New i3 REVEALED | All you need to know about BMW’s radical EV | Autocar
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This is the new BMW i3 and it’s not like the old one AT ALL.
Sooo uggggglyyy so much for premium? Why ruin the i4 and replace it with this junk. I hope consumers react and they lose so much and go bzck to the nice i4 type with a real sunroof
It’s very much an electric 3 Series. Same size, same ethos. And it’s the second car to be built on BMW’s new bespoke ‘Neue Klasse’ electric platform, following on the heels of the iX3 crossover.
But this is the more important car. It’s lower, lighter, supposedly more agile and it’ll spawn a new electric M3, too.
Styling is awful. Strangely enough mercedes and audi still know how to make good looking cars 🙃
It is BMW’s core car, redefined as electric.
Join Matt Prior as he brings you every detail we know so far about the upcoming i3.
Looks so stupidity ugly I don't know what's happening with bmw it's getting uglier why bmw do this why I won't buy it even with helf price
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Debating .. this or a used 2021 taycan 4S? I’m shopping for a next car
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Well looking at all the 'positive' comments should be bargain time as the used/dealer registered units come on the market 🤫
@pws-p8oCompact executive?! This is basically as long as an E32 7 series !
@JohnAdams-kc8wxI refuse to buy a car without buttons and knobs from a safety perspective. Trying to change aircon with your hand floating across a screen is just ridiculous. You aren't allowed to text and drive yet they expect you to reach across to look at and interact with a screen while driving. BMW cutting corners where it matters most. Plus they use cheap plastics with parts of the car you interact with. Count me out
@pop-n2p3vi m 66 have had a bimmer every decade sunce the 70s and they have always been quite good ! They are a pleasure to drive and adequate for every dimension of real world driving
@edwardkammrath7888It looks great refreshing. Electric will be fast abd for everyone else thats not a formula 1 driver (in their mind) it will fill just fine
@edwardkammrath7888I love the exterior , the paint color , steering wheel, dash , and the head rests . Hopefully we can spec it with the light blue color seats. Left BMW for Mercedes was looking at the M4 convertible but will wait for this:)
@dubesworld1The new design is atrocious. BMW just devalued their entire line. I may have to switch to a different automaker in the future.
@jacksampson7711The one thing you can't get away from is the steering wheel in a car, you have to look at it. And that monstrosity looks like the designer let his seven year old son at his own childhood meccano set and said, make me a steering wheel from that. It's practically Homer Simpsonesque. 😂
@gerrybailey447The old i3 was a game changer and should be reintroduced… this is just another version of the 3 series to fill in more gaps in the range that never existed.
@chitpaulIf you want an electric car I suggest you wait. It’s developing that quickly you won’t recognise it in two years time. This car eclipses the IXthree in terms of range and that hasn’t really hit the showroom yet. Hold tight and don’t jump in too quickly.
@Platoon-dogWaaaaat da faaac is datttt
@wklaus0110See they still managed to screw the rear up
@James-b5l8eFront is okay but the side is way too blank.
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@kenta4349This car looks🤡🤡🤡
Old BMW cars looks💀☠️☠️🔥🔥
As a BMW FAN BOY is can honestly say this is a UGLY CAR ..
@vindevhunta4905Alfa romeo
@A.NorthernlightsAt 4:27 "not many buttons" = big negative
@JoeWalsh-pm4zfIf only they’d do another M340i/d in this shape…minus the weird steering wheel
@willw1995SO SO SAD where cars have gone , this looks like a cheap KIA or HYUNDIA ,, CHEAP is the key word ,,,,Why would anyone buy one of these ,, I would when forced into getting one of these Disability vehicles I'd the cheapest one as what is the difference KIA a BMW and save £35,000
@tillnetI like most of the shape except the front
@shaolindreamsIt’s crazy how Porsche and bmw have figured out that they have to sell ice and electric models alongside each other….
Other companies who created seperate and started all new models/lineup and forgone / discontinued their heritage models are struggling to come back with an a like 4 like competitive model……they are now playing catchup trying to bring back heritage models with next to zero budget…..ie Mercedes and somewhat Audi…
1080p in 2026 for a major showcase video is unforgivable. Even a cheap phone can record in 4k ... And you call yourself "the world's leading motoring magazine and website". Laughable
@GhosnBMW is competing with jaguar😂
@AryanSingh-e3v9qActually I like the design better than I imagined, except I wouldn't buy it as it's too little too late. BMW was the ultimate driving machine back in the 90s, now it's just an overpriced polarizing design, that's it.
@alanc6416Screen screen screens plastic plastic plastic battery battery battery, all a load of rubbish that is tatty, ugly and horrid. Rather drive a tractor than drive that.
@TheBikePlugLeedsThought it was the new 2 series coupe, what a horrid thing 😂
@TheBikePlugLeedsWhere is the 3 series? Can’t see it
@TALAL_TAHANice Chinese EV. Who am I kidding, Chinese cars look more elegant than this.
@betterbeavailable900 km: BMW is a German car, so please speak german and count german, not in feet and toes and fingers and stones
@BenelliMrPlease learn to pronounce Neue.!
@derekwhyle18842018 i3 owner here. WTF is this travesty. I'll assume the brief was to remove everything that made the original i3 special.
@paulab8342I don't like the exterior design (yet?), but I really hate the interior. It's too modern or so, not cosy, I hate the steering wheel design and I want some buttons and the iDrive controller back. I do like the panoramic vision and the specs are also very good.
@HansVerheyenGreat design. Looks even better in person
@WEB-FSW T F
@DriverX-JDM_VideosThats kinda mix of retro bmw design with futuristic car. It look unique, but I wouldn't say UGLY. If the M3 version is coming with a manual shifting transmission and with Simulating Engine, thats very interesting to see how it'll handle
@ZeexNGthe shape of car from side is very similar to 2015 to 20219 corolla.
@DreambusinessTSA daily car with that highly risky front; exposed headlights. Longer bumper is needed !
@unjustkatanaThe new i3 proportion is off, the mid part is to high or the car is to short. The car is not streamline. The front lights will not be popular like the beaver grill. We need the kidney grill back.
@wmc79They could've shaped the rear better than that. Looks like it was styled using Ai
@romero1337The german car industry deserves to die.
@DavidLozićAlfa Romeo vibes from the rear !
@MM-qd4kmwhat is this plastic design looks like old honda accord, no even worse, this one is even more simpler
@yurusuleive2651Cant believe BMW went from the E46 to this monstrosity
@JohnSmith-ef8nrI like it.
@jordansernikHow much bigger can the iconic kidney grill get? And that touchscreen is just plain wrong.
@nigelbond4056