The 2022 BMW X3 30e featured in the comparison below has an overall data-driven rating of 3.50 and the 2022 Land Rover Range Rover Evoque Bronze Collection has an overall data-driven rating of 3.25.

Under the hood, the 2022 BMW X3 M Competition packs a twin-turbo 3-liter inline-six engine making a whopping 503 hp (510 ps) and 479 lb-ft (649 Nm) of torque. It also comes with a ZF 8-speed ...

This, I fear, is what BMW has done with the 2022 X3 M Competition. Much like The Phantom Menace, this BMW has all the building blocks to be great, but falls short in its delivery.

The 2022 BMW X3 M40i comes equipped with a 3.0-liter i6 engine, but perhaps even more interesting is that BMW has also included a mild-hybrid 48-volt starter-generator.

To a large degree, BMW has succeeded — but our Brian Normile found the updates aren’t enough to make the X3 M Competition as fun to drive as the Stelvio, and it comes up short on utility, as well.

For 2022, the 503-horsepower X3 M Competition gets 479 pounds-feet of torque, up from 442 pounds-feet in the 2021 model. It also gets a larger grille design and more aggressive exterior styling ...