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this is the new bmw i3 electric car and00:00:11
if you're the kind of person who worries00:00:12
about running out of charge then you00:00:14
needn't because as well as an00:00:15
all-electric version you can get a model00:00:17
with a little on-board petrol generator00:00:19
so you don't have to suffer from range00:00:21
anxiety00:00:34
the all-electric version of the i3 has a00:00:36
real-world range of about 80 miles on a00:00:38
single charge and they'll take around 1000:00:41
hours from a normal 3-pin main socket00:00:43
however you can double the distance with00:00:45
the range extender model which has a two00:00:47
cylinder 650cc petrol generator on board00:00:51
the little engine is located under the00:00:53
boot floor but it never drives the00:00:55
wheels instead it produces electricity00:00:58
to power the motor this is also located00:01:01
at the back and means the i3 is00:01:02
rear-wheel drive like all bmws should be00:01:07
now i want you to imagine that this00:01:09
rather tasty looking cherry flapjack is00:01:11
the car's chassis but instead of being00:01:13
made out of oats it's it's made from00:01:15
aluminium and this holds all the bits00:01:17
that make the car go such as the00:01:19
batteries in the middle you've got the00:01:21
motor at the back your suspension and00:01:23
the wheels at the sides and on top of00:01:25
that it's a carbon fiber body and you00:01:28
can see look the carbon fiber is exposed00:01:29
down here and that is going to be00:01:31
symbolized by this00:01:33
brownie and that just sits right on top00:01:35
and the best thing about that design is00:01:37
that it means00:01:40
um00:01:41
yeah it tastes really good00:01:45
seriously though the way the core is00:01:47
built creates a very airy feeding cabin00:01:49
as there are no mechanical bits00:01:51
encroaching into the passenger space00:01:53
this means you get a totally flat floor00:01:55
and this plus thin seats help free up00:01:58
space so does the location of the gear00:02:00
selector which is a cool rocker switch00:02:02
on the steering column00:02:05
overall the i3's cabin has a zen light00:02:07
minimalism which helps soothe and calm00:02:10
its occupants00:02:14
i don't normally spout such rubbish in00:02:16
reviews but there's there's something00:02:17
about the i3 that makes you feel kind of00:02:19
new age and right on maybe it's the fact00:02:22
that you know part of the interior like00:02:24
here on the doors and on the top of the00:02:25
dash is made from recycled plant00:02:27
materials and the swoopy effect of it00:02:29
all in fact you can actually get00:02:31
eucalyptus wood for this part of the00:02:33
dash and it looks amazing obviously this00:02:35
car hasn't got it and i want to show you00:02:36
now with the cutaway00:02:45
that's really nice isn't it that and i00:02:47
think it's an option well worth having00:02:49
so too is this glorious 10 inch high00:02:51
definition screen though to be fair the00:02:53
normal 6.5 inch screen is pretty good00:02:55
and as standard the i3 is actually very00:02:57
well equipped you get sat nav you get00:02:59
the latest idrive system with touch pad00:03:01
entry stuff like bluetooth usb for the00:03:04
stereo you've got climate control you00:03:07
also get things like 19-inch alloys and00:03:10
daytime led running lights as standard00:03:13
in-car storage is good thanks to a00:03:15
reasonable size glovebox a smattering of00:03:17
cup holders big door bins and another00:03:20
cubby on the dash00:03:27
the i3 will only cost you a couple of00:03:28
quid to charge with electricity if you00:03:31
do it overnight and if you go for the00:03:32
range extender model it's actually00:03:34
quoted at 470 miles per gallon and let's00:03:38
say that you didn't charge up the00:03:39
batteries and you just ran it using00:03:41
petrol power alone to provide00:03:43
electricity for the motor then you'd00:03:45
still get around 50 miles per gallon in00:03:47
the real world which i mean that's still00:03:49
pretty impressive00:03:51
electric cars are cheaper to maintain00:03:53
and in theory should be more reliable00:03:55
than a normal car too as there are less00:03:57
moving parts to go wrong or this should00:03:59
make the i3 inexpensive to live with but00:04:02
there is one question00:04:04
does it feel like a true bmw to drive00:04:07
that's an easy one to answer actually00:04:09
because00:04:10
yes it does because you've got rear wheel00:04:13
drive the front wheels they don't have00:04:14
to think about anything besides steering00:04:16
and so the car's really responsive to00:04:19
your inputs and it actually feels quite00:04:21
darty and despite being quite tall00:04:23
there's hardly any body roll through the00:04:25
corners and actually out on a twisty00:04:28
road this i300:04:30
is really really good fun00:04:33
but the best bit is the performance the00:04:35
motor produces 170 horsepower and means00:04:39
the electric only i3 can go from nor to00:04:41
62 miles an hour in just 7.2 seconds00:04:44
this range extender version is slightly00:04:46
slower as it's about 100 kilograms00:04:48
heavier but it can still do not to 62 in00:04:51
