BMW X1 2023 Review

Aug 3, 2023

BMW X1 2023 Review

Meet the new BMW X1!

It’s the entry-level SUV in BMW’s line-up, and Mat’s about to find out if it’s the must-have choice compared to other premium small SUVs.

For starters, this may be the smallest BMW SUV around, but it’s seemingly grown in size compared to the previous edition. If anything, it looks more like an X3! There have been a number of other design changes too, from a bigger grille up front and a redesigned front and rear bumper. There are a number of other, smaller touches as well, including flush door handles on either side.

Step inside and just like any BMW, you’re treated to a high-quality interior. There are good quality, soft-touch materials across the dash and the top of the doors, and the centre console is comfortable and well laid out. There’s lots of storage to be found throughout the cabin, and the infotainment screen \u0026 digital dials are pretty smart, too. Overall it’s a pretty good experience in the X1, although there are some annoying bits of plastic to be found on the steering wheel!

There are a couple of petrol and diesel engines to choose from, with the range-topper currently a 2-litre turbo petrol that can deliver 218hp. However, there’s more choice coming in the future, including two plug-in hybrids as well as an all-electric edition, the iX1!

The BMW X1 starts from around £34,000 for the entry-level, but is it worth it? Stick with Mat and see for yourself!

Chapters
00:00 Intro
00:33 Design
02:08 Interior
04:35 Back Seats
06:46 Boot
07:53 5 Annoying Things
10:07 5 Good Things
12:12 Engines
12:56 Town Driving
14:11 Motorway Driving
14:59 Country Road Driving
15:56 0-60mph
16:20 Verdict

