Final week I took supply of one of many first Le Mans Blue Particular person i4 M50’s to US market. This is my expertise up to now.
General, actually superb and fascinating expertise. Let me begin from the supply expertise. Automotive arrived to port of NY/NJ and offloaded on Might 22 (Toledo) together with 600+ different East Coast US BMWs. Amazingly, it was on a truck to my native seller the very subsequent day. No points in transit and all choices have been obtained as anticipated.
After a couple of footage, the automotive was moved to the showroom for a couple of days of viewing. The method took virtually 3 hours as this was the primary i4 supply on the dealership. The finance supervisor got here right down to see the automotive, a number of salespeople, different clients. All of us had a terrific chat about the way forward for EVs and the way merely superb this automotive appears. Tons of vitality and real pleasure.
On to the primary drive. Confession time. Earlier than I left the lot, I had by no means pushed nor even ridden in an electrical automobile. So, I used to be a bit nervous how the automotive would really feel. Preciously 3.3 seconds later, I had my reply. WOW. Simply WOW. The rocket ship toque, the dealing with, the soundness. They nailed it. This is my evaluation…
Positives…absolute beast with torque. Like, you must alert your passengers you about to hammer it. HK sound is superb. Seats and sprint are prime quality. iDrive 8 is superb, clear, polished, environment friendly. Trunk is exceptionally giant. Except you’re a racecar driver, dealing with is great. Actually quiet – low highway noise.
Negatives…again seat is tight. No query. Entrance grill (nicely?). iDrive8 with Spotify had a hiccup as soon as. Not feeling the Hans Zimmmer, however my son likes it.
Take pleasure in!
