01-30-2024, 10:07 PM | #111 |
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So here’s the deal-
When they came out with iDrive 8.5 for all the non-M cars (Spring 2023) they introduced the new Home screen with the map in the background, the “Quick select” boxes on the left-hand side, and relocated the shortcuts to the bottom of the screen. However, that was only for the non-M cars. M cars (XM, X5M, X6M, M3, M4) soldiered on with iDrive 8.0 and the “M-specific” look of the horizontally arranged widgets (including the one that shows tire pressures/temps using a depiction of the old M1 from the 70s). This included the permanent “CLIMATE MENU” on the bottom. With the introduction of iDrive 8.5 to the M cars for the 2025 model year, the look appears to resemble iDrive 8.0 like before (still horizontally arranged widgets and CLIMATE MENU at the bottom) but when you press “CLIMATE MENU” you get the new easier to use iDrive 8.5 climate controls. So that’s it in a nutshell. Old skin for the M car version of iDrive 8.5 but new climate controls.
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01-30-2024, 10:32 PM | #113 |
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Looks so much more aggressive. Who wants to buy my ‘23? 😂
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01-30-2024, 10:36 PM | #114 |
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Love the new bright silver wheels. Hoping the mass production of the taillights will cheapen them as an upgrade item.
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01-30-2024, 10:54 PM | #116 |
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01-30-2024, 10:55 PM | #117 |
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Manual got rid of the paino black center controls and surrounding panels. Kept it on the automatic per convertible pics
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01-30-2024, 11:03 PM | #118 |
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I did mention this before, it seems the LCI will be getting a weird hybrid version of iD8 and 8.5 Quote:
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01-30-2024, 11:19 PM | #121 |
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Could you just make an M3 Competition xDrive with a 6 speed manual please…? That’s the only refresh I want.
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01-30-2024, 11:22 PM | #122 |
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That would be amazing, but would require a nearly completely new manual...unless they could salvage some variant of the F chassis xDrive manual and beef it up. Doubt they'd do all that.
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01-30-2024, 11:51 PM | #123 |
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Too much work to mess up at the VDC/VPC; it will be a factory installed option as all of the electronics have to removed and reinstalled on the new wheel.
I belive that iDrive 8.5 lost the pre-arranged temperature setting to active heated steering wheel and now uses a BMW algorithm when it should activate. BMW has made iDrive so complicated going from 8.0 to 8.5 with the M skins. Was so much cleaner with iDrive 7.
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01-30-2024, 11:57 PM | #124 |
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I was shocked when the XM didn’t get this new steering wheel and used the parts bin recycled from the F95/F95. The recent upcoming all-new X3 interior prototype pics had the new wheel (the 12 o’clock position had black tape) so hopefully BMW will switch all of the M lite and full M steering wheels for the SC manufactured cars over to the new wheel—as I don’t see them manufacturing 2 different M steering wheels especially when BMW is streamlining common parts for economies of scale pricing.
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I did some digging on the German configurator:
1- Alcantara wheel is a factory option 2- Laser tails only come with the Adaptive LED headlights, which is an option from "base" 6MT to Comp xDrive 3- Pre-LCI interior trim won't fit LCI (vents' shape changed) 4- The silver 825Ms are hot Obviously the laser being an option might change when the 2025 US order guides are available, but, given how currently they offer it as a paid extra, I wouldn't count on it being standard here either. |
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Ooooh interesting, you can option both heated steering wheel and the alcantara wheel at the same time! Would love a heated version to swap into my G81 (factory heated).
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01-31-2024, 12:49 AM | #129 |
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I studied the pictures of the steering wheel, and I couldn’t find the button to activate the heating feature. That makes me wonder where it is. Does the steering wheel heat get activated through iDrive now this could make a re-fitting the new steering wheel a challenge for people that want to preserve steering wheel heat function, if that’s the case.
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