The BMW X3’s victory in the Small 4×4 category is one of six BusinessCar Awards wins in 2014 for the German manufacturer and helps illustrate the breadth of the brand’s fleet strength.
The Small 4×4 category is a tough one too: there’s not only a huge number of competitors, but almost all of the prestige brands have a car in this segment.
Despite BMW’s impressive showing in the BusinessCar Awards in recent years, this is the first time the X3 has won this class. It’s also broken a two-year winning run for the Range Rover Evoque.
BMW upgraded the X3 just over a year ago, and those improvements show, particularly for fleets.
The German marque introduced a new entry-level model priced from £28,580, which offered the best emissions and fuel consumption in the line-up at 135g/km of CO2 and 55.4mpg for the 18d Sdrive model.
The current-generation X3 has a reputation for being a great on-road drive – typical of cars bearing the BMW badge. What’s not so well-known is that in Xdrive all-wheel drive form it’s also a competent off-roader – something that’s not always the case with rival small 4x4s.
