i4 M50
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rdj001

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191 posts

119 months

Tuesday 5th October 2021
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Evening all,

order placed for the i4. Haven't seen any detailed (p)reviews yet but suspect it won't be long before the journos get the pre-production fleet in their grubby little hands.

Recently came out of my eTron 55 (which I sorely miss) and into a 530e xDrive (which I will not miss). Looking forward to getting back to BEV and find myself taking my wife's i3S at every opportunity rather than taking the 530 aka 'neither fish nor fowl'.


oop north

1,643 posts

149 months

Tuesday 5th October 2021
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If I didn’t need more boot space I would be very keen on one of these. Not all that much more lease cost than Kia EV6, with rather a lot more bhp.

ChrisNic

643 posts

167 months

Tuesday 5th October 2021
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oop north said:
If I didn’t need more boot space I would be very keen on one of these. Not all that much more lease cost than Kia EV6, with rather a lot more bhp.
Interesting you mention boot space, I don’t know what capacity the EV6 is but the i4 at 470 litres can’t be far behind?

I’m trying and failing to convince my wife that an M50 is the way to go over something like a Q4.

off_again

13,917 posts

255 months

Tuesday 5th October 2021
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Nice choice! I cant help thinking that the i4 is going to be a nice car. I still think the M50 is a little steep for the bracket it is in, but lets see what the spec / quality comes out as in production. I am happy to have been wrong on the iX, since all of the initial reviews seem to be gushing over it! Drives and rides really well and all of the reviews that I have seen / read say its worth the money! There I am still sticking to the "its too expensive for what it is" story though....

hehe

With that in mind, the i4 might be a little expensive, but if its as good as the iX, sounds like that price is justified and its going to be a good car. I have to take the i3 in for its service this month, I will pester the service team as to what the progress is on the training - had a great talk with them last time as they were going through the dealer training on the i4 and iX models. They were really looking forward to getting in as the tech's were really impressed!

SWoll

21,599 posts

279 months

Tuesday 5th October 2021
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off_again said:
Nice choice! I cant help thinking that the i4 is going to be a nice car. I still think the M50 is a little steep for the bracket it is in, but lets see what the spec / quality comes out as in production. I am happy to have been wrong on the iX, since all of the initial reviews seem to be gushing over it! Drives and rides really well and all of the reviews that I have seen / read say its worth the money! There I am still sticking to the "its too expensive for what it is" story though....

hehe

With that in mind, the i4 might be a little expensive, but if its as good as the iX, sounds like that price is justified and its going to be a good car. I have to take the i3 in for its service this month, I will pester the service team as to what the progress is on the training - had a great talk with them last time as they were going through the dealer training on the i4 and iX models. They were really looking forward to getting in as the tech's were really impressed!
£64k for 544bhp, adaptive suspension, proper seats, a hatchback and a 300 mile range stands up very well compared to the Model 3 P at £60k IMHO.

The i3 at almost £40k was the expensive one. smile

RobDickinson

31,343 posts

275 months

Tuesday 5th October 2021
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SWoll said:
£64k for 544bhp, adaptive suspension, proper seats, a hatchback and a 300 mile range stands up very well compared to the Model 3 P at £60k IMHO.

The i3 at almost £40k was the expensive one. smile
st the model 3 perf is expensive in the uk!

off_again

13,917 posts

255 months

Tuesday 5th October 2021
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SWoll said:
£64k for 544bhp, adaptive suspension, proper seats, a hatchback and a 300 mile range stands up very well compared to the Model 3 P at £60k IMHO.

The i3 at almost £40k was the expensive one. smile
Yeah, but is that before options or after?

hehe

BMW are almost as good as Porsche for liberating buyers from their money on 'essentials'.... And yes, the i3 is stupid, but I havent found anyone who didnt buy on a fantastic finance deal or massively off list.... or second hand, at which, they are a bit of a steal.

RobDickinson

31,343 posts

275 months

Tuesday 5th October 2021
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Wait the BMW uk site says the i4 M50 is £72,995 on the road without options?

And similar spec, not that there is heaps of options but you want 20"s and lumbar support etc is £75k

SWoll

21,599 posts

279 months

Tuesday 5th October 2021
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RobDickinson said:
Wait the BMW uk site says the i4 M50 is £72,995 on the road without options?