under 8 seconds00:04:53
on the move the car actually feels even00:04:55
faster than those numbers suggest00:04:57
because you get this instant response00:04:59
from the electric motor so when you put00:05:01
your foot down00:05:02
the car just takes off immediately00:05:05
in fact bmw says the i3 can get from00:05:08
north to 30 miles an hour quicker than00:05:10
an e92 m3 and that has a gas guzzling00:05:13
four liter v800:05:19
okay so let's just say i've pulled up at00:05:20
the lights and a boy racer pulls up next00:05:23
to me and he fancies a drag race but00:05:25
little does he know the performance that00:05:27
i can get from this electric car so all00:05:29
i do is look at him and then00:05:32
floor it and00:05:34
there we go already i'm doing 30. i'm00:05:36
ahead of him in the traffic and i can00:05:38
slow down and block him behind me making00:05:41
him really really cross in fact the way00:05:43
you can control this car just on the00:05:45
throttle alone is really good because it00:05:48
actually uses the motor to recharge the00:05:50
batteries and it gives this braking00:05:52
effect when you lift off the accelerator00:05:54
and that makes it really easy to just00:05:55
kind of nip in and out of traffic00:05:58
the i3 really is brilliant in town you00:06:01
sit quite high and this plus the big00:06:03
wind screen gives you great view ahead00:06:05
while the turning circle of less than 1000:06:07
meters means you can out u-turn a taxi00:06:10
or just go round and round and round00:06:16
this little bmw is also good on the00:06:18
motorway as well it can hold its own at00:06:20
speed it feels planted when you're going00:06:22
quickly and it's very very quiet even if00:06:25
you've got the range extender model and00:06:27
the the little petrol generator kicks in00:06:29
it's it's only a mile from you you don't00:06:32
notice it too much problems though00:06:35
are that the suspension yeah it's a00:06:37
little bit on the firm side and it's not00:06:39
helped by the fact you've got 19-inch00:06:40
wheels so if you hit a bump or an00:06:43
expansion joint on the motorway you do00:06:45
get a bit of a jolt and it doesn't seem00:06:47
to just cruise or float over bumps quite00:06:50
as well this car as in a sun leaf00:06:53
as a result mid corner bumps can upset00:06:55
the car while the skinny wheels means in00:06:57
faster corners you shouldn't get too00:06:59
carried away as there's less grip than00:07:01
you get with other bmws speaking of00:07:04
which the i3 isn't even as practical as00:07:06
a one series00:07:08
yes the seats fall down flat and there's00:07:11
no boot lip to lift stuff over but with00:07:13
the seats in place the volume is00:07:14
considerably smaller than even a ford00:07:17
fiesta00:07:18
then there's the doors now it may be00:07:20
really cool how they open but if you00:07:22
want to get in the back you have to00:07:23
first00:07:24
open00:07:25
up the fronts which can be annoying if00:07:27
you're having to drop people off or pick00:07:28
them up say on the score run00:07:30
the opening does make it easy to get in00:07:32
the back and when you're in00:07:35
there's actually sufficient knee room00:07:37
and head room the problem is that it's a00:07:39
strict two seater back here which means00:07:41
that if you need a car that can carry00:07:42
five people the i3 is a little bit00:07:45
useless00:07:46
another problem is cost the i3 may be00:07:50
cheap to run but it will cost a lot to00:07:52
buy in the first place the electric only00:07:54
model is over 25 000 pounds and that's00:07:57
after taking into account a five grand00:07:59
government grant if you want the range00:08:01
extender you will have to pay an extra00:08:04
three thousand pounds00:08:06
another thing you need to consider with00:08:08
a range extender is that it only comes00:08:10
with a nine liter fuel tank so yes you00:08:12
might be able to go on longer journeys00:08:14
but you are going to have to keep00:08:15
pulling over at petrol stations00:08:16
regularly to fill up still it doesn't00:08:18
mean that you can use the i3 for more00:08:20
than just city commuting and that means00:08:21
that overall really the range extender00:08:24
is the model to go for00:08:26
finally there's the exterior design00:08:28
there's no denying the i3 is a bit00:08:31
uh00:08:32
different00:08:33
some would say00:08:34
it's just plain ugly00:08:37
do you know what i actually felt the00:08:38
same way when i first saw it but the00:08:40
looks have actually grown on me and00:08:42
that's probably because i've been00:08:43
charmed by the way it drives and the way00:08:45
it feels to sit in and i think for this00:08:47
electric car people won't mind so much00:08:48
about paying a premium for it because00:08:50
it's got that desirable bmw badge00:08:53
compared to its rivals such as the00:08:54
nissan leaf and of course the voxel lamp00:08:57
pair up but before you buy an i3 you00:08:58
should definitely check out reviews of00:09:00
those two cars and of course don't00:09:02
forget once you've seen those click on00:09:03
our logo to subscribe to the car buyer00:09:05
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