yep sounds logical!

I have the previous generation 540i and looking to buy a new hybrid estate. The lack of separate glass opening on this one brings the new e63 amg into competition and likely in front of this, all things considered. No clue why BMW shot their own feet.

Why do you want to block your rear view? Like people complaining X6 has less space when no one packs X5 to the roof.

My 2014 3 series wagon has this. Very useful! We love it. My 2021 Mercedes e450 does not, and it would be better with it.

From 0-100 figures I guess 540d will only get 300hp. My g31 540d was doing 0-100 below 5 sec.

I highly appreciate that! If you have the time at some point, visit a BMW dealer and ask for a X5, X7, 5-Series or 7-Series with Sensafin/Veganza and take a seat and feel it. I m pretty sure you ll change your mind too :)

=)

EV-range is absolute OK in Europe.

Thank you very much for your interest in this topic. I also bought cars with animal skin leather seats before I did my research and got to know the industry. The most important thing is: With today's modern materials, you have nothing to lose, just to gain. You achieve the same kind of luxury and comfort or even better while having the same or better durability with less impact on humans, animals and the environment. You can use fabric/cloth, microfibre or leatherette. The classic approach is using oil/plastic as source material. Overall, a vehicle contains about 300 kg plastic. A car seat needs about 5 kg plastic. So the overall plastic share for the seats is very low and it is at this moment the most efficient way to produce a car seat. A couple of litres of fuel equals a car seat basically. So if you want to save oil/plastic, rather look at consumption for energy, fuel and heating and to other car parts than the seat. Note that animal skin leather also always contains a plastic coating for durability. However, long-term we should of course find raw oil alternatives. So going further, seats can be made from recyclables (e.g. from PET-bottles or old fishing nets) or even increased share of plant-based materials (like pine oil, canola oil or start-up materials like Pinatex from pineapple leaves or Desertex from cactus fibre or the mixed-plant-based Mirum, so be seen at kzfaq.info/get/bejne/iZeRgb2W1MfYnXk.html). On a calculation base, by ditching animal skin leather from car interiors, the amount of emissions (CO2e) is reduced by 85 (!) % (www.press.bmwgroup.com/africa-dom-easteurope/article/detail/T0403389EN/on-the-market-from-2023:-bmw-and-mini-models-with-vegan-interiors?language=en) - and that is a very conservative calculation. So it is at this moment the most important thing you can do to make car interiors more sustainable. A good example for high-end luxury with ventilated animal free seats is the BMW X7 with Sensafin: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/Z9aCgc6IntTWoqs.html And the Kia EV9 with plant-based oil share: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/bNyImLOCzsWxcZ8.html New leatherette materials can be superior in every aspect, even for cleaning: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/q59kjLt7nJi5hHU.html More and more natural materials are rising: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/pLiDprt2092sdKM.html Also check out what the animal skin leather industry tried to with our channel: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/pLaPdtl90ceqnH0.html For seeing how the animals are being treated and transported in the global leather industry, watch this footage: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/qtGadqSe1pfDaHk.html Note that the footage is genuine and was recorded by a highly decorated investigative journalist in Germany I know myself personally. Also a group of researchers and German journalists from public media could recent directly trace the connection between car animal leather production and illegal burning down Amazon rain forest: www.daserste.de/information/reportage-dokumentation/ard-story/videos/illegales-leder-video-100.html In a high animal skin grade, the animals are specifically raised for this matter. However even if meat is the "first" misuse case, the hide remains a profitable body part. That means: If manufacturers put animal leather in a car and you demand it as a customer, you give your money to an industry that earns money by oppressing humans, animals and harms the environment, you make them more profitable. Alternatively, you could support industries with your wallet which try to improve the sustainability of materials. Also, if you turn the argument around to "meat is the waste of the leather industry" you realize that it doesn't make sense (and is ethically doubtful) to discuss the primary use of individual body parts of mammals. Mind experiment: You are getting slain down on the street; would it matter to you if it was for your smartphone or for your purse? Remember that animal skin leather is no different to fur, fur is just leather where the hair is still on. And fur is widely not accepted for clothing anymore, and of course not for cars. We cannot change what we have bought in the past, but with more information and compassion we can change how we decide in the future. For a great insight into sustainability in the automotive industry, you can also check out our extensive documentary: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/Y56Xgbudt63Sl3U.html

I have to agree with Thomas here. When animal skins are processed with chemicals to make leather it is no longer so biodegradable. And when animals are used for food it is using so much resources for land, water and fertilizer for feed that could go directly to humans, it is not so sustainable either. Also there are the ethical problems with using animals.

@@autogefuehl Leather will always last longer than any synthetic product we can make. Current best synthetic leathers maybe match the lowest possible grade of leather,. That's why it took so long to get synthetic leather steering wheels and even then they are already peeling before warranty expires. Real leather is also an indicator for quality, because synthetic leather ranges from absolute trash to decent and you cannot tell which is which, especially if the manufacturer doesn't state which they use.

Not true. Most expensive „leather“ is used for yachts because it doesn’t rot in salt water.

