Actually, I have been coveting the i3 for a few years, and finally I have a chance to get it right. Feel it, as a potential customer or even a prospective car owner, you should seriously feel whether this car is as good as you think. This car has been seriously hindered by the price of the product itself.
Let’s start with the basics. i3 was launched at the end of September Annual facelift, then 25modeli3?
Starting from the basic configuration 35L, the two most surprising configurations added to the 35L are keyless entry and active cruise control. These two configurations, especially the keyless entry, can be said to be popular among old users. It is a particularly enviable configuration. After all, in an era where new forces’ cars priced at RMB 100,000 do not need to carry a car key, it is indeed a bit unreasonable if you still need to take out the key and press it to lock the car. The addition of active cruise is also a configuration that is highly used and can increase the happiness of using the car. The only thing missing is lane keeping and it is L2 driving assistance. In addition, automatic high-beam control and automatic anti-glare rearview mirrors can also be included in the active safety configuration. The upgrade of this entire set of configurations, and the customer-perceived value increase of 24,000 yuan mentioned by the manufacturer at the press conference is still very real. If you choose The price of installing these configurations is not cheap.
40LYaoye The upgrade of the suit can be said
As the top-of-the-line 40L Yaoye sports suit, Compared with the other two configurations, the main addition is the front seat heating. It can get rid of the criticism from users that a car worth more than 400,000 yuan does not have seat heating... This is also the point where the 40L Yaoye is still 5% behind. .
Many users will say that this addition Click configure? The new forces even have cars priced over hundreds of thousands of dollars. Indeed, compared to the richness of configurations, traditional luxury brands do not have an advantage. However, there is one difference that we need to pay attention to when choosing a car. In fact, many of the touted configurations are The practicality is not necessarily very high, and there are mostly gimmicks. Many configurations may not be used a few times a year (of course, I am not talking about safety configurations here), so when buying a car, it is recommended to choose configurations from a practical perspective.
A brief summaryAmong the configurations of the three i3 models, the most recommended option is the mid-range 40L Yaoye Package. The price difference of 30,000 yuan is not only an improvement in appearance and configuration, but also the most important thing is the improvement in power and battery capacity, which is also the battery life. I strongly recommend it to everyone. Focus on this model, which can be said to be the most cost-effective model.
Let’s talk about the most important thing for BMW, the test drive experience. This is also the biggest difference between i3 and other models in the same price range. In order to better understand the difference, I deliberately drove it again. Xiaomi and Ideal Car. I drive Xiaomi because Xiaomi is positioned as a coupe and also focuses on handling, so I can simply compare the handling. Ideal Car is to compare two cars with basically completely different positionings to see which one is more suitable for me. .
Power, the acceleration of 5.6 seconds seems to be average on paper, not even as good as Xiaomi and Ideal data, but in actual driving experience, i3 is not a little better than the other two, Xiaomi The acceleration is relatively smoother. The main difference between this smoothness and the silly and fierce power of Tesla is that the overall acceleration is relatively linear, and the speed increases unconsciously, which is somewhat similar to the feeling of a CVT gearbox. However, the i3's tuning is more like that of a fuel-powered vehicle. The throttle in the front section is also relatively gentle, and does not make the driver feel tired and the passengers prone to motion sickness. However, if the accelerator is pressed deeply, it immediately seems to be injected with powerful energy. , can explode with powerful thrust, allowing you to experience the BMW model with the tail number 40, which is definitely not a joke, and the driving passion can be instantly ignited. Compared with Ideal, there is no comparison in terms of natural control. The advantage of Ideal is the color TV, refrigerator and large sofa. BMW is definitely at a disadvantage in terms of color TV and refrigerator. In terms of large sofas, I would say the seat comfort of i3 is also good. You can tell that BMW For the i3’s tuning, I hope it’s as controllable as possible. It can increase comfort more, so in overall comparison, if you don’t have much pursuit of driving and don’t experience much driving fun, then Ideal is also a very good choice, but if you love driving and don’t know much about control, Ideal If you have some persistence of your own, you must give BMW a chance.
To summarize briefly, strong power and excellent control require a sufficiently stable chassis as support, just like strong muscles must have correspondingly thick bones and Achilles tendons to exert their advantages. A motor with powerful power output is not a problem now, and it has to be said that in the past two or three years, the suspension and chassis tuning capabilities of independent brands and new forces have improved rapidly. , there is still a long way to go. I won’t accept refutation on this point. If you don’t believe it, you can go to the store for a test drive yourself.
There is another point that many users may overlook , I have just been saying that BMW’s driving experience is the strongest. What is very interesting is that there is a configuration that is not necessary to drive by yourself, but it is also an optioni3 is that it automatically joins the assistance system pro. Model 24 is only available in top models, and model 25 has been moved to mid-range models. During the test drive these days, you are welcome. Said, use automatic driving The time even exceeds the time of driving by myself. Why? Because the driving pleasure cannot be experienced during morning and evening peak traffic jams. At this time, a useful automatic driving assistance is definitely a thing that makes driving more enjoyable. The staff is very worry-free and happy with the configuration.
After carefully experiencing BMW’s L2 automatic driving assistance, the conclusion is: : Functional and easy to use! As for the hardware configuration, many friends say that autonomous driving without lidar is indeed not autonomous driving. Domestic regulations have not allowed autonomous driving at all. Now, no matter how good the new forces are, they even define it as L2. .5, which is actually only L2, so at the level of L2 assisted driving, BMW’s tuning is definitely not inferior to that of any new car company. It is very natural to accelerate and decelerate at any time, and the distance between the following car is just a "gentleman's distance". The so-called gentleman's distance means that the distance from the car in front is not too far or too close, not so close as to put pressure on the driver, and not too close to the car in front. It will be far enough that the cars on the side can block the car at will. Basically, an experienced driver will drive a little further away from the car in front of him every day. As long as he is a gentleman driver, he will not choose to merge with the car at such a distance.Of course, we also know that not all people on the road are gentlemen... so we still need to be vigilant at all times. Let's put it this way, this assisted driving system basically allows the driver to operate it without having to operate it on the ring road without too many pedestrians and motorcycles and tricycles crossing. In actual use, when automatic driving assistance is turned on on a loop road, the chance of being jammed is probably no more than 3 times in 5 days of driving.
The following is a summary:
If you don’t have to drink cool ice cream in the car at any time Road,
Or you can accept spending five minutes to park and go to the roadside supermarket to buy a bottle,
Or put a thermos cup in the car to fill with hot water;
If you are worried about motion sickness or bad eyesight when watching movies while driving, You don’t need that big screen;
If you still have some stubbornness in your pursuit of driving experience,< /span>
Then, it is strongly recommended to try BMW!
Every product and every car has its own long boards and short boards. The most important thing is to see whether the long boards of the car are what you are concerned about, and whether the short boards are what you are concerned about. Whether you can accept the board or not, there is no perfect car, only the car that suits you best. Don’t be confused and disturbed by external voices. This is similar to finding a partner. Only by understanding more about the other person and your own needs can you choose the one that suits you best.