Blue BMW X1 Rental in Los Angeles

Almost every compact SUV in this city is white, black or silver. This X1 is a deep marine blue that goes nearly black in shade and turns unmistakably blue the moment the sun reaches it — which is the whole trick of a dark metallic, and the reason this is the one people notice in a car park full of the same shape.

Blue this deep is the easy way to have a car that is not anonymous without it being a statement. It is discreet enough for a client visit and a hotel forecourt, and it photographs far better than silver on a coast road in the last hour of light. Take it when you want an everyday car that does not look like a rental.

The X1 is the BMW that makes most sense in Los Angeles and gets the least attention for it. It is short enough to park on Abbot Kinney, tall enough to see over traffic on the 10, and quiet enough that a two-hour crawl to Orange County is not an ordeal. The turbocharged four is brisk rather than fast, the boot is genuinely square, and the rear seats take two adults properly. Honest hook: it is the small BMW SUV, not the fast one — book it because it is easy, not because it is quick.