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Originally Posted by MJBO
Classic BMW  they have been doing this with iDrive for over a decade now.
I mean look at the G01 X3, it’s running a weird mismatch of iDrive 6 architecture with iDrive 7 shoehorned in. I have a 2020 X3 with the iDrive 7, but because it’s really an iDrive 6 car it misses out on some features.
It’s pretty funny though that they will have iDrive 7, 8 and 9 all on sale at once. |
They’ll have iDrive 7, 8, 8.5, and 9 all on sale at once!
The whole iDrive 7 “Lite” fiasco you covered though is the peak of why they are screwing this up so badly.
They keep advertising these as “iDrive X” and “BMW OS X” as if they share a universal feature set across models. For instance, iPhone OS 16 is the same OS on the iPhone X as it is on the iPhone 14 Pro. For BMW they have underlying “features” that are tied to the vehicles “Service Pack” which can limit features available…
So you’ll have 4 different iDrive versions and who knows how many “Service Pack” versions. For a user, no clear way of knowing what any car supports feature wise. It is a mess that erodes confidence in the brand.