The E83-generation X3 also served as a major first for the brand, as it handed production for these models to an Austrian sub-contractor, Magna Steyr, who also assisted with the design of the new ...

2004-2011 BMW E83 1st-gen X3, 2003- BMW E84 1st-gen X1, 2009-2016 BMW E85 1st-gen Z4, 2003-2009 BMW E87 1st-gen 1-series Coupe, 2004-2011 BMW E88 1st-gen 1-series Convertible, 2004-2011 BMW E89 ...

And you’d be wrong. It is, in fact, the X3 that tops the company’s global sales charts, with more than 3.5 million examples finding homes since the first-generation model hit the market in 2004.