As an identical twin, I often get mistaken for my brother. It’s something that twins get used to.
I bet that if the 2023 BMW X1 could speak, it would say that it’s often mistaken for 2003 BMW X3. After all, the new X1 is about the same size as its forebear, being 2.7 inches shorter and the same width, yet able to schlep an additional 8 cubic feet of lifestyle debris while generating an extra 9 horsepower and 74 pound-feet of torque.
Yet it’s always outsold by the X3 and X5, a factor not helped by the previous model’s Mini Countryman platform, rendering it front-wheel-biased. The initial X1 had used a 3 Series, rear-wheel-drive biased platform. For 2023, BMW is offering it in one configuration, with standard all-wheel drive.
