{"id":518795,"date":"2010-04-06T19:57:00","date_gmt":"2010-04-06T23:57:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/2010\/04\/06\/spy-shots-2011-bmw-x3-out-and-about-in-munich\/"},"modified":"2010-04-06T19:57:00","modified_gmt":"2010-04-06T23:57:00","slug":"spy-shots-2011-bmw-x3-out-and-about-in-munich","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/518795","title":{"rendered":"Spy Shots: 2011 BMW X3 out and about in Munich"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Filed under: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/category\/spyphotos\/\" rel=\"tag\">Spy Photos<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/category\/paris-motor-show\/\" rel=\"tag\">Paris Motor Show<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/category\/crossovers-cuvs\/\" rel=\"tag\">Crossover<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/category\/bmw\/\" rel=\"tag\">BMW<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/gallery\/spy-shots-2011-bmw-x3\/#4\"><img decoding=\"async\" hspace=\"0\" border=\"1\" vspace=\"4\" src=\"http:\/\/www.blogcdn.com\/www.autoblog.com\/media\/2010\/04\/bmw-x3-3-630op.jpg\"  alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong><small>2011 BMW X3 &#8211; Click above for high-res image gallery<\/small><\/strong><\/em><\/div>\n<p>\nWe&#8217;re expecting the 2011 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/tag\/x3\">BMW X3<\/a> to debut sometime this year and judging by this latest crop of spy shots out of Munich, Bimmer&#8217;s mid-level &#8216;ute should be ready for prime-time when the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/category\/paris-motor-show\/\">Paris Motor Show<\/a> rolls around this fall.<\/p>\n<p>Although the prototype appears slightly larger than the current model, the changes will be largely cosmetic, particularly up front, where the outgoing X3&#8217;s plebeian proboscis has been dispatched in favor of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/make\/bmw\/\">BMW&#8217;s<\/a> new upright fascia. The headlamps appear to have grown in size and we&#8217;re particularly digging the sculpted bumper, with it&#8217;s larger lower grille, more dramatic lip and angular air intakes.<\/p>\n<p>The styling appears more standard on the sides and out back, although BMW is sure to redesign the D-pillar and fit new LED taillamps inspired by the rest of the range.<\/p>\n<p>Naturally, the 2011 X3 will feature BMW&#8217;s 3.0-liter six-cylinder powerplants &#8211; either naturally aspirated or turbocharged &#8211; with a handful of diesel mills available to our friends abroad. However, don&#8217;t be surprised to hear about some kind of four-cylinder fitted to the X3 after it&#8217;s initial launch, and here&#8217;s hoping that the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/model\/3+series\">335d<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/model\/x5\">X5 xDrive35d&#8217;s<\/a> impressive oilburner finds its way under the hood of the X3 in the U.S. in short order.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"postgallery\">\n<p><strong>Gallery: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/2010\/04\/06\/spy-shots-2011-bmw-x3-out-and-about-in-munich\/%GalleryURL%\">Spy Shots: 2011 BMW X3<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/gallery\/spy-shots-2011-bmw-x3\/2869545\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.blogcdn.com\/www.autoblog.com\/media\/2010\/04\/01-2011-bmw-x3-spy-april_thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/gallery\/spy-shots-2011-bmw-x3\/2869546\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.blogcdn.com\/www.autoblog.com\/media\/2010\/04\/02-2011-bmw-x3-spy-april_thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/gallery\/spy-shots-2011-bmw-x3\/2869548\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.blogcdn.com\/www.autoblog.com\/media\/2010\/04\/03-2011-bmw-x3-spy-april_thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/gallery\/spy-shots-2011-bmw-x3\/2869549\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.blogcdn.com\/www.autoblog.com\/media\/2010\/04\/04-2011-bmw-x3-spy-april_thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/gallery\/spy-shots-2011-bmw-x3\/2869550\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.blogcdn.com\/www.autoblog.com\/media\/2010\/04\/05-2011-bmw-x3-spy-april_thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p style=\"padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/2010\/04\/06\/spy-shots-2011-bmw-x3-out-and-about-in-munich\/\">Spy Shots: 2011 BMW X3 out and about in Munich<\/a> originally appeared on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\">Autoblog<\/a> on Tue, 06 Apr 2010 18:57:00 EST.  Please see our <a href=\"http:\/\/www.weblogsinc.com\/feed-terms\/\">terms for use of feeds<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h6 style=\"clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;\"><\/h6>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/2010\/04\/06\/spy-shots-2011-bmw-x3-out-and-about-in-munich\/\" rel=\"bookmark\" title=\"Permanent link to this entry\">Permalink<\/a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/forward\/19429068\/\" title=\"Send this entry to a friend via email\">Email this<\/a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/2010\/04\/06\/spy-shots-2011-bmw-x3-out-and-about-in-munich\/#comments\" title=\"View reader comments on this entry\">Comments<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Filed under: Spy Photos, Paris Motor Show, Crossover, BMW 2011 BMW X3 &#8211; Click above for high-res image gallery We&#8217;re expecting the 2011 BMW X3 to debut sometime this year and judging by this latest crop of spy shots out of Munich, Bimmer&#8217;s mid-level &#8216;ute should be ready for prime-time when the Paris Motor Show [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-518795","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/518795","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=518795"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/518795\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=518795"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=518795"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=518795"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}