The boldest version of BMW’s biggest sedan is now in private sector circulation – but the edition in showrooms is the alter ego of the version being offered Government.
The X5 is well-established as a BMW best seller, but the local distributor is nonetheless going back to old form with an impending Five Series variant soon landing here.
The pure electric version of the BMW i3 introducing late this year seems set to deliver with a higher-capacity battery adding another 50 percent to its emissions-free range.
BMW NZ has upped the pace of its i3 initiative – by delivering a battery-pure model that, though offering half the range of the incumbent, is expected to broaden the type’s appeal.
If BMW New Zealand applies the same logic as its Australian counterpart, then we can expect the plug-in electric X5 to just slip under the $150,000 barrier.
X hits a new spot … we take BMW’s current off-road capable models to a place that might be unknown territory to an owner and also quiz the brand about some incoming new additions to the family.
Air New Zealand's suggestion it has bought 36 ‘fully-electric’ BMW i3s as part of a sustainability push isn’t quite as it seems, the car’s distributor acknowledges.
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