Content

0.299 -> this is the new BMW X1 and it's a little

4.2 -> bit like the German economy because it's

6.66 -> rather inflated you see the vehicle has

9 -> grown in every Dimension compared to the

11.16 -> old X1 and that's probably Rich coming

12.9 -> from me um as a Britain you know but

14.7 -> with the UK economy anyway in this video

16.8 -> I'm not going to be talking economics

18.06 -> I'm going to talk you around the

19.5 -> exterior design of this car I'm going to

20.76 -> show you what it's like inside I'm going

22.199 -> to try this technology see how practical

24.06 -> it is and take it for a drive which will

26.16 -> include me launching it see how quick it

27.84 -> is from north 60 miles an hour because

29.4 -> I'm at Watson and you're watching car

31.14 -> Wow Car wow let's start this video by

34.5 -> talking about the design of the new X1

36.059 -> so here at the back you've got a roof

38.579 -> spoiler it's quite angular this car has

41.579 -> the upgraded adaptive headlights which

43.26 -> means at the rear you get these 3D

45.059 -> sculpted rear tail lights normally

47.16 -> they'd just be flush with the Bodywork

48.66 -> this being the end sport it has slightly

50.46 -> beefier bumpers in the standard car and

52.2 -> it seems to have a fake diffuser and

53.76 -> some fake exhausted trim bits why anyway

57.12 -> moving down the side Hello World start

59.16 -> at 17 inches which must look pretty

61.26 -> small because these 20s look about okay

63.719 -> you've got roof bars as standard because

65.58 -> SUV

67.38 -> dark and tinted rear windows some

69.72 -> contrasting trim lie down to make it

71.4 -> look a bit sporty you've got flush door

73.92 -> handles moving down the side because

75.96 -> it's the end support you get the end

77.04 -> badges there and moving to the front do

79.38 -> you know what BMW's designs have been

81 -> rather controversial of late but this is

82.979 -> fairly safe I mean the grill is only

85.439 -> large rather than immusive and once

88.38 -> again here at the front you have more

90 -> aggressive bumpers on the same Sport and

91.68 -> some vintage there which is real helps

93.6 -> smooth the airflow down the side of the

94.74 -> car for improved economy I like this I

97.079 -> like the sculptured Bonnet that looks

98.579 -> pretty sporty doesn't it now the new BMW

100.38 -> X1 starts from around 33 000 pounds

102.96 -> that's Financial level sport if you move

104.64 -> up to the X line it's going to cost you

105.96 -> a bit more and the X line has extra

107.4 -> silvery bits to make it look a bit more

109.02 -> off-roady and then at the top of the

110.399 -> range is the M sport which is more about

112.979 -> looking sporty now if you're thinking

114.78 -> about buying a new car and you want to

116.22 -> check out the latest offers then simply

118.259 -> Google help me car wow my team and I'll

120.899 -> help you choose the right car for you

122.1 -> and get it for a fair price from one of

123.84 -> our trusted dealers so remember that

125.46 -> help me car wow see simple and it's free

128.819 -> here on the inside the X1 is really nice

131.4 -> I like the design of the dash and I like

133.5 -> the quality I think BMW's feel a little

137.34 -> bit better made than Audi's and Mercedes

140.099 -> doesn't necessarily mean they're less

141.72 -> likely to fall apart the materials just

143.76 -> feel a bit more solid that's all oh yeah

145.62 -> look we've got soft touch materials on

146.94 -> the top of these doors here as well as

148.56 -> stitching that's all very good and this

150.18 -> and I like the shape of the handles and

151.86 -> we've also got ambient lighting strips

153.239 -> throughout the car the way you've got

154.44 -> this center console here which is your

156.12 -> armrest but it's also got your drive

157.5 -> selecting your start button your volume

159.06 -> control then underneath that you've got

161.04 -> some big storage area look oh storagey

166.2 -> that was a fail at demonstrating it

168.06 -> wasn't it you can't hit the fastest seat

170.18 -> here you've got some cup holders they're

173.16 -> like a couple to celebrate and then here

175.92 -> you have your wireless charging pad in

177.599 -> that little bit holds your phone in

179.04 -> place and there's two usbcs there if

180.66 -> you'd rather just charge with your wire

181.98 -> actually you know what I was at it I

183.599 -> should have just shown you deep why did

185.519 -> I learn yeah it will just about fit

188.64 -> through there you've got some big door

190.44 -> bins though wait a minute I've just

191.879 -> noticed low down the materials are a bit

194.819 -> scratchy so it also looks good

197.459 -> the big curvy screenage like that I like

200.94 -> that a lot quite nice Graphics they're

202.26 -> very sharp one thing I have found though

204 -> is that it's a little bit laggy the wood

206.58 -> moves but the best in the world however

208.98 -> the system is quite easy to operate so

210.84 -> to be fair you're just going to use your

212.22 -> Apple carplay or Android auto which is

213.9 -> not only wide but it's also Wireless

215.159 -> let's move on to the digital drivers

217.019 -> display so you can rotate through

218.879 -> different content on there and change

220.379 -> the layout and all that kind of stuff so

221.64 -> it's pretty good though the graphics are

223.019 -> a bit on the dark side speaking of the

225.18 -> dark side steering wheel

227.28 -> this plastic

228.959 -> what what

231.5 -> it's like some child's toy in fact that

233.819 -> shape is a little bit like a Tesla cyber

235.68 -> truck

237.599 -> there's nothing childish about the

239.04 -> seating position though as with many

