BMW X1 facelift review, test drive and video

This new car addresses one of the biggest weaknesses of the old X1 – its dull interiors. This one gets more premium materials than before and instead of a two-one dash, it now gets an all-black theme throughout the cabin including the seats. The wooden inserts on the dashboard are now replaced with aluminium-finish inserts and the high-gloss surface around the air-con controls and chrome inserts around the display screen gives it a nice touch. 

Three trim-levels are on offer – base, xLine and Sportline. The base variant includes climate control, electric wing mirrors and fog lamps, on board computer, audio system with CD/aux/USB and 17-inch alloy wheels. The xLine variant adds underguard elements for front and rear aprons, side skirt covers and air intake and kidney grille slats in Titanium Silver matte finish. This variant also gets special door sills with xLine badging, sports multi-function steering wheel with leather, multi-colour ambient lighting, floor-mats with colour-matched piping and Fineline Bay matte wood finish exclusive to the xLine trim level.