Hey Shiva, good to see you on the X1 forums (and not just the F30 ones)!
Are you considering an F48?? We're on the verge of pulling the trigger to get an M-Sport for my wife and new baby. I agree with all your points. Some things about the interior feels even nicer than our F30's! (eg. the perforated leather "sport"/x-line seats, the updated Navi and iDrive wheel, the more abundant ambient lighting). We've looked at and tested so many smaller SUV's and crossovers (including X3 and X5, Disco Sport, NX and RX, Q50, Pathfinder, Murano, Q3 and Q5, GLA, CX5, Sante Fe Sport and XL, etc.). I didn't know the F48 was out till I nosied over to these Forums... seems like a perfect fit for something easy and pretty fun to drive (we're in a city with small parking spaces), feels solid, safe, and actually looks decent now. Not as many bells and whistles as the Japanese counterparts, but feels so much better!
Fred