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Old 12-09-22 | 07:54 PM
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bright blue/red ambient lights and grill surround light are over the top.
as usual black hides much of the ugly, but um, no.
patgilm, thanks for taking the time to share all that!!!
Old 12-10-22 | 01:45 PM
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My local dealer is already selling multiple of the new 7. Not a fan at all, other than the side profile really. The rear is too reminiscent of the X4 with it's taillights. Also a 4GC I spotted, which I think looks really good tbh minus the front.
I wish the front looks as good as back view of 4GC. If only I can swap out G80 M3 grill to i4.



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was at a bmw dealer yesterday. this was driven out while there for buyers to pick up!



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Looks better (well, less bad) in the non M-Sport trim...I look forward to taking one for a spin
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Originally Posted by bitkahuna
I like those wheels a lot.
Old 12-11-22 | 06:56 PM
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This looks good in Mineral White with some black accents. It helps that the front end is off to the side imo.

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does this MASSIVE car with a MASSIVE front end have a frunk?
Old 12-12-22 | 09:28 AM
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Originally Posted by bitkahuna
does this MASSIVE car with a MASSIVE front end have a frunk?
Unfortunately, no. That's where the "engine" is:



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looks like an enormous amount of wasted space.
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Originally Posted by bitkahuna
does this MASSIVE car with a MASSIVE front end have a frunk?
I didn't even look under the hood but I did look at the trunk and it isn't huge. It's a decent size and much bigger than my old 600hL but not that impressive.
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Originally Posted by bitkahuna
looks like an enormous amount of wasted space.
Its because its also designed to hold an engine. To be fair, Mercedes EQ cars which were not designed to have an engine also have no frunk.
Old 12-12-22 | 10:58 AM
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Originally Posted by bitkahuna
looks like an enormous amount of wasted space.
Honestly, the frunk in my car isn't that big and because of that I've actually never used it for anything but to hold the charging cable that came with it. I've opened it maybe two times ever.
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Originally Posted by SW17LS
Its because its also designed to hold an engine. To be fair, Mercedes EQ cars which were not designed to have an engine also have no frunk.
the first point means the second point isn't 'fair'

if the i7 front is designed to also hold an engine, then it should have lots of extra space if there's only an electric motor in it.
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Originally Posted by bitkahuna
the first point means the second point isn't 'fair'

if the i7 front is designed to also hold an engine, then it should have lots of extra space if there's only an electric motor in it.
Should be lots of space in an EQ also since the motors are at the wheels on an EV dedicated platform.

I think they have done market research and they find that most EV buyers don’t really use or care about a frunk
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Originally Posted by SW17LS
Should be lots of space in an EQ also since the motors are at the wheels on an EV dedicated platform.

I think they have done market research and they find that most EV buyers don’t really use or care about a frunk
there is no space at all, which is why there is no frunk. To get that space for frunk, they would have to move a lot of the components inside the cabin which wont happen on non-ev based platform.

EV drivers use frunk a lot.





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