In the first two years, many people have held a wait-and-see attitude towards the new energy vehicles launched by the new forces of car manufacturing, but this year, have you found that many traditional brands, especially luxury brands, are particularly fierce in the field of new energy, and Lexus, Volvo, and Cadillac have announced new energy plans and processes, and have fully reversed to the general trend of electrification. And in the era of fuel engines, the leading German system, but also showed the attitude, such as BMW debuted this year - listed its own pure electric flagship SUV - the new iX, driving Shipai also test-drove to this car at the first time, today and share its experience with you.
The first close encounter with the BMW iX was at the recent Guangzhou Motor Show, where it was most eye-catching in the crowded booth, and the audience crowded in front of the car to take a closer look. Yes, the BMW iX is eye-catching first of all because of the BMW family's latest front face shape, with the overall design of the new double kidney grille as the visual center, just like the previous 4 Series. And this time the test drive in the outdoors to see more details of its front, the light group and bumper unified to do the design of the modeling, and almost up and down through the middle net, there will be a sense of non-arrogance, and the bulging cover points to the blue sky and white cloud markers that we yearn for.
The BMW iX side design is also not simple. The outward bulging wheel eyebrows give the body a wide body design feeling, but at the same time it is fiercely "one size fits all" - the section on the outside of the wheel eyebrows is enlarged, and there will be a clear lifting effect, so the entire side will look very powerful. At the same time, the 21-inch double five-frame wheels have the sporty sense of the M model and also show BMW's advanced design thinking. The doorknob is also a highlight, and if you look closely, it looks like an upside-down letter i, implying the identity of the flagship SAV of the BMW i family. In addition, the suspension roof is supported by gold trim strips, which looks brutal, of course, the color matching is also very exquisite - boys look at it will be Iron Man color, while girls look at it like "radish diced", which also explains what is high-grade.
The tail looks like an Iron Man mask, focusing on the design of the taillights and bumpers; in addition, the taillight details are designed to cater to girls a little - the gradient red from the inside out, like a tube of lip glaze of a well-known big name. It can be said that iX has achieved "unisex eat-throttle", in fact, at the time of test drive, the super high return rate also objectively proves that iX value is online.
In terms of interior, BMW iX almost has almost no shadow of the fuel car era, if the blue sky and white clouds are covered with guessing cars, many friends may not necessarily think that this is BMW's products. First of all, the driving platform does not use a T-shaped layout, but a "one" shape design, and at the same time cleverly made a corner shape in the co-driver, so that the driving platform does not look monotonous; the combination of 12.3-inch instrument + 14.9-inch central large screen is also a new style, because the dashboard of the BMW fuel car has always been independent, which is completely different from other BMW cars. The steering wheel is also brand new, the double flat bottom shape is like the steering wheel of the racing car, I personally had a bad impression of the double flat bottom steering wheel before, completely because of the imperfection of some domestic models, but BMW's double flat bottom completely changed my view, its static feel is very good, and the dynamic rotation of every angle can be well caught, and there is no case of the hand, which is the strength of the big factory.
The interior also has a few highlights of the design -
First, the main and co-drivers are not completely separated, so that people have no sense of distance, and the position in the middle can also put the woman's bag;
Second, the gear shift mechanism is replaced by a small paddle, and the menu knob next to it is made of diamond-cut crystal technology, and with a wood grain panel, it looks very high-grade;
Third, the top light and the sunroof control button area looks like Spider-Man, making people wonder whether BMW will cooperate with Marvel;
Fourth, it turns out that setting the seat adjustment button on the door panel is not only convenient but also more beautiful, and the same diamond cutting process is used like the shift button, if the sun shines on it, it can also project a rainbow-like point of light in the interior.
Fifth, bmw iX also did not use the traditional pull bolt door opening design, but used the button switch commonly used by new energy vehicles, which can open the door with a single button.
Sixth, the center console, door panels and seats are made of leather materials made of environmentally friendly extracts in large areas, and the hue echoes the body. Of course, the use of woven materials below the center console reflects the concept of environmental protection, but if the black leather material made of the same environmentally friendly process can be made of more high-grade, just like the 7 series.
