[BigRam7151]

Didn’t car confetti mention they were on a much louder roadway relative to x3m40 review?I wouldn’t quite trust there assessment. This car definitely feels much quieter overall with daily use.

If anyone actually watched the video they say it’s slightly better than the outgoing model.

[avi66]

Originally Posted by srekal34

So this further points to g45 being closer to Kia than to Mercedes. BMW what have you done.

From another US based member, but I’m not sure if this would apply to the UK, or if the retrofit mentioned is for the G45, or US G01.

https://g45.bimmerpost.com/forums/sh....php?t=2142516

[EWL5]

Originally Posted by BigRam7151

Didn’t car confetti mention they were on a much louder roadway relative to x3m40 review?I wouldn’t quite trust there assessment. This car definitely feels much quieter overall with daily use.

Every sign is pointing to BMW keeping the status quo in the US (no acoustic glass). I can't think of anything that BMW brought back to the G45 compared to the G01 and the theme has been to "remove" more often than not!

[JK479]

Originally Posted by Zirnitra

Hi. Thank you for posting this, makes me feel a little easier now, as I did own a X5 and was planning to downsize as just missus and me now, and was nervous looking at the M50 due to the noise of it being a poor man's car, crap interior etc.

Like you, I was surprised as it looked and felt better in person than pics did suggest. The test drive I was blown away, engine was responsive, handled very well. Even with the iconic sounds turned off it still sounded pretty good for the power level not being a V8.

The dune color looks much better in person than on screen. I opted for frozen pure grey but am very scared as reading some views from the other car communities it is a pig if you scratch it or match.

Nice ride !

You can ceramic coat a frozen color.

And let me just say this… 9/10 times when you damage a clear coat - you end up repairing / repainting the car the same way you would repaint a frozen color.

“Blending” never looks perfect- I rather blend a fender of a matte finish white than try and match a pearl or tri color paint with clearcoat.

For the record I’ve never owned a frozen color but I’ve read up on the maintenance involved

[JK479]

Originally Posted by RussB

I’m on the fence with ordering an M50 and the interior is holding me back. It is surprising that all pillar covers are hard flat plastic, the door panels lack trim, the dash trim isn’t very nice, there is no soft touch material on the sides of the center console, and there is no door sill trim. There was a 2025 X4 30i parked next to the M50 in the showroom and the X4 looked much nicer inside.

I liked the way it drove and I like the exterior styling.

What killed me is the red stripe on the steering wheel. It’s very distracting. It should be an option.

I was thinking of ordering the rim at 1600.00 (30 rim is black). And would fit.

[avi66]

Just curious after reading about some recent model missing some M branding on the rear brake callipers.

Does the M50 still have these or did BMW delete ?

[Ravenous666]

X3 G45 has a new rear brake calliper and the M logo ist printed on it like in the front

[MidnightLight]

Originally Posted by Ravenous666

X3 G45 has a new rear brake calliper and the M logo ist printed on it like in the front

Yep, looks like all four brake calipers look like this:

[Ravenous666]

You can see it in this picture: