BMW i4 M50 review by Motortrend

[Davedough]

If I wasn’t so enamored with the Mach E GT, this was the next car on my short list. It’s kind of funny though that BMW are allowing reviews almost a full year before the first one will be delivered but here we are only just now, post delivery, getting GT reviews. Anyway, good take of an EV alternative by Jonny Lieberman

https://www.motortrend.com/reviews/2022-bmw-i4-m50-electric-sedan-first-drive-review/

 

[Pushrods&Capacitors]

If I wasn’t so enamored with the Mach E GT, this was the next car on my short list. It’s kind of funny though that BMW are allowing reviews almost a full year before the first one will be delivered but here we are only just now, post delivery, getting GT reviews. Anyway, good take of an EV alternative by Jonny Lieberman

https://www.motortrend.com/reviews/2022-bmw-i4-m50-electric-sedan-first-drive-review/

Lieberman has always been great imo. Another great i4 M50 review is the one by Mat Watson from Carwow. Just posted on YouTube in the last day or so.

 

[Golfer]

Been following the i4 development too. Here's a good compilation of i4 reviews

BMW i4 M50 Review Compilation [Bimmerpost]

 

[fayt349]

I have one on pre-order! So excited!!!!

 

[chrisGT]

I find the i4 m50 closer to a Taycan than a GT since it is a sports sedan not an SUV. It's like a cheaper Taycan but with better infotainment and worst suspension and worst steering feel.
It's good to have options

 

[shutterbug]

If I wasn’t so enamored with the Mach E GT, this was the next car on my short list. It’s kind of funny though that BMW are allowing reviews almost a full year before the first one will be delivered but here we are only just now, post delivery, getting GT reviews. Anyway, good take of an EV alternative by Jonny Lieberman

https://www.motortrend.com/reviews/2022-bmw-i4-m50-electric-sedan-first-drive-review/

Personal favorite quote:

One very personal note: no glass roof! Joy of joys! ​

 

[fayt349]

I find the i4 m50 closer to a Taycan than a GT since it is a sports sedan not an SUV. It's like a cheaper Taycan but with better infotainment and worst suspension and worst steering feel.
It's good to have options

It's actually a hatchback which I find amazing. Looks like a sedan, but 5 door.

 

[chrisGT]

It's actually a hatchback which I find amazing. Looks like a sedan, but 5 door.

yes but headroom and legroom is overall limited compared to an SUV and there is no way to put 3 people in the back.
I agree that the hatch makes the trunk more accessible and it is nice.

 

[fayt349]

yes but headroom and legroom is overall limited compared to an SUV and there is no way to put 3 people in the back.
I agree that the hatch makes the trunk more accessible and it is nice.

Mach-E was my first SUV and I hate it so much. Head and leg room ain't an issue for me.

 

[chrisGT]

Mach-E was my first SUV and I hate it so much. Head and leg room ain't an issue for me.

then the i4 M50 is probably a good choice but I would personally wait a year or so for them to fix any teething problems with the new technology.

 

[t12g]

then the i4 M50 is probably a good choice but I would personally wait a year or so for them to fix any teething problems with the new technology.

Or wait for the proper M version. Maybe it's just me, but I'm still a bit annoyed by BMW plastering anything and everything with an M badge.

 

[Davedough]

Or wait for the proper M version. Maybe it's just me, but I'm still a bit annoyed by BMW plastering anything and everything with an M badge.

Yeah but they’ve been doing this for a while. My mother had a 325i convertible when I was a kid and it had an M badge on the steering wheel and the front quarter panel. That thing wasn’t a performance vehicle by any stretch of the imagination

 

[Mach1E]

If I wasn’t so enamored with the Mach E GT, this was the next car on my short list. It’s kind of funny though that BMW are allowing reviews almost a full year before the first one will be delivered but here we are only just now, post delivery, getting GT reviews. Anyway, good take of an EV alternative by Jonny Lieberman

https://www.motortrend.com/reviews/2022-bmw-i4-m50-electric-sedan-first-drive-review/

Reviews a whole year before delivery?

And everyone here almost had me convinced that embargoes on reviews until after deliveries was perfectly normal and standard procedure these days.

Makes me think of some movies that won’t let reviewers seen them until after they’re in theaters. Now why would they do that?

 

[Steve-o]

yes but headroom and legroom is overall limited compared to an SUV and there is no way to put 3 people in the back.
I agree that the hatch makes the trunk more accessible and it is nice.

Bring its still on the G20 series, they didnt make the interior any larger than its OCE counterpart. That makes it easier for BMW to make, but means the interior is not that large (i have one now). My hope would have been that they didnt nees all the front area and made the cabin bigger. Why i didnt go for that one and the "we will tell you the option pricing later" means the M50 will be well north of the GTPE pricing.

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