BMW X4 Review, Price and Specification

If the X4 isn’t the prettiest car on the outside, then it makes up for that on the inside.

We’d say that this is a better cabin than that of the facelifted Audi Q5, and it’ll be familiar to anybody who has driven a new 3 Series or, naturally, an X3.

New to the X4 for 2022 is the centre console between the front seats, which now has a smaller, chunkier gear selector for the standard-fit eight-speed automatic gearbox, along with buttons for the engine stop-start, driving mode selection and the round click-wheel controller for the iDrive system.

The 12.3-inch touchscreen infotainment system is well-sized, though it runs on iDrive version 7.0 unlike the iDrive 8-equipped iX and i4.

Tied into the software you’ll find apps such as Amazon Alexa and Spotify, as well as closer integration with the BMW phone app. The latter allows you to do things like send navigation instructions to the car from your phone, as well as use your phone as an electronic key.

You can use gesture control, but it’s still just a gimmick, and if you like having shouting arguments with your dashboard, the ‘Hey, BMW’ digital voice assistant can now do more things, such as opening or closing the windows or changing the air conditioning or driving modes.

In front of the driver is BMW’s large 12.3-inch digital instrument cluster, which features neat graphics and the ability to view maps.

The available head-up display is excellent, able to show full mapping instructions for the navigation, as well as sports displays when you dial up the racier driving modes.

There’s no shortage of connections for electronics in the X4’s cabin, with plenty of USB ports front and rear.