BMW announced yesterday that the planned production of the BMW X1 has begun at the Leipzig plant in Germany. In the next weeks, European dealerships and other distributors will receive their first X1 demo units.
The official launch is scheduled for October 24 and according to sources close to BMW, pre-orders have been more than satisfactory for BMW. The E84 X1 SAV will be unveiled at the Frankfurt Motor Show in two weeks, a world premiere of the final production model.
The Leipzig plant currently produces 730 vehicles per day and runs at full capacity. It will be interesting to monitor the activity at the plant if the BMW X1 sales are exceeding their forecast numbers. In the beginning, out of 730 vehicles built there, 75 will be X1 models. By the end of the year, BMW expects to produce 300 X1s every day.
For those of you interested in the X1, here are the German prices:
- BMW X1 sDrive18i – 27.200€
- BMW X1 sDrive18d – 29.550€
- BMW X1 xDrive18d – 31.550€
- BMW X1 sDrive20d – 32.400€
- BMW X1 xDrive20d – 34.400€
- BMW X1 xDrive23d – 38.800€
- BMW X1 xDrive28i – 41.500€
[Source: BimmerToday ]
BMW has just published the pricing for their X1 models sold in the United Kingdom. Just last month, the German pricing was released and set accordingly to the current market conditions and most important, relevant to the other models in the BMW line-up.
The UK pricing seems to follow the same line, the entry level, rear-wheel drive sDrive18d SE starts at £22,660. The all-wheel drive variant sells for £23,940. The more powerful sDrive20d was priced out at £24,205 and the xDrive20d £25,510.
The most expensive X1 model is the xDrive23d, the 204 horsepower SAV, at just a bit over £29,055.
The prices include delivery, number plates, first registration fee and BMW Emergency Service.
One of the main concerns we had regarding the new BMW X1 was the pricing. For the new entry-level compact SAV to be successful, it was imperative that the pricing will be set accordingly to the current market conditions and most important, relevant to the other models in the BMW line-up.
BMW chose the gasoline powered X1 sDrive18i as its entry level model and set a base price of 27,200 euros. In Germany, the base price for the bigger X3 model, xDrive20i, is 35,300 euros. Going even further, the X1 xDrive18d will sell for 31,550 euros, while the X3 xDrive18d 35,550 euros.
The most expensive X1 is the all-wheel drive gasoline xDrive28i which has a base price of 41,500 euros. The top X3 model is the xDrive35d at 53,000 euros.
Bottom line is that there are no surprises here, BMW has played this safe and priced the X1 accordingly, setting it apart from the X3 line-up. When the second generation X3 will launch next year, we expect this pricing gap to become even bigger, making the X1 an even more attractive choice.
Here are the base prices for all the other X1 models:
- BMW X1 sDrive18i - 27.200€
- BMW X1 sDrive18d - 29.550€
- BMW X1 xDrive18d - 31.550€
- BMW X1 sDrive20d - 32.400€
- BMW X1 xDrive20d - 34.400€
- BMW X1 xDrive23d - 38.800€
- BMW X1 xDrive28i - 41.500€
