BMW X1 F48

The F48 is the BMW X1 generation our specification records cover for US model years 2016–2022. Across that run EPA certified 13 versions of it for sale in America, under 2 trim names. It was sold as an SUV.

Dimensions are the figures the panel above does not carry. The F48 measures 174.8 in · 4,440 mm long, sits on a wheelbase of 105.1 in · 2,670 mm and weighs 3,660 lb · 1,660 kg. Length and wheelbase come from Transport Canada, which measures every vehicle sold in North America; curb weight from the same source.

The generation did not stand still: the best combined economy improved from 25 mpg to 27 mpg. An F48 from the first model year and one from the last are not the same proposition, which is worth remembering when a listing gives only the chassis code.

Set against the E84 that preceded it, the F48 is 66 lb · 30 kg lighter at the lightest. That figure is taken from the lightest and shortest version we hold for each, so it compares like with like rather than setting a base car against a loaded one.

Of the 13 versions we hold under this code, 7 are all-wheel drive and 6 front-wheel drive. That matters on the used market more than it looks: which axles are driven changes the weight, the service list and the price, and the badge does not always say which you are looking at.

This archive holds 2 original US brochures covering the F48, with the text of each one searchable. They are the source of the figures no government record collects — torque, acceleration and the equipment lists — and they are what BMW told American buyers at the time rather than what is said about the car now.

Gaps are left as gaps. We do not hold curb weight for 6 of the 13, because Transport Canada does not publish a weight for every model. A dash on this site means the figure is not in a source we can name, never that it is roughly the same as the row above.