[rvv2002]

Need some opinions/thoughts from you all.

Have my fully loaded (except obv camera) iX50 that has been stop saled for the last month sitting at dealer. As of yesterday, they expect it to be ready for delivery this week and don't want to budge off MSRP. So just $7500 lease cash.

Different dealer has 2024 iX50 allocation going into production this coming week. They claim they can lock in $7500 lease cash and are going $2500 under MSRP. Expect the car here in 60d barring another stop sale.

What would you all do?

 

[bobo]

If rumours are correct, the cars produced staring March 2023 should get a newer head unit. These cars will be compatible with coming OS 8.5 whereas the older cars will be not.
That is a big update in my opinion, the biggest change since the beginning of iX production.

 

[Paladin1]

Depends on if you value what the new head unit will do (obviously no reviews - everything on 8.5 is a promise, and yet to be determined what, if any, difference driving a car so equipped will do real-world that 8.0 will not), versus no IAS or air suspension. Keeping in mind that a new HU means, likely, new bugs, glitches and fixes, yet TBD, as opposed to correcting old bugs, glitches and fixes that have been largely addressed over the last 2 years. And that 9.0 will follow shortly. Or you could wait for the next fabulous and shiny thing down the road every 6 months - iX5, iX7, iX M70, M80, M90, new 800v architecture, new 500-mile range battery at half the weight, new L3, new flying car - and never buy anything. It's good to have choices.

 

[NomoTesla]

No new computer is going to make up for the lack of air suspension and IAS (4-wheel steering). Air suspension and IAS deliver results one can see and feel on every single drive. One interacts with the software only once in a while. If the choice is between these things, buy into what one feels in the seat over the future potential of a new computer. In two years BMW will update the computer yet again and round and round we go! IAS and air suspension will never be outdated.

I understand, however, that many feel the opposite given the increased reliance on software in newer-generation vehicles. From personal experience, one cannot future-proof anything no matter how hard one tries. Look at the poor Tesla folks who have been promised full self-driving for over 6 years and across 4 hardware suites (and at least three computers).

The big differentiator will likely be the promise of Highway Assistant Pro. If that is something one really values, then one may be willing to forego IAS and air suspension. For some this technology could be a game changer. For others, meh.

 

[bobo]

If the 2023 model has air suspension and IAS but the 2024 doesn't - that's indeed a different thing. Here in Europe iX50 doesn't have both options for a long time already. Therefore no advantages of getting older model.

BTW, doesn't fully loaded iX50 cost almost like M60 in US? Maybe getting 2024 M60 would be the best option.

 

[tvevans]

I had the same decision to make between a 2023 and 2024. Unfortunately, a young lady decide to turn into my 2021 Audi e-tron Prestige to the tune of 40K of damage. Not wanting a repaired vehicle, I decided to find a dealer that owned both an Audi and BMW franchise along with a in-house collision center. So I did a deal to trade it as is. I was going to order the 2024 but decided on a 2023 since I had to have the air suspension. I have had 2 e-trons with the air suspension and can't live without it. The air suspension is only available on the 2024 M60 though and not an option in the iX50. The dealer located me my exact build (on the boat) and did a dealer trade. It just arrived at port and is in line to get the airbag swapped out...which they apparently do at port and not at the dealership. They gave me numbers on a build that was about $2,500 less than the build I decided on so I am going to see if they will give me the same price on the higher MSRP vehicle. I am doing a lease to take advantage of the $7,500 and also will do a one pay to save quite a bit on the MF.

 

[ncatoffice]

I would personally do the 2023. The head unit maybe is a big deal now, but given how the technology is emerging on EVs, this will only be a small change in 2 years. Said differently, the tech gap between a 2023 and a 2026 won’t be vastly different from the tech gap between 2024 and 2026. The air suspension though is going to change your driving experience, and I wasn’t ready to give up on that.

 

[forklore]

Have you taken into consideration the fact that the 2024s cost somewhere between 2k to 3k more than the 2023 for the same build (minus the Air Suspension & IAS)? As others have said, ultimately it boils down to what you value more: the new head unit + highway assistant or Air Susp + IAS. Even then, with the additional $2.5K off MSRP, price might turn out to be the same as they increased price for the 2024.

 

[J78]

Need some opinions/thoughts from you all.

Have my fully loaded (except obv camera) iX50 that has been stop saled for the last month sitting at dealer. As of yesterday, they expect it to be ready for delivery this week and don't want to budge off MSRP. So just $7500 lease cash.

Different dealer has 2024 iX50 allocation going into production this coming week. They claim they can lock in $7500 lease cash and are going $2500 under MSRP. Expect the car here in 60d barring another stop sale.

