2026 BMW iX3 Can Now Be Ordered With A White Steering Wheel

When BMW revealed the brand new iX3, most press photos confirmed an inside that includes an choice that wasn’t out there at launch. Six months later, the white steering wheel can lastly be ordered. The German configurator was up to date this week to mirror the newly added additional, which prices an extra €250.

As beforehand reported, the white steering wheel is out there solely together with the Digital White inside. Priced at €1,080 within the iX3’s residence market, the bundle wraps the seats in Veganza. That is advertising and marketing jargon for synthetic leather-based, additionally used for the steering wheel. The cabin isn’t completely white, as BMW offsets it with Atlas Grey cloth accents all through. Elsewhere, the headliner is available in Anthracite, whereas the door armrests are completed in black Veganza.

Prospects can order the Particular person white steering wheel even on the bottom trim degree. In different phrases, BMW doesn’t drive patrons to step as much as the pricier M Sport or M Sport Bundle Professional. The discreetly up to date roundel sits entrance and heart, although the subtle changes may go unnoticed at first look.

Alternatively, the steering wheel can be out there within the traditional black, plus an M brand adorning the underside spoke. This model is likewise wrapped in Veganza, and from what we are able to inform, the vertical spokes are equivalent to these of the white wheel. Pretty much as good because the white model seems in BMW’s new 3D configurator, it stays to be seen how effectively it should maintain up over time, provided that white surfaces usually demand extra upkeep.

The white steering wheel isn’t the one new choice added to the configurator this week. BMW has expanded personalization by introducing three new colours: Fireplace Purple, Eucalyptus Green, and Particular person Frozen Area Silver. As well as, the AC Charging Skilled choice provides 22-kW AC charging functionality together with a Car-to-Load perform rated at as much as 3.7 kW. The latter, often known as V2L, basically turns the automobile into an influence financial institution on wheels to cost exterior gadgets.

The “NA5” iX3 now additionally receives a chrome steel loading sill when ordered with the Modern, M, or Particular person inside designs. In the meantime, clients who go for the M Sport Bundle or the M Sport Bundle Professional get a particular automobile key that includes the long-lasting three M stripes in blue, violet, and crimson.

Heated rear seats are nonetheless lacking from the German configurator, however there’s a cause for that. BMW beforehand informed us the choice will initially develop into out there for automobiles ordered from March in South Korea and Japan. Ventilated front seats are additionally absent for now, although they’re anticipated to be added later within the iX3’s life cycle.

Deliveries haven’t even begun but, so there’s possible rather more to return. Additional Individual colors are due later this yr, alongside new mannequin variants such because the iX3 40 and iX3 M60 xDrive. Trying additional forward, the X3 M “ZA5” is slated to develop into the flagship in 2027.