New BMW X1 Compact Crossover Priced from £24,660 in the UK, Available Exclusively with Diesels

The facelifted BMW X1 will go on sale in Britain this July priced from £24,660 for the X1 sDrive18d. The Bavarian company's Audi Q3 rival features minor exterior styling tweaks combined with a subtlety-refined cabin, a new flagship diesel model and two new trims, Sport and xLine.

Proving the popularity of oil-burners in the UK, the X1 will be offered exclusively with diesel engines topped by the new X1 xDrive25d, which is only available in four-wheel drive.

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New Mega Gallery of BMW's Facelifted 2013 X1 Crossover with 100 Photos

If you are in the mood to observe the refreshed 2013 BMW X1 from all sorts of angles both inside and out, then you are in luck as the Bavarian firm dropped a huge gallery with 100 photos of its compact proposal in the premium crossover segment.

The facelift comes after some two-and-a-half years and more than 275,000 worldwide sales of the compact X model that is built at BMW plant's in Leipzig, Germany and in Tiexi, China.

For the first time, the X1 will be available in the U.S. with prices starting from $31,545 for the rear-wheel drive X1 sDrive28i, while the all-wheel drive X1 xDrive28i and X1 xDrive35i cost $33,245 and $39,345 respectively (including $895 destination and handling). BMW said that the X1 will arrive in U.S. dealerships this fall.

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2013 BMW X1 Priced from $31,545 in the States, More than $6,000 Less than the Base X3

After the first photos, we now have official details and U.S. pricing for the facelifted 2013 BMW X1, which debut at the New York Auto Show and reach dealerships across the country this fall (and not in the summer, as BMW originally stated).

The X1 will be offered in the States for the first time since its introduction in 2009. It will be available in three models, the rear-wheel drive X1 sDrive28i priced at $31,545, and the all-wheel drive X1 xDrive28i and X1 xDrive35i, priced at $33,245 and $39,345 respectively, with all prices including an $895 Destination and Handling fee.

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2013 BMW X1 Facelift Photos Pop Up Online, Coming to the States this Summer

The automotive forecast for today predicts many leaks from all fronts, as the earlier photo showers of the 2013 Mercedes-Benz GL-Class and 2013 Lincoln MKZ continue now with the refreshed 2013 BMW X1, which will be joining the two other models at the New York International Auto Show.

If you're reading this from the U.S., the first thing you'll need to know about the facelifted X1 is that BMW has confirmed that it will be available in showrooms across the country this summer, with prices to be announced soon.

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2013 BMW X1 Facelift to Debut at New York Auto Show, U.S. Sales to Start this Summer

The BMW X1 will launch in the United States sooner than what the Bavarian company has led us to believe the last time we reported about the matter, as the automaker today announced that the facelifted X1 would receive its world premiere at next month's 2012 New York International Auto Show and go on sale in the States this summer.

When the German automaker introduced the X3's smaller sibling back in the summer of 2009, it said that it would offer the X1 in the States in early 2011, but that never happened with BMW constantly delaying its launch.

Back to the present, BMW said that the revised X1 will be offered in America with its new 2.0-liter TwinPower Turbo 4-cylinder gasoline engine. The automaker did not release any other details nor any photos of the facelifted model.

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