[Joshhleee]

A lot lot lot better then the prior generation..

[bunker]

Can't believe they put Mini Cooper chairs in this thing.

smh

[hyper_m3]

Congrats, My daily is the F80 too and i was really considering to get the new X1.
So happy to see the conventional shifter back! not the electronic one

[e36]

Subscribed to hear prolif1k's thoughts on this car! Especially curious to hear how he feels in it after driving the f80.

[DeltaFX1942]

Any new updates after a few weeks of ownership?

[RBS USA]

Congrats, we took delivery last weekend and couldn't be happier. This is my wife's daily driver and she can't get the smile off her face.

[AusF20/F48]

Congrats on the new machine. Looks great
My X1 XDrive25i arrives in Jan

[eml]

great photos. what interior trim is this?

is this the Fine-wood ‘Fineline’ Stream with highlight trim finisher Pearl Chrome?

[YellowMellow]

Originally Posted by prolif1k

We took my fiancée's new X1 home last night! There are so many great little details that went into the design of it; BMW really did a great job. It's exponentially better than the previous generation in my opinion and is a lot more fun to drive. My daily is an F80 and I found the X1 to be a lot of fun, which I think says a lot for it.

Here are some pictures!

Beautiful color with the chestnut. Thank god something other than white or silver.

The darker color on the new X1 makes it look bit more rugged, SUV-like. The lighter color makes it look like a tall wagon.

[ShinySteelRobot]

Originally Posted by YellowMellow

Beautiful color with the chestnut. Thank god something other than white or silver.

Haha ya. Nothing wrong with white or silver, but there are a ton of them out there.

Too bad BMW doesn't seem to offer Valencia Orange or any other adventurous colors anymore for the X1 series. Would be nice to see some more blues (not only very dark Mediterranean Blue or M Sport-only Estoril) and there's no red option at all.

Seems like BMW prefers to offer white, black, silver (i.e., basically just light gray), dark gray, and other very neutral or too-dark colors, IMHO. There's nothing wrong with those colors per se, but it would be nice to see a few more colorful options.

[KPD]

My xLine is in Platinum Silver (C08). So I am obviously extremely biased... But still, I honestly think M Sport in Platinum Silver will look spectacular. It's poor man's Champagne Quartz!!

[newf48]

beautiful color on that car

[BMW newbie 2016]

Originally Posted by DeeKay

That is one beautiful car ! Congratulations ... When I need to change my F30 in a couple of years time, this might be the one...

(Live in Denmark - with 180% tax on cars + 25% VAT on the total sum it's not really an option to buy stuff like this from new... The new X1 starts at USD 96.347 for the Xdrive 25i without a single extra added )

Am I reading this correctly? Your taxes on a new car are higher than the price of the car itself?

[shivaswrath]

Originally Posted by nyalpine90

i will try to take some pics over the weekend compare my x3 and x1.

X1 interior controls are slightly aim towards the driver, not like X3 interior.
X1 has lighting on dash n door trims like X5.
LED are standard in premium package, xenons are not available which i think its great.

i forgot to mention she did trade in her X3 lol

2.8i comes with Xenons.

[DeeKay]

Originally Posted by BMW newbie 2016

Am I reading this correctly? Your taxes on a new car are higher than the price of the car itself?

Yes I'm afraid you read it as it is... We have some (if not THE) highest car taxes in the world - There are small deductibles to be made on some eco-models, but basically it's three times the price compared to buying them in Sweden...

And to get the prices down, they are much more stock and without nice equipment

[ShinySteelRobot]

Originally Posted by DeeKay

Yes I'm afraid you read it as it is... We have some (if not THE) highest car taxes in the world - There are small deductibles to be made on some eco-models, but basically it's three times the price compared to buying them in Sweden...

And to get the prices down, they are much more stock and without nice equipment

Holy cow! Sorry to hear that.

And I thought that 9.5% sales tax for Washington state (USA) was much too high!

Historical note, the American colonies broke away from England in large part because of taxation, we're not big on paying taxes here.

[BMW newbie 2016]

That is truly unbelievable! I'm in shock.
I feel bad for you. I suppose it's a good way to keep the numbers of cars on the road down.
Is there the same taxes on a second hand car?

[BMW newbie 2016]

Here in Quebec over 15% sales tax. Ouch!

[sealight]

[Offtopic]

Here (Portugal) the car tax depends of the car characteristics, like CO2 emissions, particles emissions, engine CC, fuel type, car age, ... there is a formula for car tax calculation.
Over that there is the VAT.

For my particular X1 45% of the final value I will pay is tax.
Not as bad as in Denmark but very high still.

Nevertheless I accept it well. Cars can trully damage our planet and most of them are imported so this is a way to give some advantage to greener cars and other locomotion means.
Also it is the people with more resources (money) who will pay more since they buy bigger and more powerful cars.
In a way these cars (including the X1) are a small luxury. There are a lot of more eco-friendly ways to move yourself from point A to point B.