BMW iX3 vs Lexus RZ

The BMW iX3 is £745 cheaper to buy. Running costs are almost identical - about £152 a year either way, at 8,000 miles on an off-peak home tariff. Add 5 years of charging and the BMW iX3 comes out roughly £705 cheaper overall. These figures cover list price and home charging only - insurance, servicing, tyres and depreciation will move the real total.

EVcarsguide estimates a real-world motorway range of about 293 miles for the BMW iX3 and 294 miles for the Lexus RZ - effectively matched, and both well below their WLTP figures because sustained high speed is the hardest case for an EV. A rapid charge to 80% takes around 21 minutes in the BMW iX3 and 30 in the Lexus RZ, so the BMW iX3 loses less time at each stop.

The two are within 0 mm on width, so neither is meaningfully easier to thread into a tight space. In a standard 2,400 mm bay that leaves about 505 mm of total clearance for the BMW iX3 and about 505 mm of total clearance for the Lexus RZ. The Lexus RZ also turns in a 0.9 m tighter circle, which helps with U-turns and multi-storey ramps.