BMW iX1 - review - best in class?

Merry Christmas! 🎄🤶🎠
This is the all-new BMW iX1. An electrified version of the X1. Is it a premium model, just like the latest X1? How does it compare to the likes of the Mercedes EQA or the electric Volvo XC40?
--
Here is my review of the BMW X1 🚗
• New BMW X1 - 2023 - a ...
--
#bmw #bmwix1 #bmwx1
--
CHAPTERS
00:00 Intro
01:15 Welcome to Anna on Roads
01:40 Launch Control
02:32 Power, Batteries & Charging
03:46 Ride Quality
04:30 Steering & Manoeuvring
05:08 Braking Mode
05:55 Electric Range & Charging - Real Life
07:19 Back Seat
07:55 Boot Space
08:25 Cabin
09:53 Infotainment System iDrive
11:30 Sport Mode & Handling
12:30 Verdict - best in class?
--
www - annaonroads.com/
www.carmatch.pro
Instagram - / annaonroads
Facebook - / annaonroads

[@AnnaOnRoads]

Merry Christmas! 🎄🤶🎠 Which car would you like Santa to bring you?

[@wolfgangpreier9160]

Cybertruck RWD with the large battery.

[@AnnaOnRoads]

Haha, not sure he can fit that in his rucksack ;-) @@wolfgangpreier9160

[@denisfanucci1151]

Merry Christmas Anna! 🌲I would like an Alfa Romeo Giulia Quadrifoglio for Christmas !

[@piotrprzybys9563]

Genesis G70 SB diesel automat awd

[@AnnaOnRoads]

Merry Christmas Denis, yes and yes!!! @@denisfanucci1151

[@Andrew-ni4br]

Merry Christmas Anna, look forward to your new videos for the coming year. All the best for 2024. Cheers !

[@SergeDesjardins-hp4kz]

Tanks for your chrismas publication, very appreciate, merci!

[@ianbishop8214]

Top of the class again Anna, Excellent review.

[@Mexxx65]

Wishing you a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year Anna!! Please keep up your high standard of videos in 2024!

[@AMCmachine]

What a trooper, even posting on Christmas!😁 Enjoy the holiday, Anna!! ♥

[@AMCmachine]

And a Happy New Year, Bellissima. 🍾🎉🥳 Rockin' that little gray dress. 😉

[@dlschgo]

Anna--the greatest Earthly gift of all.

[@barriepountney3598]

Iain that colour range it looks stunning strange I like the front end but the rear seems wrong some how,but a nice car,Have a very merry Christmas and new year 😊 looking forward to more great reviews next year 😀

[@michaelstaunton1632]

Merry Christmas 🤶 & thanks for all the content in 2023 👊👊👊

[@AnnaOnRoads]

Thank you very much Michael and Merry Christmas 🎄

[@CathodeRayNipplez]

Merry Xmas Anna. Thanks for another year of the best dressed witty car content on the tube. And a shout out to your camera and edit people. 😀

[@AnnaOnRoads]

Awww thank you! Merry Christmas 🎄I'm back with my wonderful editor Jan but cameraman has been sacked! 🤣 I'm my own camera man now ;-)

[@Riccardo_Mori]

My sentiments exactly! Merry Christmas!

[@AnnaOnRoads]

Merry Christmas Riccardo🎄@@Riccardo_Mori

[@LosihoTTT]

Merry Christmas to you Anna, thanks for the videos this year, look forward to more in 2024 ❤️

[@AnnaOnRoads]

Thank you very much and Merry Christmas 🎄

[@jamescraig4479]

Merry Christmas Anna! Blessings for you and your family! 🌲🎁🙏

[@johnpiggott9005]

Merry Christmas Anna Looking fab and beautiful as usual You make any car fabulous

[@c05l24]

Merry Christmas Anna 🎅

[@lukewalker1051]

In the US, EV demand is waning. People don't like the inconvenience of charging, no. of chargers, lack of infrastructure, unknown battery life which is climate dependent and high cost of battery replacement. Resale value of EV's is also in question because nobody wants to buy a used EV with aging battery knowing the price of a battery replacement is very high. As an automotive engineer, my view is, we are living in the stone age for EV's. Or putting it another way, we are living in the time of listening to music on vinyl records versus digital sound of today. If the battery riddle becomes solved more effectively, likely in 10-20 years, EV's will become more viable. Hard to overcome the '100 x's' energy density superiority of gas versus Li-Ion battery storage. But that day may come at some point with a major breakthrough in battery technology, but there are huge technical challenges to achieving this cell chemistry conundrum and why it isn't achievable now. Merry Christmas Anna. PS. If you are curious Anna, give BMW a call and ask them how much a 63KW-hr replacement battery is for that BMW. Btw, that is not a huge battery for that weight vehicle. My guess is...about $25K USD. Maybe more with installation. If you are rich, flip your cars every 3 years while under warranty, have a supercharger in your garage at home, don't take long trips etc, EV's become more attractive. This is a small demographic of the car driving public of course.

