BMW gets over 50,000 orders for the iX3, announces first quarter results
Posted by nimicdoareu@reddit | cars | View on Reddit | 31 comments
Posted by nimicdoareu@reddit | cars | View on Reddit | 31 comments
FENICH@reddit
r/cars once again in shambles (seen in this thread)
TheReaperSovereign@reddit
BMW is a lot better at selling cars than reddit will ever be.
zeekayz@reddit
They're not making a manual transmission brown colored wagon! They will go bankrupt!
turb0_encapsulator@reddit
seriously. people here live in the past. While I don't love the all-screen interface of the car, there are so many positives - range, excellent driver assist, performance and comfort, that I may buy one anyway.
TheRealCVDY@reddit
Looks like a modernized version of the old Subaru Tribeca
DudebuD16@reddit
Sat in it at the auto show in Toronto and it's so far ahead of most of BMW's lineup in design and quality.
argent_pixel@reddit
I'm surprised M and Rolls-Royce are starting the year down considering the rich are the only ones buying anything at this point.
strongmanass@reddit
M buyers aren't rich. Those segments will be price-sensitive to job and stock market shifts.
Hard to tell for RR. China is a major market and first quarter results are always down due to Chinese New Year. There's also the Iran war and US tariffs. At their volume 8% is only 110 cars. And they're shifting to focus more on margin (as if they weren't already).
hi_im_bored13@reddit
Yeah we're seeing a lot of dips YoY & then you go back in the data & it turns out that q1 '25 was just a bit of an outlier likely due to the impending tariffs & whatnot, on top of china as you said
I don't really care for any of the results this quarter. Journalists are having a field day with it bending the narrative to frame cancelling wagons as responsible though lmao
strongmanass@reddit
There's not much to take away really. H1 will be a better indicator of where things sit across the industry.
Wagons are an interesting niche. At this point it's almost purely enthusiasts and people who like being different. There's pent up demand as BMW saw with the M5 Touring. I think there's also a chance for a brand a price level below. Not the Germans because most would just get the M3 Touring/RS5 Avant instead of the M5/RS6. But something like a CT4V/CT5V Blackwing wagon would've gotten some attention. Or maybe a G80 Magma wingback (not the G90 they've shown, that's like an S-class wagon).
TenguBlade@reddit
They’re using their insider knowledge to make more money by placing bets instead.
red_simplex@reddit
I am still buying food, for now.
india2wallst@reddit
BMW really seems to have adapted to the coming EV era. Audi on the other hand 💀
Typical_Stormtrooper@reddit
Geeze that thing is ugly...
SharkBaitDLS@reddit
I think it looks brilliant. It’s a great callback to their older styling.
The_slackfinder@reddit
Grill too big? Hate it. Grill too small? Hate it. No grill? Hate it. Grill is finally juuuust right? “ThAt’S nOt A rEaL hOFfMeiStEr KiNk!!!! Hate it!!”
Can’t win with these people.
HiIary4Prison@reddit
The folks complaining generally don’t buy new, anyways. They’re all second or third or fourth hand buyers telling OEMs what to do. Lmao
g0atm3a1@reddit
How nice a car looks doesn’t come down to just the grill size. This thing has issues other than the size of the grill.
pridetwo@reddit
I think it looks fine. The front and back look a little smooshed but the side profile is really good to me
mynotell@reddit
many people like it because the nose resembles an old bmw...
i dont get how you can like this one, but alright
long_shots7@reddit
Yeah, attempt was there, but no pity points can save this in my eyes at least.
ArcticBP@reddit
I hate the voldemort-nose grill, but the best-sellers list isn’t exactly open-casket material either
BigBlueBanana1@reddit
Fugly
96JY@reddit
I didn't know there were at least 50k blind people on the roads!
DDz1818@reddit
That is one ugly face.
ambeingheldhostage@reddit
I would 100% take this over the current buck teeth beaver teeth design of the current cars
Tuned4Tactics@reddit
Agreed. As ugly as this is, its still leagues ahead of whatever the fuck that last thing was.
srbminimil@reddit
I have a real hard time believing that
drjenkstah@reddit
I don’t. People even preordered the cybertruck and it’s uglier than this.
trackdaybruh@reddit
Yup, Cybertrucks are a dime in a dozen here in Southern California
mrtomtomplay@reddit
50.000 blind people to start driving in the coming months 🤔