It was Oscar Wilde who came up with the old adage, “There is only one thing worse than being talked about, as well as that is not being talked about”. You have to picture that the BMW style team has been estimating him heavily in recent weeks – first, after the debut of the questionable 4 Series, as well as now with the expose of the company’s new flagship EV, the iX.
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The 4 series Coupé’s front end split opinion, however the furore on social network about the styling of the all-electric SUV suggests that BMW has at the extremely least grasped the art of provoking a reaction with its new creations.
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Appearances aside, the iX looks a technical trip de force on paper, with levels of computing power previously unseen on a BMW, a 100kWh-plus battery that promises much more than 370 miles of range, as well as as much as 200kW of quick charging to replenish it in double-quick time.
News this week likewise includes reassurance for those who don’t want their vehicles to look like something from Battlestar Galactica. It is available in the shape of the next Nissan Qashqai, previewed in ‘official’ spy photos as well as stripped bare of its disguise in our special images.
While the iX is proof of the flexibility that a cost label north of £100,000 can bring, the Qashqai has to provide enhancements to clients utilized to paying less than £300 a month for their car. based on the breakdown of its features, it looks promising. There’s a new platform developed to offer higher comfort, as well as while diesel has gone, a mix of mild-hybrid as well as the new e-Power hybrid ought to be inexpensive sufficient to nudge countless us even more along the road to electrification (without the requirement for a plug socket).
As if all of that weren’t enough, the Qashqai will continue to be developed in the UK. So while the iX is a look into the bleeding-edge future, the new Qashqai is a extremely genuine proposition. as well as an essential one at that.
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