Mercedes and BMW surprised that their vastly superior vehicles are selling well.
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I drive a BMW i4 M50 and I am happy to say that it is a fantastic vehicle. Highly recommended.
I don't know if it ia still the case but Mercedes and BMW often put their EVs in crazy discounts as they try to gain market share. When I bought mine, I got $38k in discounts.
I'm sure in a few years BMW will figure out how to make them leak oil.
BMW, Mercedes and Volvo are (rightfully) getting a lot of praise for their latest offerings.
Can't help but feel a bit bad for Audi. The Q6 / A6 were maybe 1.5 years early and can't quite match the latest offerings in terms of battery size or SDV. And price. Still, very good cars on the used market
Can’t wait to try the new i3!
Shame its literally half the price of a new house
I hope the rear wheel drive version will be cheaper
About $80k, 1/15 the price of a house here. Where the hell can you buy a house for only ~150k? Just like the price of a lot of new cars. Here in Canada, doubt we would get a RWD only version. If we did, nobody would buy it. RWD only in the winter is horrid.
RWD only in the winter is horrid.
doesn't stop the brodozer sales.
I also agree we won’t get a RWD variant here - does BMW sell any non-AWD vehicles here anymore? I don’t think A/4WD is a necessity though. I currently have a RWD Model 3 which is an absolute champ in the winter. Only issue is low clearance over the snow when it’s truly deep in the neighbourhood, which isn’t a RWD issue. I regularly drive on rural highways for work. Throw on some Hakkas and it’s all good. Can’t get its nose out of joint even if you try. Might get it to wiggle its butt a teeny bit if you stomp on it in a turn but traction control is very good and slip start gets me unstuck from parking drifts every time.
FWD with proper winter tires >>> AWD with all seasons.
We only have special editions of the M3/M4, M2 and the Z4, and one model of the i4 that can be had without AWD. So basically summer only performance cars, and the base i4 which we can’t even give away. I don’t care how good the tech is, it can’t overcome physics. The AWD version can literally run circles around the RWD car in the winter.
I bought a RWD BMW hoping to drive it year round, drove it for two months in the winter (with proper Hakka’s) and said fuck that. Went out and bought an x-drive 3 series for the winter. The RWD car has not seen snow since.