I would recommend this car with caution. I must first say that I love the look and drive of this car. I love the small drive of it with big carrying capacity. (I can fit a Christmas tree in with the ...

I would recommend this car with caution. I must first say that I love the look and drive of this car. I love the small drive of it with big carrying capacity. (I can fit a Christmas tree in with the seats down as well as my small kayak) It is peppy yet also an an Eco-pro setting for when i want to really be gas conscious.

Pros

Ride and Handling: Sporty. Fun to drive.
Cargo Space: Plenty of room for a busy active life.
Styling: Great looking car.

Cons

Reliability: I bought this car with only 23k miles on it. I have only owned it 3 months. When I drive the car for over an hour; the "needs oil light". Comes on. So far I have had to add 2 qts of oil in less than 3 mos.
Technology and Entertainment: Nice features but quite challenging to figure out how things work. And the instruction booklets aren't great help. It doesn't seem to have a intermittent wiper? Really? Tech is not intuitive at all.
Cost to Maintain: In only 3 mos. I have had to have a seat fixed; an oil change in an attempt to fix the extremely high oil consumption and the tailgate arm popped out of it's socket randomly. Yes I could fix but why did that happen. Very concerned about the service on this car. The last car I owned was a Lexus GS300. This BMW has had more problems in the last 3 mos than my Lexus had nearly the whole time I owned it.

This is a great car that feels like it's quality made. It takes some getting used to as far as braking and excelleration. It's a mid size car but works with my small size.

Pros

Ride and Handling
Interior Space
Styling

Cons

Braking: Brakes are graby
Cost to Maintain: You don't need service often but when you do you start at a thousand.
Seat Comfort: These are just hard. Around town is great but any trip over 2 hours you will be taking breaks

It is a great car for someone who wants/needs an SUV, but wants it to drive like a car.

Pros

Ride and Handling: Feels like a sports car
Power: Great response
Styling: Looks very sporty

Cons

Interior Space: A little cramped especially the 3rd row seats (if you have the option)

2015 BMW Reviews

Fun to drive

Fun to drive

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Great car.

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Get performance and road feel. We love it

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