

Yet, despite being a marketing conundrum, the old X4 still managed to sell like hotcakes, moving more than 200,000 units since its introduction. But, as anyone can tell, the X4 has four-doors. To make things even more confusing, the X4 received its name to represent the fact that it was a crossover version (or “sports activity vehicle,” as BMW touts it) of the 4 Series, the replacement for the two-door 3 Series models – a result of BMW renaming its coupe models as even-number series. It was more expensive than the X3 it was based on, less practical, and almost as costly as its larger X5 and X6 siblings, making one wonder why the X4 even existed.

When the BMW first introduced the X4 back in 2014, many people, including us auto journalists, raised their eyebrows we were perplexed by its purpose.
