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12-02-2021, 04:57 PM | #26 |
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The car starts at $8,xxx USD more than the ICE car, in theory $500-ish more if we still qualify for the $7,500 tax credit (up in the air). Regardless, no brainer for me.
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12-02-2021, 05:08 PM | #27 |
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Not really; Audi and Mercedes are just as boring in the segment IMO
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12-02-2021, 05:39 PM | #28 |
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Not so sure about that. Our brief exposure to a 2016 Audi brought a lot of excitement to our lives. We got to meet and talk with people in the Service Department often, as well as Customer Relations people in the corporation, read lots of repair orders and reasons why things couldn't be fixed and/or excluded from warranty. Not boring at all! But, we decided we couldn't handle this much excitement ever again, dumped the A6, and settled for the reduced excitement of this kind with 3 BMWAG products that have been reasonably close to flawless for years. If a hands-on reveals the i4 works for me and they fix the base price to get the tax credit, I'll be happy to stay in the BMW family!
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Motors are new with no permanent magnets or rare earth materials. Designed BMW and manufactured by BMW. GPS aware regen. No other cars do this. Advanced braking that uses a dynamic mix of regen and regular brakes. On the M50 up to 200kw or regen. Advanced ADAS if you opt for it including hands free traffic jam another other things. Heat pumps for various uses. It may look like a 4 series GC but it is not just a GC with some electric motors. There is plenty of advanced tech. You just don't see it. Anyway a M440 Xi GC fully loaded is $70k and it's missing about 170hp.
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I'd bet that the 40e and M50 share identical placement of everything up front except the motor. So, no Frunk for financial reasons. The long nose and sitting between the wheels is what makes a BMW feel like it does to me. I have had BMW's since 2009 and love the way the car feels like it pivots around the driver. The front occupants are arround the centre of mass. So, part of a sports saloon design. I will not argue that the i4 could have been better as a pure BEV design. But, for now this is cost effective and quick. My F31 340i is 5 years old now and I'm ready to change. This car will be my target 6 years old, come my delivery. The i4 family hatchback has the range and practicality I need as a fun daily driver. Come 6 years time in 2028 the UK will be two years off banning the sale of new petrols. Petrol is now well over £7 a gallon for premium fuel in the U.K. With a growth of environmentalism, I feet that a similar specified 340i or 440iGC would likely cost me more over the next 6 years! I believe Top Gear, a UK 'institution' has recognised this change and named a car that, like for me, appears to tick all boxes as a fun family daily driver. But, the proof will be in the pudding…
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Has any prospective i4 buyer cross shopped Porsche Taycan?
The Porsche Performance Battery Plus is $80k+, and 0-60 in 4.7 seconds, not bad right? |
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I Have, and only just last week. I tested the Cross Tourismo 4S. In the UK by the time you add some "essential extras", you are paying £20k over the fully loaded i4 M50 price and the Taycan is still short of much of the tech the i4 provides.
So overall, I'm sticking with my i4 order.
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The roadblock with the Taycan is that the allocations for a new order is 1.5 years out and most dealers are tacking in $5-$10k mark-ups. That put a stop for me even though the Taycan was my 1st choice.
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It's called adaptive but uses GPS data so is uses ADAS and GPS.
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This review of the i4 M50 talks about it also. https://www.guideautoweb.com/en/articles/61725/
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There aren't any other cars outside of BMW that have adaptive regeneration.
But remember the i4 doesn't have much tech. At least according to people that don't read.
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