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Saw and sat in an iX today
Featured on BIMMERPOST.com Wow! The car looks great and the interior is unbelievable. I sat in the rear behind a 5'9" driver and enjoyed limo level space. iDrive 8 is amazing. The car does have an 11kW charger. There is a rear wiper (take that, I-Pace). Like the i8, when you open the doors you see carbon fiber. The only thing that might be an issue is the relatively small rear cargo area. Oh, and the price.
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The car was red with the "black package." The interior was a light colored Sensatec. That last particularly impressed me. The seats are like thrones and deliver proof that this car is intended as a 7 Series level car. The feel of the vinyl was soft and pliant, not at all like you'd expect. The BMW guy kept repeating that it was the size of the X5, the height of the X6 and the wheelbase of the 7. All I can say is that it has impressive packaging. Asked how it drives, the BMW guy — who had driven it from NJ to Maine and then to Boston — said it was the best-driving BMW he'd ever driven. He described the power as amazing (no surprise for an EV). He said the handling was "light-heavy". Not sure what that means but he was raving about the car.
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FWIWI bumped into someone on the iDrive 8 team at an AI conference and that is how I got interested on the iX. Go figure. LOL What did you think of the massive grill? That is currently my only concern. I (and my wife) prefer a more subdued look. Other than the front grill it looks perfect. The price is competitive for the package. |
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I'm five years people will call the design "attractive" and even "classic". Reference: i3 I said a bit more about the front end here: https://www.bimmerpost.com/forums/sh...php?p=28025887
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The design discussion makes good ink/clicks for the hordes of auto journalists with nothing else to say — their sniffy attitudes showing through and their college degrees prominent with ever-more-clever hyperbolic descriptions of the design. A little bit like you being "repulsed" by a shape in plastic.
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Don't get me wrong. I like BMW, drive a 530e (although I really want a 545e but BMW won't sell it in the USA) , and think the new IX looks like a great driving vehicle.
My problem is that every time I walk into my garage, I will be looking at that "grill". I just can't do it. |
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So...yes...I don't love the Audi and Lexus grills, nor do I intend to buy one, but at least they are wider than they are tall. |
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