New Turbo, initial thoughts!

[dynamic7]

I ordered a new Turbo in early January and finally picked up the car today. This is my first EV, previous car was a G80 M3 xDrive, so the Turbo is familiar in terms of performance, the zero lag is quite something, I have not launched the car yet. I do miss the sound of ICE car (yes, I know some of the sounds are fake!). I have had other BMWs also and really liked the iDrive system and the technology in the car including the heads up display, mobile app etc.

I was apprehensive about the spec I have, with Volcano grey, Turbonite Spyder wheels with window trim and roof rails in Turbnoite. In real life, they do look really nice and I am glad that I stuck with the options. Internally, it is black leather, with Neodyme accents, they look really nice (yes, I know black interior is boring...). I think Volcano grey is nice, but it is really dark, and in hindsight, I would probably have picked the Slate Neo grey with the Turbonite or Gentian blue and gloss black trim, if I had seen one before ordering my car.

Some of the spec items are: Rear axle steering, HUD, surround view and InnoDrive. I have about 50 miles of driving so it is an initial thoughts:

Rear axle steering, I have had this before on an X5, I am very impressed on the Macan with the turning circle. Looking forward to taking it on the motor/highway.
HUD - I see why some folks do not like it, it can get a bit busy. I personally think I will adjust to it. I definitely think the BMW HUD was really great and loved that, so there will be an adjustment period.
360 camera - The quality is not as good as the BMW. I also really like the BMW drive recorder feature, I wish the Macan had that instead of needing a separate dash cam.
InnoDrive - not had a chance to use this yet. I used the BMW equivalent system all the team on long journeys.

The general infotainment system is ok, it will take some time getting used to vs BMW iDrive. I did spec the passenger display, which will probably turn out to be an expensive and under utilised option. Though for today the kids loved it!
The pan roof is needed to lighten up the dark interior and is really nice imo.

Looking forward to driving it more. The efficiency stats for today: 2.1mi/kWh, hopefully that will increase over the coming weeks!

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[Lybaek]

Very nice car - congratulations!
I drive a Macan Turbo EV black and Truffle leather - today rounded 28,000 km.
I also came from BMW - have been driving BMW 5'ers for 24 years.
I was really fearing how the connectivity would be. It is different and in some areas the BMW is better and in some the Macan Turbo.
I am really satisfied with the car.

 

[anders1]

I ordered a new Turbo in early January and finally picked up the car today. This is my first EV, previous car was a G80 M3 xDrive, so the Turbo is familiar in terms of performance, the zero lag is quite something, I have not launched the car yet. I do miss the sound of ICE car (yes, I know some of the sounds are fake!). I have had other BMWs also and really liked the iDrive system and the technology in the car including the heads up display, mobile app etc.

I was apprehensive about the spec I have, with Volcano grey, Turbonite Spyder wheels with window trim and roof rails in Turbnoite. In real life, they do look really nice and I am glad that I stuck with the options. Internally, it is black leather, with Neodyme accents, they look really nice (yes, I know black interior is boring...). I think Volcano grey is nice, but it is really dark, and in hindsight, I would probably have picked the Slate Neo grey with the Turbonite or Gentian blue and gloss black trim, if I had seen one before ordering my car.

Some of the spec items are: Rear axle steering, HUD, surround view and InnoDrive. I have about 50 miles of driving so it is an initial thoughts:

Rear axle steering, I have had this before on an X5, I am very impressed on the Macan with the turning circle. Looking forward to taking it on the motor/highway.
HUD - I see why some folks do not like it, it can get a bit busy. I personally think I will adjust to it. I definitely think the BMW HUD was really great and loved that, so there will be an adjustment period.
360 camera - The quality is not as good as the BMW. I also really like the BMW drive recorder feature, I wish the Macan had that instead of needing a separate dash cam.
InnoDrive - not had a chance to use this yet. I used the BMW equivalent system all the team on long journeys.

The general infotainment system is ok, it will take some time getting used to vs BMW iDrive. I did spec the passenger display, which will probably turn out to be an expensive and under utilised option. Though for today the kids loved it!
The pan roof is needed to lighten up the dark interior and is really nice imo.

Looking forward to driving it more. The efficiency stats for today: 2.1mi/kWh, hopefully that will increase over the coming weeks!

Beautiful. Ordered the same car but with turbonite on the sides. We’ll see how it turns out in a month which is the expected delivery.
Enjoy your new toy!!!

 

[omp]

It's the same as mine. Congratulations

 

[henrus]

I've had mine for 6 months and 7,500 miles and loving it. Best car I've owned (other than the occasional software glitches).

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