240.959 -> BMWs it's really good very adjustable

242.76 -> and if you'd like to sit nice and low

244.5 -> you can get nice and low BMWs always

246.84 -> allow you to do that however you don't

248.58 -> buy a car like this to sit low do you

251.04 -> it's an SUV so you want to sit high and

253.68 -> indeed

254.819 -> you can sit High

257.1 -> takes a while to get there

259.26 -> but eventually it does

261.66 -> and I'll tell you what these seats are

263.46 -> nice these are the M sport seats they're

265.56 -> quite grippy and they have this nice

267.18 -> Alcantara effect there which somebody's

269.16 -> sliding around in them all good well

271.139 -> apart from a few annoying things which

272.759 -> I'll reveal a bit later on in this video

274.38 -> here in the back of the X1 while

276.479 -> Headroom is very good knee room is a bit

278.699 -> tight very joking I've got the seat slid

281.28 -> All the Way Forward look at this

284.46 -> the rim is great actually I feel a bit

287.04 -> upright once again am I only joking look

290.1 -> you get quite a lot of reclination good

293.16 -> angle there and these seats are split 40

296.4 -> 40 20. yeah this is roomy this is

299.34 -> comfortable lots of foot space and you

300.9 -> can really stretch out underneath the

302.4 -> seat in front if you need to carry three

304.199 -> people at once while there is a bit of a

305.759 -> hump in the floor those foot Wells are

307.32 -> big enough and this seat is wide enough

309.12 -> that the middle person doesn't feel that

311.46 -> uncomfortable apart from the fact that

313.259 -> they end up with that in their bottom

315.12 -> but obviously when someone sat there

316.5 -> they can be out the way so that's okay

318.66 -> and the body it's not the widest they

320.58 -> only have three adults in the back a

322.38 -> little bit tight on shoulder room but

324.06 -> everything else is absolutely fine

326.94 -> now what's not so fine he's trying to

328.979 -> get a baby seat through these doors

330.12 -> because they're not quite as wide as he

331.199 -> might think look they don't open all

332.759 -> that wide however these isofix anchor

334.86 -> points are really easy to get to just

336.78 -> lift up the covers like that so it's

338.28 -> dead simple to locate it and when you

340.38 -> push the seat into place there is enough

341.699 -> room for a bulky rear-facing seat I want

344.34 -> to show you this as well look you've got

346.199 -> an armrest with some cup holders yes

347.759 -> they are exposed which isn't ideal but I

349.979 -> do like the fact that

351.9 -> if you need to go longer items you can

353.52 -> fold this down and have

355.5 -> I don't know

356.88 -> wait okay surfboard maybe not skis skis

360.84 -> and snowboards that would work wouldn't

363.24 -> it through the oh gosh Come on other

365.94 -> things I want to show you look we've got

367.56 -> tsbc ports there for charging mobile

369.96 -> devices little tray there for storing

372.18 -> stuff you have some Nets on the pocket

374.82 -> backs you've got big door bins oh yeah

378.08 -> the design is pretty nice back here like

380.4 -> in the front you've got a nice feeling

381.96 -> of quality although you do have harder

384.479 -> Plastics on the door tops whereas

385.8 -> they're soft in the front other than

387.06 -> that it does feel pretty nice it's like

389.16 -> we've got some ambient Lighting in there

391.08 -> as well lovely Jubilee like that quite a

393.18 -> lot more downlight so much as this

396.12 -> the rear windows do not go all the way

398.46 -> down they don't no

402.36 -> I do like to lean with my armor no let's

405.66 -> check out the beats

407.22 -> so the capacity is 500 liters on this

410.4 -> four-wheel drive version but if you have

411.72 -> the two-wheel drive Bush it has a bit

412.919 -> more space it's 540 liters I think the

415.56 -> additional space is actually beneath the

417.06 -> force floor so you get a bit more of a

418.62 -> storage area there on the two-wheel

420.72 -> drive but in terms of capacity it's

422.58 -> pretty much par for the course and

423.96 -> there's not really a load to lift things

425.58 -> over so you can slide things in and out

427.199 -> quite easily you have some nettage area

429.9 -> there for holding things secure places

431.46 -> where you can hang bags off there's a 12

433.199 -> volt socket there's a little cubby hole

435.66 -> there as well then if you want to fold

437.28 -> down the rear seats you have to walk

438.9 -> around you can't do it from the boot

440.28 -> bear with me

442.08 -> I'm folding the seats down oh blooming

444.9 -> it they don't have to go down quickly

446.88 -> I'll just straddle this

448.919 -> I thought he was going to twap me I did

450.9 -> it got me the bloody face I'm an idiot

454.44 -> right oh once you've Fallen the seats

457.5 -> down look you can see that I pretty much

459 -> completely flat which makes me slightly

461.46 -> annoyed with this car because my face is

462.9 -> hurting so look I can show you the

464.639 -> doctor slides in nice and easily

467.22 -> anyway

468.599 -> ah don't get crossed with the car mat

470.94 -> calm down

472.44 -> anyway that brings you up to five nine

474.06 -> things about the X1 the X1 can

477.24 -> unexpectedly teleport you to another

479.039 -> location and day when it's raining

481.56 -> horribly the paddle shifters for the

483.84 -> automatic gearbox don't extend out far

485.639 -> enough so to actually hit them you need

487.86 -> to do a serious reach around look you

489.9 -> have to reach around

491.639 -> see

492.8 -> some people like to reach around but it

495.06 -> gets on my nose down there BMW's cabins

497.46 -> are usually well thought out for