[@AnnaOnRoads]

Hi Luke, absolutely! This whole idea of EVs replacing a combustion engine is an utter and absolute nonsense. EVs are an addition but certainly not a substitution. Those who believe by 2030 (or whatever the latest imagination was) are living in a fantasy land. I am a fan of smart matching - petrol, hybrid, diesel, EVs - different horses for different courses. Yet, some EV nutters want to so badly shove EVs is everyone's face. If they were this good, they wouldn't have to do that.

[@totoarriba]

👍

[@douglascheung5815]

Thank you, Anna. Your candid and probing review has pulled me back to checking the new X1 ICE against XC40 and Sportage. Merry Christmas 🎉

[@johnchai8546]

Support Anna~❤ I wish you do more and more beautiful videos. The more you talk about cars, the more exciting they become. The more you try on good cars, the more you make good videos. The videos are getting more viewers and likes. Merry Christmas❄Happy New Year🎉

[@AnnaOnRoads]

Thank you John and Merry Christmas 🎄Fingers crossed more cars and more videos will come in 2024!

[@pauldorset2124]

Merry Christmas Anna, I would like a Dark horse with an Anna inside! 😁🧑‍🎄

[@AnnaOnRoads]

;-) Merry Christmas Paul, always leaves me smiling!

[@alandowdall1642]

Love the colour x

[@GBFeb72]

Nice, I like that..

[@AnnaOnRoads]

Thank you! 🙂

[@Btopping3913]

Anna, Love your content. Santa could bring me a MB 300sl Gullwing! Keep looking great and stay safe in the New Year

[@AnnaOnRoads]

Thank you so much! Oh THAAAT is special kind of a car!!! Happy New Year ❤️

[@alandowdall1642]

Merry Christmas ❤️

[@dromouni7054]

Bonne année à toi !

[@brenmizer123]

Ok,Anna, Kudos for ur Stunning Style as Always especially For the Wrap around Dress and Ur Stainless/ Gold Rolex showcasing.. It’s No M2 for sure,, Still waiting for That!!! Speaking of ur Timepiece, have u shopped the Presidents Band??? Cheers on Santa’s Day,,,

[@brenmizer123]

Hope all goes Smoothly except when ur on a Back Country Jeep trail somewhere in the Hinterlands!!! Ur bouncing like Crazy and Enjoying every moment!! Paint me that Image!!!

[@THEAC83]

I have the same car but in Cape York Green Metallic and an xdrive20i, not electric. Really nice car. You sitting in it, makes it look 100 times better 😂

[@Hamster-man]

Merry Christmas to you xx

[@AnnaOnRoads]

Merry Christmas 🎄

[@antonsternin7365]

Anna looking gorgeous ❤ like always 😊

[@tampaguy6370]

Merry Christmas Anna I hope you have another great year🎅

[@AnnaOnRoads]

A very Merry Christmas Gus, thank you for your support, it never goes unnoticed ❤️

[@tampaguy6370]

@@AnnaOnRoads you’re the best I love when you present cars that we don’t get here in the states. I also like the Italian cars I would’ve own one, but they’re such beautiful designs.

[@AnnaOnRoads]

I'm hoping it will get a lot more exotic next year and a lot more latest, working on it as we speak! CarMatch is coming :-) @@tampaguy6370

[@tampaguy6370]

@@AnnaOnRoads I want you to get your hands on that cyber truck from Tesla .I think it’s the ugliest thing I’ve ever seen but the guy from carwow was so impress he ordered one. It reminds me of the DeLorean I expect Michael J. Fox to get out of that car every time I see one.

[@cliffordkoloski]

I haven’t had a chance to watch yet but just in case, Happy New Year’s Eve! 🍾🎉

[@AnnaOnRoads]

Thank you Cliff and here is to you - a very Happy and Healthy New Year!

