IndiaAIFounders — The all-new BMW iX4 breaks cover with Neue Klasse looks

If the idea of a BMW iX3 feels too sensible, too practical, and far too usable, what about that car but with less of the practicality bit? Here’s the brand-new iX4, the latest car to emerge from BMW’s rather dandy Neue Klasse toy box.

It’s a ‘Sports Activity Coupe,’ a moniker that might induce involuntary shudders, but its tech won’t: BMW reckons on up to 827km of range from a single charge of the iX4 50 xDrive’s 108.7kWh battery.

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Not bad, huh? That’s the rangiest iX4 you can buy—the others at launch include the base iX4 40 xDrive (82.6kWh battery, up to 637km), and the iX4 M60 xDrive with a 108.7kWh pack and a claim of up to 777km.

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Though, it’s not really a ‘pack,’ as you well know by now, because BMW’s Neue Klasse tech means those cells are not put into separate modules, but instead bolted directly into the body that saves both weight and adds strength.

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There’s 800V tech across the board, so really fast charging (from 300kW to 400kW), and two electric motors (one on the front, one on the back) that are 30% more efficient than the older BMW ones. Fast speed, too: they’re all AWD, so the 369hp iX4 40 manages 0-100kph in 5.6sec, the 463hp iX4 50 does it in 4.9sec, while the 604hp—six hundred and four!—iX4 M60 nutjob (the one pictured here) can crack the benchmark in just 3.9sec. Yeesh.

All the tech is controlled by BMW’s ‘Heart of Joy’ architecture as per its siblings, that carefully manages the steering, drive, brakes and regen. We’re assured a “low center of gravity, near-perfect weight distribution, and long wheelbase” for “agile handling, strong directional stability, and assured comfort.” We’ll have to take BMW’s word on that until we’ve driven it, but the iX3 is a bit of a game-changer.

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You can spec adaptive suspension (standard on the M60), and there’s tons of safety and driver assistance, too. Inside, it’s as per the Neue Klasse vernacular: pared back, massive touchscreen, newfangled wheel, some buttons, and a display running the width of the windscreen. Standard-fit pano roof, too.

And the outside? Well, the face at least looks good, because all the Neue Klasse BMWs look ace nowadays. With this being the try-hard, sportier sibling to the iX3 means the roofline’s been raked into a coupe form (said to help aero efficiency too), leading into a little trunk spoiler at the back. Slim lights, big wheels, and a “wide stance” give it presence, that’s for sure.

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“With the new fully electric BMW iX4, we are expanding the Neue Klasse portfolio with a particularly emotional vehicle,” said BMW’s Neue Klasse boss Mike Reichelt. “Its striking proportions, elegant coupe silhouette and Neue Klasse technologies combine to create a truly distinctive character.”

Prices for this ‘distinctive character’ kick off from £60,170 (almost P4.99 million) for the iX4 40, £66,075 (almost P5.48 million) for the iX4 50, though the M60’s prices are still TBC. Expect it to be… more.

More photos of the 2027 BMW iX4:

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NOTE: This article first appeared on TopGear.com. Minor edits have been made.

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