06-05-2020, 02:18 PM | #45 |
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What's with the full merino leather being dropped? In my opinion its one of the best options on the X5/6/7 and makes them feel much more premium compared to other vehicles in the class.
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06-05-2020, 02:25 PM | #46 |
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Whoa... no full merino and no rear entertainment may be a deal breaker for me.
Rear entertainment is the single most useful option in a family car. Basically gives you control of when kids sleep or don't. (ie... 20 minutes away from home... need to keep little one awake so it doesn't ruin nap time... "HEY, Lets put Bubble Guppies on".) |
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Geez... not the news I was hoping for on MY2021 changes. Yes, I would want many of the items being deleted, especially B&W. I'm guessing COVID and the logistics interruption along with the plant shutdown contributed to some of these changes.
To clarify on the ventilated seats. Are they not available at all anymore? Or only as a stand-alone option?
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The full merino is shocking on one of the most expensive models BMW makes. They clearly have logistical issues, which I don’t really understand. My X5 was delayed 6 weeks because of it.
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Was looking at X7 to replace LR4 as family car. No rear entertainment? Probably a deal breaker here
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These changes are all due to tier 1 supplier issues, as they have suppliers who were affected by the COVID-19 shutdown, it is a ripple affect. Lots of parts for the US manufactured X vehicles are sourced from Mexico. Could also be BMW Manufacturing limiting production bottlenecks such as the off road package.
Deletion of full merino leather is shocking for the "flagship" X7, but suspect there is a shortage of merino leather that is being held for the Alpina/X5M/X6M builds. BMW's supply chain doesn't seem diversified unlike Apple that has various part suppliers. Jay is highly regarded CA.
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Are there no ventilated seats at all now ?
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I have never had a single person order the RSE. People just use the iPad holder for the seats.
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No rear seat entertainment? Surely that's a mistake???
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No RES? Lol, no way in hell I'd get an SUV without one with little ones in the back.
Don't even recommend and iPad as its wholly inferior to RES and means nothing to me as an Android family.
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The 50i in the new X5 and X7 was intended as an interim engine for launch until the M50i engine was ready which is they kept the xDrive50i designation. There was always an intention to have a M Performance engine in all vehicle lines and also due to the X5 moving to CLAR platform so quickly in 5 years compared to standard 7. There's no sense to offer 3 engines options, especially 2 V8's. Decision had nothing to do with XB7 offering. Originally Posted by ynguldyn 2020 G05 X5 - sDrive40i - xDrive45e - M50i (530hp replacing xDrive50i) Both the G05 X5 and G07 X7 xDrive50i will replace their launch version of N63 (456hp) with the same new 530hp engine and become X5/X7 M50i. Here's finally your explanation why they were sticking with "xDrive50i": "M50i" was reserved for the more powerful engine. https://g05.bimmerpost.com/forums/sh....php?t=1504815 Here's the tracking thread for Future BMW model info: https://g05.bimmerpost.com/forums/sh...d.php?t=901686
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Many of the options that were dropped where based on low take rates.
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Even the merino leather? I'm a bit surprised.
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Android? What's that??? lol, j/k.
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