW
iX3 on the road · © BMW
BMW iX3, from the side · © BMW
The iX3's profile · © BMW
BMW iX3, rear three-quarter · © BMW
BMW iX3, from behind · © BMW
The iX3's vertical kidney grille · © BMW
iX3 in the hills · © BMW
The iX3 40, in Twilight Purple · Twilight Purple · © BMW
iX3 40 head on · Twilight Purple · © BMW
The entry-level iX3 shares its styling with the 50 xDrive · Twilight Purple · © BMW
iX3 40 from the side · Twilight Purple · © BMW
iX3 40, rear three-quarter · Twilight Purple · © BMW
iX3 40 from behind · Twilight Purple · © BMW
iX3 40 from the other rear corner · Twilight Purple · © BMW
The iX3 40's wheel and front wing · Twilight Purple · © BMW
The headlight and kidney grille · Twilight Purple · © BMW
The Neue Klasse take on the kidney grille · Twilight Purple · © BMW
The tail light and iX3 40 badge · Twilight Purple · © BMW
iX3 40: one motor, driving the rear wheels · Twilight Purple · © BMW
The charging socket, good for up to 300 kW on DC · Twilight Purple · © BMW
Inside the iX3 40, with the same standard equipment as the 50 xDrive · © BMW
The central touchscreen, running BMW Operating System X · © BMW
Panoramic iDrive, which runs the width of the windscreen · © BMW
The BMW iX3 M60 xDrive, with its M Yellow Lights on · © BMW
iX3 M60 head on · © BMW
iX3 M60 at speed · © BMW
iX3 M60 on the road, rear three-quarter · © BMW
The iX3 M60, front three-quarter · © BMW
iX3 M60 from the side, on 21 inch M wheels · © BMW
iX3 M60, rear three-quarter · © BMW
iX3 M60 from behind, with its black diffuser · © BMW
The M Sport brakes, here in red · © BMW
The light signature, with the M stripes either side of the kidneys · © BMW
The M Yellow Lights, inspired by BMW's endurance racers · © BMW
The M mirror cap, striped in M colours · © BMW
The roof edge spoiler and its two aeroblades · © BMW
The M60 badge, in the new black and silver M design · © BMW
A 21 inch M wheel and the M logo on the flank · © BMW
Inside the iX3 M60 · © BMW
The 17.9 inch Central Display, with the M apps · © BMW
The illuminated M logo in the M Sport seat · © BMW
The M Sport seats, with ten-way electric adjustment and massage · © BMW
The iX3 M60's boot · © BMW
What it costs to run
A full charge at home could cost £6.61, or 1.9p per mile.*
- Cost of a full charge
- £6.61
- Cost per mile
- 1.9p
Based on Intelligent Octopus Go, an EV tariff from Octopus Energy (£50 off when you switch). * At 8p a unit, using the manufacturer's WLTP efficiency figure. What you actually pay depends on how, and where, you drive.
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Prices and specifications correct as of 2 October 2026. Source: The start of a new era: the new BMW iX3, BMW PressClub UK, and New entry-level BMW iX3 added to the range.
