BMW X3

The BMW X3 is BMW's compact luxury SUV, launched in 2003 (E83 generation, 2004 model year) as the second BMW SUV after the X5. The original E83 was built in Austria by Magna Steyr under contract for BMW, marking the first BMW SUV outsourced to a contract manufacturer. From the second-generation F25 (2010) the X3 moved to BMW's own production at Spartanburg, South Carolina.

Four generations later (E83, F25, G01, G45) the X3 has become one of BMW's top-three highest-volume models globally. The X3 was the first BMW to offer the high-performance X3 M variant (E83 era featured the xDrive35is, full M only arrived on the G01 in 2019). The X3 M and X3 M Competition use the S58 inline-six shared with the M3 and M4. The current G01 launched for the 2018 model year; its successor G45 launched in 2024. Production runs at BMW Spartanburg in South Carolina for global markets.