When you first get in the car you really don’t know where to begin. Even as an experienced BMW pilot I had to fish around for a few minutes to find the engine ‘start’ button much less a hole where you insert and turn a standard key. The dashboard is funky to say the least, never before have I seen a beautiful wooden crevice where you could store a handful of smart phones or a bag of rice in the middle of a dashboard.
Performance is adequate. It’s about like a 4 cyl camry or accord – enough power to get out of it’s own way but that’s about it. It has a nice electronic whirr sound when you get going which is neat. I got the car up to about 90 mph and it still felt stable. However, at low speeds do not try to hot rod around a corner as a the somewhat tall body and very skinny tires make you feel like you’ll roll the thing.
I kind of like the shifter, you twist it with an indicator light telling you whether you’re about to go forward or backward. Cabin feels roomy enough.
At $45k it’s priced about where you’d expect a small EV BMW to come in, but the biggest limiting factor is range. 180 miles even with the gas range extender isn’t going to sell many people, including me. Guess I’ll wait for the Tesla 3 like everyone else.
Think I’ll pass on one of these. Will certainly pass them with my 3.5L Camry.
Yes you will. And you’ll travel much farther than they ever will