The BMW X3 was rated a Superlative Prophylactic Pick past the Insurance Found for Highway Rubber. In guild to be considered a Elevation Safety Pick a vehicle must receive a rating of "Good", the Establish's highest rating in all tests including frontal off-set crash, side touch, rear affect and roof crush. It besides must accept electronic stability control as standard equipment.

"Safety has always been a meridian priority at BMW and our vehicles have ever washed well in IIHS tests," said Tom Baloga, Vice-president Engineering science (United states) for the BMW Group. "As well every bit the X3 will protect its driver and passengers in a crash nosotros believe that it is even more important that the X3 has been engineered to help the driver avoid the crash in the first place."

In addition to front, side and head protection airbags, the newest BMW X3 also include genu-protection airbags. Responsive handling, worthy of the Ultimate Driving Auto is farther enhanced with Dynamic Stability Control and xDrive, BMW's intelligent all-wheel drive system. An available head-up display helps keeps the commuter's eyes on the road.

P90063617 1280x768111 655x436 The BMW X3 is available with BMW AssistTM which includes the industry'due south first enhanced Automatic Collision Notification organization, developed in cooperation with the William Lehman Injury Research Center in Miami, FL. In the event of a severe collision an assessment of the adventure of astringent injury, determined using a sophisticated fix of algorithms assessing crash data, is transmitted as part of the automatic standoff notification call placed to the BMW Assist emergency telephone call eye. This helps first responders to be better prepared for those first disquisitional moments afterward arriving at an accident scene.

Co-ordinate to the Insurance Institute for Highway Condom in the frontal offset crash test, "Dummy movement was well controlled… Measures taken from the dummy signal a low run a risk of any significant injuries in a crash of this severity."

After the side impact test IIHS noted that for both the driver and rear seat passenger, "Measures taken from the dummy indicate a depression gamble of any significant injuries in a crash of this severity." For caput protection for both the driver and rear passenger the Institute found that, "The dummy's caput was protected from being striking by whatsoever hard structures, including the intruding barrier, by a side mantle airbag that deployed from the roof."

The IIHS describes their roof strength test equally follows, "To measure roof strength, a metal plate is pushed against one corner of a vehicle's roof at a constant speed. The maximum forcefulness sustained by the roof before five inches of crush is compared to the vehicle's weight to detect the strength-to-weight ratio. This is a good assessment of vehicle structural protection in rollover crashes." The BMW X3 achieved a strength-to-weight ratio of 4.69, which is higher than many of its competitors.

The second-generation BMW X3 went on sales in December 2010 and has become a sales hit. Sales of the X3 in the US this year-to-day are 24,261 to the finish of Nov. This represents a stunning 364% improvement over X3 sales over the same menstruation of 2010.

The BMW X3 is one of three finalists for N American Truck of the Year.

[Source: BMW ]