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6. HK sound - it was too loud outside with cocktail music, the windows were opened because of covid restrictions and the radio sources had bad reception as we were inside a hotel. It seemed ok the bass and sound when I pulled the sound up but couldn’t say much about it. The speaker covers are made of a nice metal grill.
7. HK subwoofer and cable storage - as already mentioned by @Inside the subwoofer is visible in the trunk space by removing the black cover. The space left should be sufficient to store a smaller cable (eg the yellow with the charger). The thicker ones (gray) should be more difficult and probably have to go into the side pockets.
8. Rear seats - I’m 1,75m and had some 3 or 4 fingers left to the roof. The floor is raised so your legs rest on a higher position. It shouldn’t be very comfortable for long rides (Porsche/Audi solved this by not putting battery cells on the feet resting place in the back).
9. Ambient light - it seemed to me brighter and more refined than my x3 g01. The line in the door is thinner and results on an upper class feeling. The “carpet lights” also have a different pattern than the x3’s.
10. Auto lock / unlock - I activated the lock + unlock if move away / approach the car on idrive and the car started locking and unlocking. The key was in the salesman pocket who was 2 or 3 meters apart. I opened the door with the car locked and alarm came off. The doors still opened though, I though they would remain closed (it works that way on Vw/Audi so you can’t open the door if a thief breaks a window). If you have the key in your pocket and leave someone in the car (eg on a highway pitstop) the car will be locked with people inside. And if you are hanging near the car it will lock/ unlock randomly. Something to consider.
11. M Steering wheel - the grip feels like a normal M wheel of G series and center design is identical. The m50 has a different lower silver part with an opening. If you slide your finger inside it feels like plastic and it ends on a thin sharp plastic edge. I would expected it to be more solid and in metal or metal feeling. Doesn’t match the quality of the rest of the wheel, best if they kept it closed in the lower part.
12. Door handles. They feel huge because don’t have lateral endings. Some times my hand slipped and failed the opening making a loud sound but it’s something that you should get used to. With the matte paint they feel very modern.
13. Rear doors - the door size and opening is okish but not very wide. There is a part of the rear door that extends beyond the window and you might close the door with your fingers on in, as it is a good spot to grab. But don’t do that
rear frameless doors add a nice sporty touch.
14. Tinted windows - they seemed darker than normal bmw’s. Although it was indoors I couldn’t see nothing on the rear mirror and on the back of the car there was a white wall.
15. Rear headrests - the three had rests are foldable. This is nice to give additional rear visibility, which is scarce. The have the same folding system by button as in the middle rear seat in x3.
6. HK sound - it was too loud outside with cocktail music, the windows were opened because of covid restrictions and the radio sources had bad reception as we were inside a hotel. It seemed ok the bass and sound when I pulled the sound up but couldn’t say much about it. The speaker covers are made of a nice metal grill.
7. HK subwoofer and cable storage - as already mentioned by @Inside the subwoofer is visible in the trunk space by removing the black cover. The space left should be sufficient to store a smaller cable (eg the yellow with the charger). The thicker ones (gray) should be more difficult and probably have to go into the side pockets.
8. Rear seats - I’m 1,75m and had some 3 or 4 fingers left to the roof. The floor is raised so your legs rest on a higher position. It shouldn’t be very comfortable for long rides (Porsche/Audi solved this by not putting battery cells on the feet resting place in the back).
9. Ambient light - it seemed to me brighter and more refined than my x3 g01. The line in the door is thinner and results on an upper class feeling. The “carpet lights” also have a different pattern than the x3’s.
10. Auto lock / unlock - I activated the lock + unlock if move away / approach the car on idrive and the car started locking and unlocking. The key was in the salesman pocket who was 2 or 3 meters apart. I opened the door with the car locked and alarm came off. The doors still opened though, I though they would remain closed (it works that way on Vw/Audi so you can’t open the door if a thief breaks a window). If you have the key in your pocket and leave someone in the car (eg on a highway pitstop) the car will be locked with people inside. And if you are hanging near the car it will lock/ unlock randomly. Something to consider.
11. M Steering wheel - the grip feels like a normal M wheel of G series and center design is identical. The m50 has a different lower silver part with an opening. If you slide your finger inside it feels like plastic and it ends on a thin sharp plastic edge. I would expected it to be more solid and in metal or metal feeling. Doesn’t match the quality of the rest of the wheel, best if they kept it closed in the lower part.
12. Door handles. They feel huge because don’t have lateral endings. Some times my hand slipped and failed the opening making a loud sound but it’s something that you should get used to. With the matte paint they feel very modern.
13. Rear doors - the door size and opening is okish but not very wide. There is a part of the rear door that extends beyond the window and you might close the door with your fingers on in, as it is a good spot to grab. But don’t do that
14. Tinted windows - they seemed darker than normal bmw’s. Although it was indoors I couldn’t see nothing on the rear mirror and on the back of the car there was a white wall.
15. Rear headrests - the three had rests are foldable. This is nice to give additional rear visibility, which is scarce. The have the same folding system by button as in the middle rear seat in x3.