And similar spec, not that there is heaps of options but you want 20"s and lumbar support etc is £75k


£73k is the 'Ultimate' spec with every option.


off_again

13,917 posts

255 months

Tuesday 5th October 2021
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Damn, no build and price for the i4 here.... Just an expression of interest only and a few picture. Not even a price! Just some estimations from the media at a few guesses.

M3 Performance is $57k here, so fully expect it to be $60k ish. Probably closer to $70k - they will push the 'premium' message for sure.

RobDickinson

31,343 posts

275 months

Tuesday 5th October 2021
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Ah it really didnt want to let me choose that option! Looks like its around £69k with similar spec to the 3

SWoll

21,599 posts

279 months

Tuesday 5th October 2021
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RobDickinson said:
Ah it really didnt want to let me choose that option! Looks like its around £69k with similar spec to the 3
One of those things where you get to choose what you want.

After 2 years with the 3 id happily go without a glass roof, adaptive cruise and 20" wheels for better seats, proper leather in a choice of colours as standard, adaptive suspension and a hatchback. The standard car would suit me fine.

ETA - Carplay as well.

off_again said:
Damn, no build and price for the i4 here.... Just an expression of interest only and a few picture. Not even a price! Just some estimations from the media at a few guesses.

M3 Performance is $57k here, so fully expect it to be $60k ish. Probably closer to $70k - they will push the 'premium' message for sure.
M3 Comp is £75k in the UK, so i4 M50 £11k cheaper..

Edited by SWoll on Tuesday 5th October 21:53

rdj001

Original Poster:

191 posts

119 months

Tuesday 5th October 2021
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Specced mine to about £68k with pretty much every option I want. Much less than comparable M3 / M4. No idea on delivery just yet

SWoll

21,599 posts

279 months

Tuesday 5th October 2021
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rdj001 said:
Specced mine to about £68k with pretty much every option I want. Much less than comparable M3 / M4. No idea on delivery just yet
Yep, for < £70k you can get a very well equipped example. Not bad when you consider a similarly equipped Polestar 2 is £62k with 150bhp less and a smaller battery. Its about £10k less than I thought they'd ask when you consider a roughly comparable spec Taycan would cost an easy £30k more.

al_uk

4 posts

80 months

Tuesday 5th October 2021
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off_again said:
M3 Performance is $57k here
SWoll said:
M3 Comp is £75k in the UK
As someone new to EVs, it took me a while to work out why Tesla owners kept talking about high performance German cars.

DaveGrohl

991 posts

118 months

Wednesday 6th October 2021
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al_uk said:
off_again said:
M3 Performance is $57k here
SWoll said:
M3 Comp is £75k in the UK
As someone new to EVs, it took me a while to work out why Tesla owners kept talking about high performance German cars.
Yep, this area of the forum is incredibly confusing. I've not been here for a while and completely forgot that an M3 isn't a BMW again. Calling them T3 would've been so much more helpful and easily understood. Hey ho.

ds666

3,094 posts

200 months

Wednesday 6th October 2021
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What's the lead time on an i4 ?

rdj001

Original Poster:

191 posts

119 months

Wednesday 6th October 2021
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re: lead time. Not sure - think they are officially out in November but I am expecting it to show up in the new year.

off_again

13,917 posts

255 months

Wednesday 6th October 2021
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DaveGrohl said:
al_uk said:
off_again said:
M3 Performance is $57k here
SWoll said:
M3 Comp is £75k in the UK
As someone new to EVs, it took me a while to work out why Tesla owners kept talking about high performance German cars.
Yep, this area of the forum is incredibly confusing. I've not been here for a while and completely forgot that an M3 isn't a BMW again. Calling them T3 would've been so much more helpful and easily understood. Hey ho.
Yeah, sorry - realized that when I checked the thread again! Sorry, talking about an M3 when discussing EV's is usually referring to the Model 3. Though should have been clearer, since we are talking about BMW's! Ooops. Sorry.

GT911

8,382 posts

193 months

Thursday 7th October 2021
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TM3 would make it less confusing.