What would you all do?

As others said, to have both you might want to ask a quote and delivery time of a MY24 M60

 

[SER]

Need some opinions/thoughts from you all.

Have my fully loaded (except obv camera) iX50 that has been stop saled for the last month sitting at dealer. As of yesterday, they expect it to be ready for delivery this week and don't want to budge off MSRP. So just $7500 lease cash.

Different dealer has 2024 iX50 allocation going into production this coming week. They claim they can lock in $7500 lease cash and are going $2500 under MSRP. Expect the car here in 60d barring another stop sale.

What would you all do?

I guess it depends on what is important to you.

None of the 2024's are getting air suspension on the M will, but with the M tuning the suspension is far tighter than on the xD 50. For me that would be a deal breaker.

Go through the included/not included list and find out if there are deal breakers there for us.

 

[NomoTesla]

BMW can't have too much success with EVs because that would not fit with its C-suite gasoholic culture. BMW is basically sabotaging the best EV it has ever made.

 

[Barry123]

BMW can't have too much success with EVs because that would not fit with its C-suite gasoholic culture. BMW is basically sabotaging the best EV it has ever made.

They'll regret it down the road, just like Toyota is now doing, realizing they're 10 years behind because they were pushing for hydrogen fuel cells.

 

[K22 MDL]

The $2500 saving will seem like a joke when you look at used values after 12 months. In the UK savings of $25k plus at least are available on used 40 and 50 with 4000 miles on the clock. I saved $24k on a year old demo as an example

 

[forklore]

Wow that’s quite the drop in price. Locally, the best deal I’ve seen is a used 2022 with 7k miles for $7k below sticker. Other similar ones are only $4k ish below sticker.

 

[DanSilov]

There always will be a new and shiny thing tomorrow. My friend had a saying: The best car is always the one that comes out the next day after you buy yours.

I have some buyers remorse with my xDrive40, but I get to drive it today, and not wait for '24, '25, etc. I made my peace with it by deciding that I can sell it and get the new one, if that new one is worth the hassle.

 

[Croddlebopper]

Wow that’s quite the drop in price. Locally, the best deal I’ve seen is a used 2022 with 7k miles for $7k below sticker. Other similar ones are only $4k ish below sticker.

There are several reasons for the price drop....
#1 The UK Pricing is typically the highest geographically for a like/for like vehicle. (IX50 MSport is around USD126k)
#2 EV Charging infrastructure is behind schedule and not too reliable.
#3 Electricity Prices in the UK are very high killing any perception of cheap motoring.
#4 Cold Weather negative reports on EV performances all over the media.
#5 The Hydrogen Fuel Cell "Holy Grail" news being aired.

So 20% off sticker price for 12 month old IX50's with low mileage are now commonplace.
Funny thing is that the 12 Month IX50 is a better vehicle spec than you can buy new?
So those who can bag the Golden Unicorns (the IX50 Press Launch Vehicles which were the short lived "Ultimate" spec) get the best of both worlds - Air Suspension, B&W, Laser Lights, Moon Roof, vented Leather etc etc PLUS great range !!!

 

[Croddlebopper]

Oh yes - and I forgot the small fact that TESLA has dropped their pricing which is having a short term market distortion!

 

[NomoTesla]

Oh yes - and I forgot the small fact that TESLA has dropped their pricing which is having a short term market distortion!

Tesla's price drops have not affected luxury vehicles like the iX. In fact, BMW is raising prices while Tesla is lowering them. That tells us a lot about demand (or lack thereof) for their respective product lines. Tesla lowered prices by $5k on what Tesla considers its luxury products: Model S & X. Except they are not luxury in any sense of the word except for the price. I rode in my friend's X after having our new iX for a couple of months and I thought there was something wrong with his car. It rode so rough and noisy. I thought I was in a go-cart or something. In a $110k car!

WRT to iX pricing, the UK must be a special case because it's impossible to find any used iX here. Zero. Dealers are still charging MSRP or even a markup. 🤷‍♂️

 

[Paladin1]

Case in point, since its inception corporate BMW has removed (and kept them removed) all historical incentives on the iX - even the traditional $1k off from BMW CCA. No incentives from BMW. Zip. None. So they were either a) trying to discourage purchase of the car (see prior threads on corporate BMW trying to sabotage the concept, which I really wouldn't put past them at this point), or b) take maximum advantage of the - unexpected IMO - high demand for the car, at least in the US (more likely scenario). Or a schizophrenic combination of both from the petrol-sniffing Teutonic Overlords at Munich.

 

[NomoTesla]

Or a schizophrenic combination of both from the petrol-sniffing Teutonic Overlords at Munich.

It's often a mix lol