In addition, in terms of configuration, bmw iX is also a lot of highlights. The new iDrvie 8.0 version of the intelligent interconnection system, the UI interface is completely different from before, and the functions are rich, the menu design is reasonable, and many mainstream APP functions are added, such as QQ music scanning code login account, you can hear the songs of Love Beans, especially green diamond members to listen to Jay Chou's songs is more convenient. Speaking of listening to songs, of course, to mention the BMW iX equipped with this set of 30 speakers, power of more than 1600 watts of Baohua Weijian sound system, the regular version of the BMW 7 Series of audio may not be comparable, and by adjusting the bass and treble can get your own most desired sound effect, if you turn on the sound to a large, you can also feel the wind blowing - that is not the wind of the air conditioner, you know.
At the same time, this set of speakers also has an active noise cancellation function, and the microphone is located above the main and co-pilot drivers, which can offset the noise coming in from the outside according to the real-time situation. But in fact, BMW iX noise control ability itself is very good, in the car can hardly hear the motor sound, for this BMW also specially simulates the sound of sports car acceleration, to create a driving atmosphere; at the same time, the control of wind noise is also quite good, and then after active noise reduction, in the high-speed section of the front and rear chat can still be very relaxed.
As for the rear, BMW is also very careful about the seat setting. The seats are wide and thick, and adopt an all-inclusive integrated design, that is, the shoulders and arms of the seats on both sides are completely supported by this "sofa", which is the same experience as the 5 series and 7 series. The wheelbase reaches 3000mm, so the knee space is also quite abundant, compared to the BMW iX style of the coupe SUV, the height of the car does not exceed 1700mm, so the head space is similar to the level of the car.
The following focuses on power, bmw is the leader in the field of fuel vehicles, the matching of the engine gearbox is efficient, and the power output is smooth. Now to the field of pure electricity, the power of this iX is also very exquisite, although the output power of the front and rear motors is not announced, but we can see that the whole system can output 385kW maximum power, peak torque is 765 Nm, a proper 4.0T fuel engine level, but also reflects the identity of the iX pure electric flagship. When you drive it up, you will find that the power feeling can be salty and sweet, just need to gently put the foot on the electric door, the car is already very smooth, but the power output is not abrupt, it looks like there is not much difference from the single motor model, the reason is that the iX power output logic is the first after the motor drive is the mainstay, the front motor rarely intervenes when gently driving, and there is also the fun of BMW's traditional rear-drive car.
But if you further step on the electric door pedal, not only can you get more acceleration, but also the front and rear motors can independently distribute the power output, and the vehicle can continue to accelerate in a stable state, in short, it is a word: stable! With big foot throttle in standard mode, the iX should still be a limited twist strategy that won't make the car feel crazy. But if you switch to sport mode, it's really like Iron Man transformation, what is the experience of full power, full torque output? The strong feeling of pushing back will even have a roller coaster-like feeling, after all, the 4.6-second 100-kilometer acceleration is not covered.
In addition, iX does not have the bulky feeling of most new energy vehicles, on the one hand, because the body has a lot of weight loss, we can see the all-inclusive carbon fiber material of the integrated design under the threshold, which is the best proof of lightweight; secondly, iX also uses BMW's classic 50:50 counterweight, so the front of the car is not sinking, the directivity is much better than most new energy vehicles, and the direction of the front response is also very positive, plus the steering wheel we mentioned earlier has an excellent feel, or the familiar taste of the recipe.
Comfort by the way. Because the BMW iX still adopts the chassis design of double wishbones + five connecting rods, and the front suspension is also blessed with air suspension, the filtering of vibrations and the ups and downs of the bumpy road can be consistent with the level of their own fuel vehicles.
Driver's Summary:
Finally, about the positioning of BMW iX - flagship SAV, from design to configuration to power, as well as a lot of careful details, worthy of more than 800,000 prices. At the same time, it also sets the tone for the future BMW i family - still luxurious. Follow-up if the launch of low-power dual motor version, or even high-power single motor version, the price can be further explored to adapt to the market, and then consider the future if domestic, coupled with the "blue sky and white clouds" brand appeal, the future can indeed be expected.
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