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Originally Posted by avi66
I think BMW is just sweating the CLAR platform, which is already a well driving platform.
The G45 drivetrain is shared with other BMW models, just tweaked. The CLAR platform isn’t new, iDrive 9 is already used in the lower X1, which bizarrely looks like a more premium model.
The big bits that BMW “spent money” on specifically for the G45 are the body panels, and interior. Maybe be the iDrive controller cost a lot lol  |
You need to testdrive a X1 and you will think totally different. The DCT drivetrain and the front biased Xdrive of the X1 is so bad and the whole car feels like VW while driving and not like a BMW.
We testdrove the X1 U11 last year and where sooo disapointed that my wife ordered a X3 LCI instead she didn't need the size and space of the X3 over the X1.
What makes iDrive 9 in the G45 much better than the U11 implementation is the G45s larger display and the iDrive controller in the center console.