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| | BMW X3 - Road Test & Review - Automobile Magazine |
 | | BMW of North America has not yet set prices for the X3 but allows that the X3 2.5i will cost slightly more than the $32,845 all-wheel-drive 325xi sport wagon, while the X3 3.0i slots in under the $40,995 X5 3.0i with a mid-$30,000s base sticker price. |
 | | "The X3 has a greatly strengthened 3-series rear axle, and the front axle lifts components from both the 5-series and the X5." The familiar 225-horsepower, 3.0-liter and 189-horsepower, 2.5-liter straight sixes, mated with a six-speed manual or a five-speed manu-matic transmission, are available in the States. |
 | | Overall, the X3 is a well-executed sibling to the popular X5, and as a premium-priced cute-ute, it inevitably will provide spoiled high school and college kids with one more thing to pine and whine for. |
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