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All-electric super-luxury cars, with the performance, refinement and versatility to really command the road, have been slow to emerge - but the BMW iX shows how they can be done. The exterior design of this full-size SUV is divisive, and to some it may not count as desirable at all.
This car has environmentally friendly olive-tanned leather, lightweight electrically excited motors which have no need of heavy magnets, and the metals for its drive battery are sourced responsibly from North Africa and Australia. It's available in several versions, the middle-sitting iX xDrive50 version of which has more than 500 horsepower, four-wheel drive and an advertised range in excess of 300 miles. And then there's the headline M60 version with its 600 electric horses to call on.
Where the iX really impresses on the road is with its first-class ride isolation and drivability, which put it into this class on equal terms with the other cars here, despite being considerably cheaper than many. If you're ready to electrify the status symbol on your gravel drive, this is a very fine way to do it.
As you'd expect, performance is astonishing, with even the 'lesser' 649bhp version we tested managing to crack 0-60mph in 3.6sec and, more impressively, smash 30-70mph in 2.8sec. At speed, it's refined and comfortable too, with low noise levels and a supple, air-suspended ride. Curiously, its luxury credentials are undermined by a low-speed ride that is inconsistent and suspension that can be heard working over scarred urban topography.
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