I looked at the i4 when I bought the EV6. Must admit it just didn’t float my boat inside or out, and it was pricey. The new IX3 is being lauded as a game changer but too big for me. The new i3 on the same platform will be impressive no doubt.
I read somewhere that the first year of IX3 production is already sold out.
Bruce
I adored my i4. Had to send it back in october, but i miss it terribly. Whilst the looks are marmite, as an ownership proposition for me it was excellent. Quiet, comfortable, good range and great performance. It was quite a lot cheaper than the other similar cars on our company scheme at the time.
Replaced it with a privately owned i3 and it makes a good run around for the family.
A BMW with indicators? What madness is this?
Yes, I’m happy with my i4 too.
love that colour.
My wife and I were just moaning on this morning how nearly all the cars here in Canada are black, white, grey or silver. Hardly any of them seem to have an colour any more .
Nothing as striking as that beauty
Oh, ours is red but closer to the colour of those electric scooters so not very exciting either!
I agree and I have to say the fashionable look and size of the modern electric cars (and other recent cars) is a deal breaker. They look quite brutalist and ugly.
But beauty is in the eye of the beholder, so do not start a looking glass war with me because I think modern cars look ugly. All a matter of taste, and not for me.
Perhaps not pretty to my eyes but I like the proportions and stance with the wheels out at the corners. A smooth pebble as opposed to the slashes and creases of many modern designs.
Where’s the pic taken out of interest?
Bruce
It’s looking South from Hadrian’s Wall, in the garden of the NT cottage we stayed in earlier this year. You can see the Sill at the bottom of the road, and to the right the Twice Brewed Inn.
I’ll check my manual to see if my BMW has them 
They actually made a model with indicators then Wow.
But the drivers need educating to use themk
The thing is, if all the badging was removed from the CSi it would be recognised as a BMW by just about everyone. Take the badges off a modern one and it could be anything.
I find the design of EV’s really dull and uninspiring. Cars up to now have evolved in to the shape they are by the necessity of having to contain an ICE under the bonnet along with cooling arrangements by means of a radiator grille - none of which are required with an EV. BMW are prime offenders, particularly the SUV’s, with that horrid plastic grille which tries to emulate it’s ICE predecessor although it’s not required. I’m aware the radiator grille on Beemers and Mercs is part of their brand identity but they really need to move on. Tesla have made a bit of an effort but EV car designers need to literally go back to the drawing board and stop lazily modifying the design of previous ICE models, there’s a real opportunity here to be inventive and bold.
I agree with that, and by now we should have moved from adapted ICE legacy models to ground up design solutions that are more varied and interesting but we have to also be aware that crash safety regs tend to produce cars with familiar silhouettes.
The original i3 is still one of the most creative solutions, and a novel (although apparently unprofitable) method of construction. Launched 2013!
Has a wee kidney grille though
Not sure about the commercial merit of throwing away brand identity that had taken decades to build and with all the associations that go with it……
Bit “in your face” or more likely in your rear view mirror for me.
They have ditched decades of clear brand identity, that included much more than a grille.
Land Rover and Range Rover still have identity, as do Porsche, but that’s about it, apart from isolated models like Fiat with the 500
oh, and there is always the new Ford Capri of course
Maybe they are just for show but non functioning
That’s a good looking car, nice and compact too.
As I’ve previously mentioned in this thread, it’s good to see Renault coming out with some nice cars again.
