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    Kramer
    Registered Users Posts: 3,224 ✭✭✭Kramer


    Oh God, the grille, again :eek:

    Buck tooth BMWs :D.

    10559_large.jpg


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    ted1
    Registered Users Posts: 23,259 ✭✭✭✭ted1


    Why is it shapped liked a ICE? Fairly large Frunk


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    JohnC.
    Registered Users Posts: 3,374 ✭✭✭JohnC.


    ted1 wrote: »
    Why is it shapped liked a ICE? Fairly large Frunk

    No frunk. You can't even open it.
    That bonnet can only be opened by a mechanic/technician, incidentally, though, cleverly, the BMW badge on it opens to allow topping up of the washer fluid for front and rear windows.


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    Kramer
    Registered Users Posts: 3,224 ✭✭✭Kramer


    JohnC. wrote: »
    No frunk. You can't even open it.

    Ah here, that's mad.
    What the hell is in there? A cage full of minks pedaling a generator or what?

    Skateboard battery platform, rear motor. There has to be oodles of space up there - it sits high too.


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    PaulRyan97
    Registered Users Posts: 461 ✭✭PaulRyan97


    Kramer wrote: »
    Ah here, that's mad.
    What the hell is in there? A cage full of minks pedaling a generator or what?

    Skateboard battery platform, rear motor. There has to be oodles of space up there - it sits high too.

    The only model they have detailed is AWD so it has a motor up front too.


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    JohnC.
    Registered Users Posts: 3,374 ✭✭✭JohnC.


    Unless they moved it to the boot or something, that means you will have to go to a garage just to change the 12v too.


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    Kramer
    Registered Users Posts: 3,224 ✭✭✭Kramer


    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kA_sZjugpoM


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    listermint
    Registered Users Posts: 33,613 ✭✭✭✭listermint


    No that's viciously bad.

    It looks like a very cheap Chinese rip off design of multiple vehicles thrown together.

    Really really really poor design on this one


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    #10
    Idbatterim
    Registered Users Posts: 17,840 ✭✭✭✭Idbatterim


    looks like a joke! just read about it in the irish times, the author of the article, said the original concept looked way better, bloody typical bmw! below link appears to be the concept car...

    https://www.autoblog.com/2018/01/19/bmw-inext-ev-435-miles-range/?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmllLw&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAANbbHfluMEMnUb91Ez1LTCOFc-I5F4wUAlO5ccIIV5kGC9ZHKw8GTUGXlM0RRqBrY0DW15kHAJSxFgXcb8Uz0DZgPabPvhYt8cfpqy77sHGNVcAOLGbWWKLLT23KvpvN5KPd8Kw_J7slII-1W1zFAHS-dtkg5PnwtKJt5rCDd9lY


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    unkel
    Registered Users Posts: 64,762 ✭✭✭✭unkel


    I fear BMW, my favourite car maker of all time, might never get off the path of self-destruction set in motion by Harald Krüger c.s. when he dismantled the quite successful and leading EV division back many years ago :(


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    Black_Knight
    Moderators Posts: 12,363 ✭✭✭✭Black_Knight


    How much is the orthodontics optional extra pack?


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    liamog
    Moderators, Motoring & Transport Moderators, Regional East Moderators Posts: 7,793 Mod ✭✭✭✭liamog


    There is something very off about that grill, am I the only one who see's it and thinks Hitler 'Tash?


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    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 21,179 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Yeah it looks a bit ridiculous to be honest.

    But, haven't a lot of Ex BMW design engineers and engineers in general left BMW so maybe they're struggling with their designs these days ?

    Did I hear that Kia now have some Ex BMW designers ?


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    pdpmur
    Registered Users Posts: 214 ✭✭pdpmur


    ted1 wrote: »
    Why is it shapped liked a ICE? Fairly large Frunk

    BMW stated a while back that it was only going to platform share in the short term and not develop a dedicated EV platform. This looks like the end result of that decision.


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    digiman
    Registered Users Posts: 4,198 ✭✭✭digiman


    I hate all this blue trims that they put on these new EVs in BMW.

    Also, I can't think of any non-msport BMWs that I like either. If this had the m-sport treatment it could look totally different on the exterior, same with the IX3, looks pretty lame without the m-sport look.


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    unkel
    Registered Users Posts: 64,762 ✭✭✭✭unkel


    08fb0e23c37117943fd125af0ec7bc10.jpg


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    Lumen
    Registered Users Posts: 31,008 ✭✭✭✭Lumen


    Presumably you could just get the grille resprayed to match the rest of the car. Perhaps some aftermarket supplier will produce a pre-cut vinyl wrap for it.


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    MJohnston
    Registered Users Posts: 10,501 ✭✭✭✭MJohnston


    Everybody hated on the i3 design too, but it got refined over time and grows on you too. I think this iX looks much, much better to start with, and it could improve over time too.

    I hate SUVs so I won't be getting one of these, but I'm still excited to see what the i4 will be like


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    MJohnston
    Registered Users Posts: 10,501 ✭✭✭✭MJohnston


    Some sweet interior shots from here:

    539133.jpg

    539134.jpg

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