In November, BMW expands its electrical portfolio equal to 50 percent: the Veteran i3 and the IX3 then the E-SUV IX will join - and with it the I4. The two new candidates are the need for electricity than food, but they could hardly be different. It starts at the base: because during the IX is based on a special electroplate form, the 4.78 meter long i4 is constructed from a flexible substructure, much connects it with the 4er Gran Coupé. Unlike the IX, he embodies neither crossover nor SUV, but a sports sedan. Therefore, in Munich, he is familiar with an important mission: The I4 should now also play the classic BMW customers of electromobility - those who reflect on the actual core of the brand.

Tail or four-wheel drive

Two versions are ready for market launch. Once the I4 eDrive40 with rear drive, 250 kW / 340 hp, 430 Newton meters torque and 590 kilometers maximum range (WLTP). On the other hand, on the other hand, the I4 M50 to be used as a high-performance athletes, which a second e-machine helps to the front axle to four-wheel drive, the 400 kW / 544 hp as well as lush 795 Newton meters and after 521 kilometers after 521 kilometers must be back to the outlet. The capacity of the flat and deeply housed in the vehicle floor battery is the same in both models, to 83.9 kWh gross it amounts to; As consumption, BMW indicates 19.1 to 16.1 or 22.5 to 18.0 kWh / 100 km.

Sports sedan: The i4 serves the core of the white-blue brand. Manufacturer

For a first exit through the Upper Bavarian we did not have the basic model, but equal to the performance I4 with the auspicious M in the name. We like to believe that the sport driver with sense of the typical BMW virtues here lit the eyes before luck: the initial thrust of the I4 M50 is huge, 2.2 tons of mass powder by launch-control startup and in sports boost - However, which only applies to 20 seconds - within 3.9 seconds the TEMPO 100 mark, only at 225 km / h the electronics intervene limits. The Munich plant always leaves the strong stromer with an adaptive sports suspension, curves he dances so handy and precisely, as if he were a much easier vehicle, the standard rear axle air suspension controls reasonable ride comfort at and film music legend Hans room the synthetic iconic sound , whom we think of superfluous, you can switch it off.

The Navi thinks

Even the clenched power of the top model will not need every customer; We assume that the performance reserves of the EDRive 40 more than sufficient, from the slogan variety, they are eventually by no means. With the large-format advertisement composite of the slightly curved curved display and the new BMW operating system OS8, the small i4 can also serve, we recommend to schedule some acclimatization time to familiarize yourself with the countless possibilities of the infotainment system. Nice: The operation is not only by dead and slides, even the unbeatable functional iDrive controller continues to support, and the voice control has an open ear, and finally BMW has left a variety of classic direct buttons in the cockpit. Over-the-air upgrades hold the software fresh, 5G standard allows fast data transfer, the Navi calculated - if necessary - at its route planning stop stops to reload.

The iX - The fully Electric BMW. Cockpit: Central element is the slightly curved curved display . Manufacturer

Speaking of loading: DC power sucks the I4 with up to 205 kW from the DC column sucks, ten minutes should be sufficient to fill the reserves for another 164 kilometers of the route. As a rule, the E-Motor driver will use the local 11 kW wallbox as a power source, the AC removes the I4 here three-phase, once full refinements takes some more than eight hours. While driving helps a sail function when saving energy, the automatic recuperation sets the degree of energy recovery using the navigation data and the traffic situation, but firmly re-recuperation goes, then in the B mode of automatic.

Muchs costs extra

The standard equipment of the I4 EDRIVE40 includes 17-inch alurades, reversing camera, front collision and tracking warning, Park Distance Control, three-zone climate control, sports seats and the electrically opening and closing tailgate. But this must not be hinted that BMW can still pay a lot of extra extra, from seat heating (380 euros) via the wireless smartphone loading (200 Euro) or the head-up display (1100 euros) to the comprehensive driving assistance pack Driving Assistant Professional to 2000 euros. The basic prices - at least 58,300 euros for the I4 EDRive40 and 69.900 Euro for the I4 M50 - can be corrected far up without much effort. Knowledge: Even as a battery electrician, a BMW is unfortunately not quite cheap.

BMW I4 shortly:

When he comes: in November 2021

Who he takes a visor: Tesla Model 3, Polestar 2, Audi E-Tron

What drives him: Electric motors, 250 kW / 340 hp or 400 kW / 544 hp power

What it costs: from 58.300 Euro

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