498.66 -> instance look they're these little

499.62 -> guides here for the rear seat belts so

501.06 -> that when you fold the seats down

502.02 -> there's no snagajiary it's not good

504.96 -> three isn't even a word I forgot about

506.52 -> this though look they've done a horrible

508.139 -> roof mounted seat belt for the

511.319 -> Center passenger normally they'd like a

513.779 -> seat belt there but they've got it up

516.419 -> there which means it just gets in the

517.68 -> way slightly the person on the left rear

520.2 -> seat why they do that

522.36 -> Low cover

524.88 -> doesn't fit under here look it doesn't

527.82 -> won't go

529.279 -> look so yeah you know what that means it

532.8 -> means you have to leave it in the car

534.899 -> and it could get damaged

536.94 -> so I'm Duty bound to do this with it

543.42 -> and I still blame the X1 for it raining

545.339 -> in the interest of minimalism BMW is

547.86 -> removing buttons from the cabin and

549.66 -> putting functions in the touchscreen so

552.54 -> not only is the climate or control

554.16 -> through the touchscreen and it's quite

555.6 -> confusing but check this out this car

557.82 -> has automatic cruise control with

559.5 -> distance control so you can keep your

560.82 -> safe distance from the car in front

562.08 -> normally to alter that distance that

563.76 -> you'll get from the car in front of you

564.959 -> press a button on the steering wheel but

566.64 -> for some reason BMW has made that far

568.56 -> more difficult to do because instead of

570.54 -> pressing a button on the steering wheel

571.44 -> you have to press a button down here to

573 -> access this menu and then you press this

574.98 -> button here and then you go into this

577.74 -> menu there to alter your distance

579.959 -> control hmm

582.18 -> hmm

584.839 -> what an absolutely idea BMW hasn't

589.08 -> bothered to move the hinge over for the

591.3 -> central armrest to access the cubby fine

593.519 -> if you're in a left-hand drive car like

594.899 -> you're in Germany just reach straight in

597.06 -> whereas for us on the right hand side

598.86 -> you have to look over like that and then

600.779 -> reach in I don't know if that's because

602.94 -> they're annoyed because of brexit but

605.82 -> yeah

607.08 -> thankfully this car has plenty of cool

609 -> features to help make up for all this

610.5 -> here's five there's

613.8 -> ice fixed anchor points on the front

615.6 -> passenger seat which is really handy if

617.399 -> you're a father of three young children

619.08 -> or you just want to have your child

620.88 -> next to you while you're driving like

623.339 -> with many cars you can pay extra to have

624.899 -> a panoramic glass roof however unlike

627.36 -> with many cars on this size the one on

629.76 -> the X1

631.38 -> can also be open look

634.86 -> let the rain flood in

637.62 -> you've only got yourself to blame X1 you

639.839 -> caused it to rain remember it's your

641.82 -> fault

644.339 -> that's good and it opens quite wide they

646.44 -> don't normally open that wide either

647.82 -> more impressed I think the interior's

650.22 -> get a bit wet

652.62 -> whoever drives us home is going to have

654.06 -> a steamy Windows Experience and not in a

656.459 -> good way

657.24 -> the X1 has some special Flaps in its

659.88 -> Grille which includes when the engine

661.079 -> doesn't need cooling to help improve the

662.64 -> aerodynamics in fact this is the most

664.86 -> aerodynamic car in its class for example

667.44 -> the Volvo xc40 has a drug coefficient of

669.66 -> 0.34 CD the attitude 3.32 CD Mercedes

673.44 -> GLA 0.30 CD and this

676.16 -> x1.26 CD oh yeah winner winner white

681 -> sausage dinner this LED light strip

683.399 -> under here will flash to get your

685.14 -> attention if you've done something like

686.579 -> you've started driving away and the

688.32 -> door's opened or if the Collision

689.82 -> detection system thinks you're about to

691.32 -> have an accidental on flashlight

693.019 -> also it'll flash to tell you that you've

695.279 -> got an incoming call I'll show you now

696.72 -> by making a call to myself

700.019 -> which is weird

701.94 -> not awesome look it's slashing I now

704.88 -> know there's a phone call I wouldn't

706.56 -> have guessed you know with this jingle

708.66 -> like playing away in the background

711.36 -> just thought it was like part of the

712.86 -> radio or something right

715.44 -> the X1 can use its 360 degree cameras as

719.04 -> a dash cam so it records the preceding

721.019 -> 20 seconds before an accident and the 20

723.18 -> seconds after so you can use it in court

724.74 -> it's all very clever I actually recorded

726.779 -> this while outside the car you see I'm

728.64 -> sat here right next to you

731.04 -> brilliant now let's move on to engines

733.38 -> and this is going to get complicated

735 -> because there's quite a lot of choice

736.62 -> there's a 1.5 liter turbo petrol and

739.62 -> that has 136 horsepower then there is a

742.38 -> two liter turbo diesel with 150

744.779 -> horsepower both of those x1s are

746.94 -> front-wheel drive then there's the four

748.56 -> wheel drive versions you can get a two

750.779 -> liter turbo petrol with 218 horsepower

753.12 -> or 2 liter turbo diesel with 211

756.06 -> horsepower now in the future you're

757.62 -> going to be able to get two plug-in

758.88 -> hybrids one with 245 horsepower and

761.88 -> another with 326 horsepower there's also

764.639 -> a fully electric version coming called

766.26 -> the ix-1 that's a completely different

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774.48 -> miss that review or any upload right

