I-Drive with no rotary dial is a major negative for me. Your constantly trying to reach across & turn off the lane assist (tick box) that I keep missing with my finger tips as I'm driving along the road. The armrest storage with the opening on the passenger side makes it awkward for me anyway to use this storage area, seems like it suits a left wheel drive version.
Have one of these on order. X Line in Phytonic Blue (and Oyster interior) but damn every time I see this San Remo green I'm tempted to call and ask if it's too late to change. Only thing that puts me off is when the sun hits the car it turns into a very light green which is a bit urgk. When I was younger I had an old E38 7-Series in a dark green. Absolutely loved it.
But seriously, do you really want that. Good for cables people say. Imagine a tight parking space against a wall and you need things from the under the hood....🤔
Well Joe, i have one since 8 months and i have done 22000km with it. For short drives it's good, but for me it's not ok because on the high way i can get max 270km out of the battery. Mine is a full options M sport.
They tested it at Autobild in summer 25°C with 334km at 130km/h (Edit: the 366km were at 100 km/h). How fast do you drive? If you do regular trips over 300km the i4 would be of course the better choice. I love the iX1 as it is a perfect car around town/countryside, with decent space for a 4,50m car. For 1-2 Holiday trips a year it is still acceptable if you make lunch/coffee brakes anyway.
@@sunseeker-yb5qt i have been chatting with a lot of IX1 30E owners and we all have about 260km range on the highway with a 80% charge, yesterday it was even only 237km with a 80% charge. I drive slow, 100kmh on the cruise control on the highway and never more than the speedlimit in town, my tires are at 3bar. The car is good though, i like it, but the constant charging is annoying.
@@DVerbe ah ok, you talk about 80% charge, then I understand. If you say max I thought you mean 100%, thats what I would do if I need to travel 300km or max in one go. Of course I only charge to 80% as well for regular use. For me it fits good as I do over 200km very rarely (only for holiday) and can charge at work. @tyre pressure: is it not very harsh ride then? I have 2,6 and it is already firm on bumpy city roads?
I appreciate your content Joe - Im an OG… I will watch this knowing it is you and yet zero interest in the platform presented. FYI - I have a 2019 F82CP as my daily in Glasgow…. Perhaps a small reason why I couldnt give a rats about an electric SUV?
@@JoeAchilles1 - I’m a Brisbane boy born and bred, but spent 8 years of my adult life living in Melbourne before going off shore - trust me when I say I fully understand! Great content for your Australian Daily Blogs - I’ve seen ever one! Cheers Mate
Ahh yes I feared that would be the case, probably less of an issue in countries like Australia, but certainly a pain in the UK or much or Europe, Canada etc...
There is one car which is better in my view Joe, the iX3. Very similar price but with better ergonomics and UX, more range and RWD handling. Great review as always!
This not a negative comment. I agree with all your observations on the driving impressions. I test drove it myself. But this is a half baked product. 130kW peak charge is not competitive in 2024. The range and battery capacity too. The perfect use case is around town, but this contradicts the purpose of this class of vehicles. They should be the only car you need, yet this is too expensive for a city vehicle. No surprise it is not offered in the US.
Nice seeing you back home in southern hemisphere Joe. Loved Melbourne, lovely city. Spent a lot of time there. I’m looking to get back to New Zealand soon too. Nice video Joe. The x1 is a great car whether EV or with petrol ICE 👌
Actually considering this very car in this colour/spec. God knows why BMW UK only offer a light headliner on the XLine and have just replaced the slatted grills with a ghastly graphic based one!😂. Suppose the latter could be swapped back for an additional charge!
BMW is issuing a global recall of 26,900 new plug-in hybrid vehicles due to a fire risk posed when its batteries are charged to full.The recall impacts several models manufactured during the 2020 calendar year, including the X1, X2, X3 and X5 hybrid SUVs, plus hybrid versions of the 3-, 5- and 7-Series. Also affected are the 2-Series Active Tourer, i8 and the Mini Countryman PHEV if assembled since January 2020.The automaker says fewer than a third of the affected vehicles are in customer hands, with the rest on dealer lots; and says most are in Europe, though the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration says 4,509 cars are affected in America. The problem has been traced to contaminants entering the battery during production which could lead to a short-circuit when fully charged. The NHTSA names Samsung as the battery supplier, though BMW would not confirm this. The automaker did say it has not received any reports of injuries or accidents tied to the issue, but is aware of one “thermal event.” Earlier this week, Ford pushed back plans to launch its Escape Hybrid in the U.S. after its European sibling Kuga underwent a similar recall for a fire risk. The Kuga’s batteries are made by Samsung.
Great point why do manufacturers build these EVs and make them look so odd compared to their ICE stable mates. I mean the only difference is the power plant surely styling shouldn't be sacrificed because its an EV
Not at all. I know I get great deals for a new car as demand is very low. I always bought my cars like that. But I keep my cars for some years so I dont care about resale values after I bought it.
I think the M version of the X1 is really ugly, but the regular one is rather classy. I’ve been in one of these U11 models and it’s quite pleasant, but I think I would rather have a 2 series tourer.
Cool car! Small nitpick, CO2 isnt a pollutant. Its not harmful to people. The rest of the stuff coming out the exhaust is. However modern euro 6 cars put out extremely low amounts of pollutants anyway, so little that Id argue its hardly an argument anymore worth using against ICE cars in all but the larger cities. The difference between euro6 and old cars is staggering. Something to keep in mind as a petrol head facing such scrutiny these days.
Spot on. So many people don't know the difference between CO2 (the greenhouse gas) and the nasty stuff (like HCs, CO, NOx and PN). I thought Joe would've though. This lack of knowledge is the reason lots of people moan about their old small diesel car (with £20 VED) not being ULEZ compliant when a new M3 or massive Range Rover V8 is. NOx is the really nasty pollutant and pre Euro 6 diesels chuck it out by the bucket load. And before anyone says "my 20 year old diesel just passed its MoT test so it must be clean" clearly don't know anything about proper emissions testing and what it involves (clue - an MoT test doesn't measure NOx and it's just done at idle and fast idle where there's no load on the engine).
Noise level is a much better argument for EV in cities. PHEVs are a great compromise with the silent, relaxing city driving but effortless long distance driving.
CO2 doesn‘t harm anyone… actually the tiny bits of dust that are problematic from tyres and brakes are even more for ev‘s cause they use to be heavier… modern diesel and petrol engines exhaust cleaner air than they inhale…
EV’s don’t use friction brakes for the majority of braking, so brake dust is much less [virtually nothing]. Run a pipe from the exhaust of a running engine into the cabin - it’ll likely kill you within 20 minutes. Cleaner air, that’s a no ! 😵💫😬
EVs are doomed to fail. Question is why is it our politicians are so intent on pushing them? EVs are being constantly marketed due to the penalties governments are levying on car manufacturers to meet absurd EV sales targets. The question is why aren’t governments at all interested in synthetic fuels? No need to scrap millions of cars if government subsidies were put into the r&d and rollout. Surly this is win win for all?
Synthetic fuels can’t be produced in enough quantity for day-to-day use. They will keep motorsports, weekend cars and some other light use stuff going. Porsche are forecasting a production of 100 million litres of synthetic fuel per year by 2028. The US alone uses 9x this amount of fuel …..PER DAY ! Then you have the cost - 2028 forecast is $12 per litre, before taxes. Then you have the pollution - vehicles using synthetic fuel still emit tailpipe pollution.
My dad had the edrive 30 since two months now, only real bummer is the brake feel/control. I almost reversed into other cars a few times, which was then stopped by the automatic brake🫡
