[secretariat]

So I'm confused. Is this suppose to ahhm do what? This is for who? What is this? Are you now suppose to take your eyes off the road while driving? Are insurance companies on board with this? So the car lights up alot at night then what? Ohhh man!

[Game]

Originally Posted by jdhiro

I can't say I love it, but it's better than the stupid TV screen awkwardly bolted onto the dashboard today.

You think having no instrument panel at all looks better?

[Tag]

Never thought we'd get to a point where iDrive 8.x is the preferred option.

[DocWeatherington]

Originally Posted by Lemansbc

BMW with no buttons will not get the NCAP 5-star rating starting from 2026

Cars will need buttons not just touchscreens to get a 5-star Euro NCAP safety rating in 2026

The European New Car Assessment Program (NCAP) requires that cars have physical controls for certain functions to achieve a five-star safety rating starting in January 2026: Horn, Windshield wipers, Turn signals, Hazard warning lights, and eCall SOS function.

https://etsc.eu/cars-will-need-butto...safety-rating/

I'm certain the car will still have some buttons. I think this is an idrive swap. I would still see bmw having buttons ans stalks, some sort of baby shift lever. The idrive control will likely die

[J-RO]

Reminds me of this......

[hrf]

Sad for BMW, we will get used to it, but we will always miss simplicity of older versions and buttons. I have 8.5 and it is not that bad, a few bottoms would help, but this one is not something I am looking forward to. Glad that I got BMW before this change.

[Evinrude1975]

I’m too old for this BS

[Bimmerfun82]

Lame, we want to see the road not a screen that takes up more acreage and a massive screen in the middle. Can we get back to buttons and good ergonomics for, what was it again, driving?

[Ambrozie]

Originally Posted by LuisBoston

Love the comments:

‘This isn’t for the olds, only gen z’

Thus, BMW is hitting its target: the future, not the past.

I am Gen Z.
I am not approaching anywhere near the inhumane dreck BMW puts out today.

Please do not cheer on the coming psychological Black Death.

[hufington]

Originally Posted by sittingmongoose

This is blindingly wrong. The batteries are extremely expensive. EVs have a much higher build cost than their ice alternatives. At least now, that will change in the future as we scale up battery production.

Not true. I added the word "future" that was missing from my previous post. Reports suggest Tesla's average cost to build an electric car is significantly lower than traditional manufacturers like BMW due to streamlined production techniques, used battery technology and overall efficiency meaning a Model Y would likely be cheaper to produce than an iX despite the battery cost. Once all manufacturers streamline the manufacturing, they will make more profit. That's why BMW heavily markets all EV cars and tries to make sure they are received as high quality products as this will be the deciding factor for the buyer when everybody has similar manufacturing cost for EVs in the near future.

[Digitalprty]

My least favorite part is the loss of the iDrive knob.

Even with iDrive 8, I use the knob to control more than 95% of the touchscreen. The only thing I use the touchscreen for is the temperature (which itself should have never been on the touchscreen).

[M5ddox]

My 2006 Toyota Prius had a similar dash

[Rockshaker]

Why? BMW is turning out crap at an astonishing rate.

[Wills2]

I just don't know where they are going with this stuff, I want to sit hunkered down in a driver focused cockpit, with an instrument cluster and buttons and dials and levers, that looks like the interior from a posh Renault MPV.

For decades BMW gave us this, whilst adding all the tech in they kept that driver focused theme whether a 7 series or a M3 CSL, now they have gone bonkers and are peddling this nonsense.

No.

[AP]

Is the HUD focused at 6 feet away like current ones so your eyes don’t have to effectively refocus? Or is this a bit like those in the mini which are just displayed on the dash? Not clear to me

This just looks gimmicky to me, just because tech can do this doesn’t mean they should.

Targeting at younger buyers? ( can they afford a new Bmw?)

Not for me and personally have been turned off from Bmw ever since idrive 8

[Cortexiphan]

Originally Posted by M5ddox

My 2006 Toyota Prius had a similar dash

No, it didn't.

[hb]

Originally Posted by playswcars

Just watched hb video on this, what a complete and utter disaster.

Let's wait and see what it can do in real cars

[Cortexiphan]

Originally Posted by Bimmerfun82

Lame, we want to see the road not a screen that takes up more acreage and a massive screen in the middle. Can we get back to buttons and good ergonomics for, what was it again, driving?

This is perfect ergonomics for driving, as you don't have to take your eyes off the road. And this panoramic display doesn't take away from your view of the road, as it's under it.

[Cortexiphan]

Originally Posted by eddiehaug

Why is it so difficult for BMW to understand that if I wanted a Tesla experience

This doesn't look like a Tesla experience - at all.

[eddiehaug]

Originally Posted by Cortexiphan

This doesn't look like a Tesla experience - at all.

If you say so....

[Autoaddict]

Lincoln has that same big screen from one side to the other. It’s as if they’re mixing Lincoln and Tesla with that center screen. Looks odd.

[hb]

Originally Posted by Cortexiphan

This doesn't look like a Tesla experience - at all.

It really doesn't. I think the Panoramic display is the biggest improvement. I talked off the record with a lot of BMW executives, from board to chief designers, and learned more about why they wanted that display.