776.88 -> let's see what the X1 is like to drive

778.98 -> start off with in town so with the seat

781.38 -> jacked up you get a pretty good view

783.12 -> forward you can look over that bonding

784.8 -> quite easily it's not too long it's good

786.959 -> visibility bit of a blind spot from this

788.7 -> huge windscreen pillar but you've got

790.5 -> some massive Dormers and the view at the

792.48 -> back window is pretty good as well in

794.639 -> terms of just tooling around town the

796.139 -> suspension is a little bit on the firm

798.36 -> side but it's not terrible it does round

800.579 -> the edges of the bumps off so it feels

802.32 -> sophisticated if a little bit taut as

805.44 -> for the steering it's nice light in town

807.18 -> and the brakes are progressive yet

809.519 -> strong the Turning circle is

812.54 -> 11.7 meters which is a little bit better

815.16 -> than an Audi Q3 but not quite as good as

818.579 -> a Volvo xc40 can I make it round here

822.12 -> without touching a curb onto the car oh

824.639 -> I think I've got this wrong from the

825.72 -> get-go have I haven't looked at the um

828.899 -> parking sensors up there we go and I'm

831.3 -> going to make it easy look easy that is

833.519 -> so handy you need the 360 camera can I

836.279 -> make it around here come on I think I'm

837.6 -> going to all of this is helping me

839.459 -> nicely so that wasn't too bad ah yeah

842.639 -> it's really easy to drive you know you

844.92 -> can't get a manual with this car but do

846.779 -> you want one it's better to just be

848.22 -> automatic really makes your life easier

850.2 -> okay let's see what the next one is like

852.6 -> when you're going on a faster road so

855.42 -> here comes the section of dual

856.56 -> carriageway on an Accelerate from around

858.66 -> 40 miles an hour I get it to Motorway

860.579 -> speed so let's see what it's like

861.66 -> throwing it now

862.48 -> [Music]

863.88 -> bit of a pause while the gearbox kicks

865.8 -> down but it's very smooth

867.48 -> and the engine is Punchy oh yeah

870.54 -> they're going to speed pretty well you

872.459 -> need to get a bit of noise from the

873.899 -> engine but some of it's like fake noise

875.76 -> that's piped into the speakers which

877.26 -> gets louder if you're going to sports

878.579 -> mode so I won't be doing that right now

880.26 -> speaking of loudness do you know it's a

882.12 -> bit of tire noise a little bit of wind

883.8 -> noise as well but it's not terrible

885.06 -> however I don't think it's the quietest

886.92 -> of these cars and now dq3 is a little

889.74 -> bit quieter when you're traveling at

891.54 -> Motorway speeds as for the economy well

893.76 -> this car is averaging 45 miles to the

896.579 -> gallon which is okay I'll accept that

899.699 -> part of that country road driving so I'm

901.92 -> going to put the kind of sports mode

903.06 -> after the

904.92 -> nine sports mode sharpen the throttle

906.959 -> response made the car holding its gears

908.94 -> for longer and added weight to the

911.339 -> steering so let's fill it

914.699 -> actually the engine's pretty punchy

917.839 -> let's hurl it into a Bend

920.639 -> with wild abandoned

922.8 -> yeah grips really well and for a tour

925.56 -> vehicle it doesn't lean much at all

927.12 -> that's quite impressive what's less

928.74 -> impressive is the feel that you get to

930.72 -> the steering wheel while the steering is

932.22 -> super accurate it goes exactly where you

934.139 -> think it's going to go when you turn the

935.639 -> wheel you don't feel anything from it so

937.8 -> it's hard to judge how much grip your

939.36 -> front wheels have gone exactly how fast

941.279 -> you dare to push the car which in some

943.199 -> ways is a bit of a shame because it is

945.3 -> quite a fine handling car I guess that

947.22 -> is the benefit of the slightly firm

949.019 -> suspension I can feel it jiggling me

950.699 -> about a bit now it's one of the

952.139 -> downsides of having 20 inch hello Wheels

953.88 -> they look good but they can affect

955.32 -> Comfort BMW says Nord 60 takes 7.1

958.56 -> seconds in this version of the X1 but

960.42 -> I'm going to find out for myself with my

961.8 -> specialist timing gear let's launch it

967.1 -> oh yes

968.69 -> [Music]

971.66 -> 6.44 seconds it's pretty rapid you know

975.61 -> [Music]

980.22 -> so then what's my final Budget on the

981.899 -> BMW X1 should you avoid it should you

984.18 -> consider it should you shortlist it or

985.74 -> should it just go right ahead and buy it

987.54 -> well I reckon you should shortlist the

989.579 -> X1 it's a good premium smallish family

992.16 -> SUV I hope you enjoyed the video listen

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