[@2bunphettered788]

Hi Anna, Thank you for the review of the iX1, which is the size of a X3. 🤍🩵🤍 BMW will soon make a X3 the size of a X5, and so on. 🙂

[@johnminshall242]

Nice car, if overpriced and overstated on range capability. Enjoyed the humorous review too!

[@AnnaOnRoads]

Thank you John!

[@mjaffrey5107]

Great review 😊 cheers. What’s the paint colour. It looks nice with the beige trim.

[@AnnaOnRoads]

Thank you 😊 It's called Bay Lagoon!

[@mjaffrey5107]

Thanks ☺️

[@thestonetable]

Merry Christmas Anna!!!!

[@JustMe-pc2ii]

Merry Christmas Anna and a happy and healthy New Year. Porche Cayman S. Please and thank you.

[@AnnaOnRoads]

Thank you Merry Christmas 🎄 Cayman S is very very special, love that car!

[@max_k1421]

Merry Christmas 🎄 🤗

[@michaela2347]

Hello Anna, another great review in the books. :) I'm not sure about the rush from so many car manufactures trying to rush to market with their version of electric vehicle, on the EV platform. There are so many case events from average customers especially here in the US with daily complaints about the EV marketing ranges. I have a co-worker who lives in the central US near Iowa where they have been getting below zero temperatures for weeks now. He complains about the shorten range of the vehicle during the cold months of the year,(simple chemical reaction of the battery properties of course) and that's simply to me, not prime time. Have a friend who just purchased a new Rivian and after only four months, battery issues that prevented the truck from starting. :( :( Anyway, just wanted to say Hi, and wish you all the best in 2024, Michael ..............

[@dimiper9393]

Which color was that on your test drive iX1? Looks gorgeous!

[@AnnaOnRoads]

It sure does! It's called Bay Lagoon, BMW Individual colouring

[@dimiper9393]

Thanks a lot! Keep up the great reviews! 👍🏼👍🏼

[@oxcart4172]

Imagine how much faster it would be if it wasn't styled like a brick! Hope u and yours have a great day, Anna.

[@AnnaOnRoads]

Much much faster! Thank you very much and Merry Christmas 🎄

[@oxcart4172]

@@AnnaOnRoads How sweet of u! And all the best to you and yours, Anna!

[@AndrewScullion23]

Super review Anna. Would love a Bentley GT if Santa could have managed it.

[@brandonmcfarland5200]

Merry Christmas 🎅🎄.

[@AnnaOnRoads]

Thank you Brandon and Merry Christmas 🎄

[@lawrencer25]

❤❤ Happy Christmas ❤❤

[@iainmcglynn833]

GT3 RS with you driving Yes with SPARCO driving boots on with jeans Merry Christmas Anna ❤❤

[@AnnaOnRoads]

Ha, feisty GT3 RS! Thank you very much and Merry Christmas Iain 🎄

[@iainmcglynn833]

@@AnnaOnRoads Speed road holding and only room for two , perfect 👌

[@janwege150277]

Is it summer over there? ☀ Hmmm? No frank for cables again? 😞 Flowers for Anna: 💐 👍

[@AnnaOnRoads]

Haha it was one hot summer! Just some earlier filmed videos 🙂

[@whocares264]

does it have a rex option?

[@mikechaud1300]

Hello Anna, could you please also test the new Honda civic hybrid? Many thanks! ))

[@CathodeRayNipplez]

It doesn't work like that.

[@alanzyoutube]

Sausage dinner for Christmas Anna?

[@totoarriba]

Merry Christmas 🎅. If I had (must / need) to buy an electric ⚡car, I would probably choose a Tesla Model 3 Highland. And I am not a very big fan of electric vehicles nor Tesla. But they seem to be a good value.

[@rc666]

Is it already summer in Poland?

[@AnnaOnRoads]

Haha, I wish! I've hoarded lots of videos ;-)

[@fedele01]

drive without shoes one time 😍

[@stubones]

This does look quite nice. I would like a relatively luxurious EV as a second car for city and medium distance driving. The typical range lies wouldn’t matter too much in this case. As a single ownership car, it’s the usual fail.

[@AnnaOnRoads]

Hi Stu, my thoughts exactly. I have noticed BMW, Mercedes seem to stretch their range a little too much. Generally speaking, I find Korean EVs - Hyundai, Kia, Genesis far fitter than the Germans. They charge better and give us a better range.

