2015 BMW X4 is a budget X6
 

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We won't argue that crossovers are hugely successful vehicles, with automakers working to provide functional CUVs in a wide range of sizes. But over at BMW, things are just getting out of hand, as evidenced by this new <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/bmw/x4/">X4</a> "Sports Activity Coupe" that debuts here at the <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/new-york-auto-show/">2014 New York Auto Show</a>.<br />
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BMW is seeing fit to offer vehicles in even the most niche of niches, and the X4 is no exception. Want proof? Have a look at the X4, and the compare it to the <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/bmw/x3/">X3</a>, the <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/bmw/3+series+gt/">3 Series Gran Turismo</a>, the <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/bmw/3+series/">3 Series Sport Wagon</a>, and the <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/bmw/4+series/">4 Series Gran Coupe</a>. Aside from marginal differences in things like ground clearance and the exact slope of the hatchback, what, exactly, is the difference?<br />
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Like the other models we just mentioned, the X4 is powered by either a 2.0-liter turbo-four with 240 horsepower or a more powerful, 3.0-liter turbo-six with 300 horsepower, and unsurprisingly, power is sent to the ground exclusively via the company's xDrive all-wheel-drive system. An eight-speed automatic transmission is the sole gearbox available with either engine. All sounds very familiar, right?<br />
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Even the shape is familiar, the X4 looking like a smaller, less-functional <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/bmw/x6/">X6</a>. It's not exactly what we'd call pretty, and it certainly isn't cheap, either. Pricing for the X4 whatcha-mobile starts at $45,625, including destination. Six-cylinder power will cost you just under $50,000, and considering BMW's extensive options list, we don't doubt that you'll easily be able to get one of these up into purely lavish territory.<br />
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