The company reports that its brands—BMW, MINI, and Rolls-Royce—sold 204,295 battery-electric vehicles (BEVs) in the first half of the year, marking a 7.4% decline in comparison to the first half of 2025.

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    4 months ago

    “Overpriced brand that hasn’t innovated in decades falls short of lofty goals.”

    Seriously nobody wants a Mini that looks like it got stung by a bee, electric or otherwise.

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    4 months ago

    If they had a reasonably priced convertible mini bev I’d buy it yesterday. But it doesn’t exist and if it did it wouldn’t be reasonably priced

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      4 months ago

      I think the iX3 is a reasonable step in that direction after the horror that was the iX. I think they’ll sell every iX3 they can make. But man I just want an electric wagon (Audi A6 etron not available in a wagon format here)

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        You see the new iX5 with the dead fish eyes? Oh, also the only way to adjust the air vents inside is by going through multiple touch screen menus. As opposed to just grabbing and moving the freaking thing.

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          4 months ago

          I cannot tell you the last time I adjusted the vents in my car (via touch screen) nor in my van (manually).

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    4 months ago

    Well ya. We are currently in transition from the old iX (now discontinued) and i4 to the Neue Klasse iX3 and i3.

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    4 months ago

    Incompetent marketing department.

    No need for clever slogans and campaigns to make someone buy a noiseless, emissions-free product over a noisy one that emits poison.