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1) This is a terrible color to present new cars in. Really, Camry Gold???? Not a cool red, blue, green, anything else? This is the same color that only grandma would buy, not to mention they added bright blue accents to the side which doesn't work well when mixed together. 2) They need to bring back harder body lines into the design language, these softer body-lines make the cars look very puffy and heavier (not in a good way). 3) That side profile/roof-line needs to be sleeker and lower, that rear window looks really awkward and somewhat generic in styling. It has that same chunky C-pillar look that the 8er GC has. Also, add some tint, that'll make it easily look better. 4) Where is the Hofmeister Kink???? Wilhelm Hofmeister is rolling in his grave. 5) And of course, the usual, Kidney Grills. An electric car, which needs only minimal cooling/intakes, should not need a full length and fake plastic Kidney Grill. Oh and the hood-line will likely make an unwanted appearance in production form.
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I expect the top range i4 that's coming out to start at $70K before options and incentive. the lower versions starting at $60K a year later. it's a competitor to Tesla in the sense that you need to pay up to distinguish yourself from the plebeian model 3 drivers that are everywhere these days. |
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I'm finding it so easy to not like this car. However, if you take the silhouette and move the roof line forward about a foot and then smooth out the trunk it looks awesome 😆 my Photoshop skills aren't good enough to bring that to reality.
One slightly pointless observation, it looks like the instrument cluster had a rev clock, what's the point if it doesn't have any gears? I'm assuming it's single speed and as such your Speedo will tell you the same as the revs - am I missing something? |
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I know I'm an outlier on this specific topic, so I haven't commented on this until you did, but I straight up wouldn't buy any vehicle with a glass or panoramic roof. I'm no so much concerned about a rollover, as I don't want all that exposure to the sun. I added 3m Crystalline tint film on my 335i's conventional sunroof, and I still can't stand to have the shade open even a tiny bit. Living with a full-glass roof sounds like torture, so they're literally a deal breaker for me.
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I love it. No complaints with the car but not a huge fan of the hub cap looking wheels
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Panoramic roof should NEVER be forced in areas like Texas an Arizona the way they do it now. The sun is our enemy...
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I thought this would be hitting roads by 2021, apparently BMW USA's facebook is saying a launch of sometime between January to June of 2022 (and that's if it is on time)
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It's extremely pretty.
A bold statement piece for sure. It definitely doesn't appeal to me as a man. It will be cool to see the production car vs this design exercise.
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arguing whether tesla is a mass market brand or not is pretty pathetic, the buyers don't care about that, just like how they don't care if BMW has "prestige" or "heritage", the sales numbers show that. the fact that bmw wasn't able to present a viable competitor against the model 3 is what's making it losing sales, and with the i4, it's trying to play catch up. whether that'll succeed or not is anyone's guess, i'm leaning towards no since i don't believe it'll be price at a level that'll make it competitive against the model 3. |
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Yes, that is the critical factor for many of us....Polestar 2 is coming. Cannot bring myself to look at Tesla Model 3 again...the display models were of awful quality the last time. Next generation maybe for them.
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