BMW X3 M

BMW Australia has priced and specced its powered-up new X3 and X4 twins, the X3 M and X4 M Competition. Both will debut in higher-grade Competition form Down Under, priced from $157,900 before on-road costs as an X3 or $164,900 before on-roads in style-focused X4 guise.

BMW has teased its upcoming pair of super-SUVs, sharing a video of the X3 M and X4 M twins on Facebook. First shown as prototypes at the DTM Nurburgring event last year, the hotted-up pairing is aimed squarely at the Mercedes-AMG GLC63 with its 4.0-litre turbocharged bent-eight engine. Power will come from a fresh inline-six engine augmented by two turbochargers, designed to deliver "high-revving characteristics". Sounds like the M Division is playing to its strengths, then.