There are shit qualities and great qualities like with every product. Just because u find bad leatherette on Tesla Steering wheels and old Taxis doesn’t mean that there are no better materials. Modern high grade leatherette exceeds all animal leather in all aspects

It's like a video game lol

defo

I didnt even had lumbar support in my g30 it was awful

First rule of modern cars. Don't fall for all their "sporty" options that just make the car unbearably uncomfortable.

@@yissibiiyte I found the adaptive suspension worth it but 20" wheel option on the G30 5 Series would have lead to more damage to the tires and wheels due to the roads and also give a relatively harsh ride compared to the 19"s

thanks m8! Actually not this year because their news for this year will not really catch much attention

Yes, but glas roofs are fun, especially when you can open them (but bmw doesn’t want du bild nice cars anymore)

That's $3,150 per month of wasted money over two years or around $100 per day of wasted money. Wow.

@@szneka12 It's also complete and utter BS. Look at for e.g. the second hand prices of 2 year old Porsche Taycans; obviously there will be a significant hit in percentage from the new price, but that's the same for any type of car at any price segment. Not to mention the fact that an EV inherently has much fewer parts that needs regular and costly maintenance, the only reason they currently may drop second hand value in parity with ICE cars is because of rapid technology improvements, causing even fairly recent EVs to compare poorly to new ones.

thanks for the feedback !

Did you even watch my verdict?

@@autogefuehl i saw your verdict. I am talking about the wierd looks of this car, which is infact the elephant in the room.

Cheers m8! Indeed

5-Series vs EClass Diesel: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/j5mTn9VyzMWbl4E.html

Experience. Of course they need more power for heating the battery and for cabin heating when its colder. Not specifically saying 10 vs 20 degrees

Thank you very much for your interest in this topic. I also bought cars with animal skin leather seats before I did my research and got to know the industry. The most important thing is: With today's modern materials, you have nothing to lose, just to gain. You achieve the same kind of luxury and comfort or even better while having the same or better durability with less impact on humans, animals and the environment. You can use fabric/cloth, microfibre or leatherette. The classic approach is using oil/plastic as source material. Overall, a vehicle contains about 300 kg plastic. A car seat needs about 5 kg plastic. So the overall plastic share for the seats is very low and it is at this moment the most efficient way to produce a car seat. A couple of litres of fuel equals a car seat basically. So if you want to save oil/plastic, rather look at consumption for energy, fuel and heating and to other car parts than the seat. Note that animal skin leather also always contains a plastic coating for durability. However, long-term we should of course find raw oil alternatives. So going further, seats can be made from recyclables (e.g. from PET-bottles or old fishing nets) or even increased share of plant-based materials (like pine oil, canola oil or start-up materials like Pinatex from pineapple leaves or Desertex from cactus fibre or the mixed-plant-based Mirum, so be seen at kzfaq.info/get/bejne/iZeRgb2W1MfYnXk.html). On a calculation base, by ditching animal skin leather from car interiors, the amount of emissions (CO2e) is reduced by 85 (!) % (www.press.bmwgroup.com/africa-dom-easteurope/article/detail/T0403389EN/on-the-market-from-2023:-bmw-and-mini-models-with-vegan-interiors?language=en) - and that is a very conservative calculation. So it is at this moment the most important thing you can do to make car interiors more sustainable. A good example for high-end luxury with ventilated animal free seats is the BMW X7 with Sensafin: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/Z9aCgc6IntTWoqs.html And the Kia EV9 with plant-based oil share: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/bNyImLOCzsWxcZ8.html New leatherette materials can be superior in every aspect, even for cleaning: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/q59kjLt7nJi5hHU.html More and more natural materials are rising: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/pLiDprt2092sdKM.html Also check out what the animal skin leather industry tried to with our channel: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/pLaPdtl90ceqnH0.html For seeing how the animals are being treated and transported in the global leather industry, watch this footage: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/qtGadqSe1pfDaHk.html Note that the footage is genuine and was recorded by a highly decorated investigative journalist in Germany I know myself personally. Also a group of researchers and German journalists from public media could recent directly trace the connection between car animal leather production and illegal burning down Amazon rain forest: www.daserste.de/information/reportage-dokumentation/ard-story/videos/illegales-leder-video-100.html In a high animal skin grade, the animals are specifically raised for this matter. However even if meat is the "first" misuse case, the hide remains a profitable body part. That means: If manufacturers put animal leather in a car and you demand it as a customer, you give your money to an industry that earns money by oppressing humans, animals and harms the environment, you make them more profitable. Alternatively, you could support industries with your wallet which try to improve the sustainability of materials. Also, if you turn the argument around to "meat is the waste of the leather industry" you realize that it doesn't make sense (and is ethically doubtful) to discuss the primary use of individual body parts of mammals. Mind experiment: You are getting slain down on the street; would it matter to you if it was for your smartphone or for your purse? Remember that animal skin leather is no different to fur, fur is just leather where the hair is still on. And fur is widely not accepted for clothing anymore, and of course not for cars. We cannot change what we have bought in the past, but with more information and compassion we can change how we decide in the future. For a great insight into sustainability in the automotive industry, you can also check out our extensive documentary: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/Y56Xgbudt63Sl3U.html

Cost savings that won't be passed on to the consumer. BMW is no longer a premium brand I feel.

As explained, our range test was zeroing after acceleration and doing 100-120 km/h on the motorway

No it's not