Launched in Malaysia again in August this 12 months, the BMW iX has now landed in Malaysia, with a unit being placed on show on the St. Regis Kuala Lumpur. For your viewing pleasure, we snapped a gallery of the rather well received electric SUV, which is pictured right here in base xDrive40 guise carrying a Phytonic Blue end.
Said base variant retails at RM419,630 on-the-road with out insurance coverage, however there’s additionally the xDrive40 Sport that goes for RM472,630. These costs include a two-year guarantee, however in order for you the prolonged guarantee (5 years, limitless mileage) and repair bundle (six years, 120,000 km), the worth of the xDrive40 rises to RM435,800, whereas the xDrive40 Sport turns into RM488,800. An eight-year, 160,000 km guarantee for the battery comes as customary.
Both variants function the identical electrical powertrain that options two electrical motors – one on every axle – for all-wheel drive. Together, they supply 326 PS (322 hp or 240 kW) and 630 Nm of torque on faucet, which is sweet for a zero to 100 km/h time of 6.1 seconds and high velocity of 200 km/h.
A lithium-ion battery with a gross vitality capability of 76.6 kWh (71 kWh web) powers the e-motors and supplies a variety of as much as 425 km following the WLTP cycle. The battery helps AC charging as much as 11 kW through a Type 2 connection, with a full cost taking seven hours and quarter-hour with a charger that may output that quantity of energy. There’s additionally DC quick charging as much as 150 kW utilizing a CCS2 connection, which may deliver the battery from a 0-80% state of cost in simply 31 minutes.
The xDrive40 comes customary with LED headlamps with high-beam assistant, 21-inch aerodynamic wheels (fashion 1010 bicolour 3D polished end), Comfort Access in addition to facet body ornamental moulding and window cavity covers in black high-gloss.
As for the inside, you’ll discover a Live Cockpit Professional system made up of a curved 12.3-inch digital instrument cluster show and a 14.9-inch central touchscreen show, with each powered by the BMW Operating System 8. These are joined by powered entrance seats with a driver’s facet reminiscence, a wi-fi charger and a HiFi sound system.
An Atelier inside bundle is a part of the cabin too, with chosen elements and controls trimmed in Gold Bronze. In different areas like seats, dashboard, centre console and centre armrest, there’s Sensatec artificial leather-based that’s out there in Mocha or Black.
The xDrive40’s security and driver help techniques embrace the Driving Assistant bundle with lane departure warning, lane change warning, entrance collision warning with brake intervention (AEB), rear cross-traffic warning and rear collision prevention. There’s additionally BMW’s Parking Assistant with reversing help, energetic park distance management and a rear-view digicam and passive cruise management.
We haven’t sighted the xDrive40 Sport simply but, however that variant builds upon the bottom possibility by including bigger 22-inch wheels (fashion 1020 bicolour 3D polished end), BMW Laserlight headlamps and the Sport Line bundle – sport brakes with blue brake calipers, dark-tinted lights, new-design entrance and rear fascias with black highlights, and a chrome radiator grille graphic.
The increased value additionally nets you a tyre strain monitoring system, Parking Assistant Plus (with a encompass view digicam), together with the Driving Assistant Professional bundle that provides adaptive cruise management with cease and go perform, steering and lane management help, automated velocity restrict help and evasion assistant.