[@HQBProductions]

Anna…what it does it make me wonder why they dropped the I3….a town car with enough practicality. This new one is much better in most ways but now is far more expensive and trying to do too much of a universal job. No..I would not buy it as an only car…and cheaper EV’s are out there..China will flood us soon so I don’t see a long life for this car. 🥹🥹😳

[@deezet9518]

Actually that’s the real leather. Recognisable by the diamond shape stitching. The leatherette is perforated.

[@amigatommy7]

Genesis GV70; gas or electric.

[@guantou2520]

Year end bloopers compilation is due.

[@Rundstedt2001]

360 km?? Game over

[@DudeDude491]

Anna you are too Gorgeous ❤️

[@neilobusk]

Electrifying...it is but not the most Electrifying. thing here..... nice wheels.. but not the nicest running gear here. rain in the uk Miss Anna what do you mean... ? Excellent review...but not for me... my nokia 3110 .... N x

[@terryreiersgord400]

Is Santa bringing you with the car then I'll take anything

[@hadtobe4502]

The infotainment screen is very wide, but also very narrow. So, while charging it is not good for youtube, movies, games - not even good for maps while driving really, I think Tesla leads the way in screen size and usability, followed by Chinese EV's.

[@AdamBorusewicz]

To ja standardowo poprawię. Ma nie silnik a silniki bo na każdą oś przypada po jednym, a ładowanie AC ma 11kW a nie 7.4kW.

[@AnnaOnRoads]

Dziekuje, Wesolych Swiat Adas. Dobrze poprawic ale to i tak nie ma znaczenia dla wiekszosci z nas, to tylko liczby a ludziom tak naprawde zalezy na czasu ladowania i zasiegu. I niestety, elektryki chcialy tak mocno przejac rynek, a beda tylko malym drogim dodatkiem w wiekszosci wypadkow. Bo nie oferuja competitive advantage.

[@AdamBorusewicz]

@@AnnaOnRoads wzajemnie Anno. Pozwolę się nie zgodzić z Tobą roli aut elektrycznych ale zdecydowanie wolę pokłócić się z Tobą w tej kwestii jak będzie okazja porozmawia ma żywo 😜. Miłego świętowania..

[@AnnaOnRoads]

Ja nie osoba co sie bedzie klocic ;-) szczegolnie o EV. Nie jestem przeciwnikiem EVs ale jestem napewno przeciwnikiem jak wciskac chca rzady ludziom EVs, a sami wola jezdzic S-kami 🤣 z 3L. Prawda jest taka ze doradzic to kazdy chce kazdemu, ale jak te porady nie sa dopasowane do potrzeb, to klapa jednak. Ja juz roznymi elektrykami przejechalam polowe Europy. I powiem tak, jak jest wszystko zgodnie z planem, to jest ok. Ale tych przypadkow kiedy nie idzie zgodnie z planem to bylo, oj bylo. I wtedy czlowieka krew zalewa. I oj teskni sie teskni za paliwkiem ;-)

[@AdamBorusewicz]

@@AnnaOnRoads co do wciskania na siłę to całkowicie się zgadzam.. dlatego moje podejście jest takie że po prostu opisuje elektryczną motoryzację i odczarowuje mity z nią związane. Ale absolutnie nie zamierzam nikogo namawiać na zakup auta EV. To raczej ludzie do mnie przychodzą i pytają " z czym to się je " 😜

[@tampaguy6370]

I’m not an EV guy, but acceleration is incredible in those cars .lol@ milking a male cow 🐄

[@AnnaOnRoads]

I feel the same Gus, acceleration is bombastic! Milking cows 🤣

[@UKMike2009]

Virtually the same size as the previous model X3. Disappointing real-world range, expensive to buy and looking slightly old-fashioned now.

[@HQBProductions]

Well BMW still seem stuck in their old design language…it is alright but still looks too much like a revamped car from 1999. What car would I like from Santa?…Ferrari Purosangue would be worth a go!!😃😃😃😃

[@Michael00000001]

Very wise answer. Purosangue looks like a Mazda but don't we all love the wolf in sheep's clothing?! 🤩

[@ThorRavnsborg]

Nice review and not a bad EV, I just don't get on with the design (but that's sadly the case with most BMW's). They have track record of making good cars with nice handling but the lines are just too incoherent, aggressive and overblown in my view. It leaves a pretentious and pompous vibe with me that I just find repelling.

[@mrjke007]

🤍